FORSYTH COUNTY, Georgia April 5 2019— A 29-year-old deputy died after suffering a “traumatic medical event” during a training exercise, authorities said. Forsyth County Deputy Sheriff Spencer Englett collapsed during his first day of training at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Pickens County, Sheriff Ron Freeman said in a news release Thursday. Englett, […]
Detective Ben Campbell Maine State Police, Maine End of Watch Wednesday, April 3, 2019 BIO Age 31 Tour 9 years Badge Not available INCIDENT DETAILS Cause Accidental Detective Ben Campbell was struck and killed by a vehicle tire while assisting at the scene of a disabled vehicle on I-95 south of Coldbrook Road in Hampden at […]
Trooper Gerald Ellis Illinois State Police, Illinois End of Watch Saturday, March 30, 2019 BIO Age 36 Tour 11 years Badge 6038 INCIDENT DETAILS Cause Automobile crash Trooper Gerald Ellis was killed in a vehicle collision while on patrol. He was on patrol traveling westbound on I-94 in Green Oaks when a wrong-way driver traveling […]
Trooper Brooke Jones-Story Illinois State Police, Illinois End of Watch Thursday, March 28, 2019 BIO Age 34 Tour 12 years Badge 5966 INCIDENT DETAILS Cause Struck by vehicle Trooper Brooke Jones-Story was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer while conducting a traffic stop on U.S. Route 20 near State Route 75 in Freeport. She had stopped […]
EL PASO, Texas -March 25 2019 – El Paso County sheriff’s Deputy Peter Herrera died Sunday evening, two days after he was shot during a traffic stop. Herrera’s death at an El Paso hospital was a shock because it appeared that he had been doing well and had been responsive after undergoing surgeries, Sheriff Richard Wiles […]
Police Officer Paul Rutherford Phoenix Police Department, Arizona End of Watch Thursday, March 21, 2019 BIO Age 51 Tour 23 years Badge Not available INCIDENT DETAILS Cause Struck by vehicle Police Officer Paul Rutherford was struck and killed by a vehicle near the intersection of 75th Avenue and Indian School Road at 8:30 am. He […]
KITTITAS, Washington March 20 2019 — A Kittitas County Sheriff’s deputy was killed and a Kittitas police officer was wounded in a shooting Tuesday night. Deputies attempted to stop a vehicle in the Badeger Pocket area of Kittitas around 7:42 p.m. when the driver failed to stop, triggering a pursuit, according to KING-TV. The suspect’s vehicle […]
Chattanooga TN Feb 24 2019 A Chattanooga police officer was killed in a hit-and-run late Saturday night. Officer Nicholas Galinger, 38, was inspecting a manhole cover that had water flowing from it in the 2900 block of Hamill Road just after 11 p.m. when a vehicle traveling north struck him and fled the scene. Galinger […]
Undersheriff Monty Johnson Pawnee County Sheriff’s Office, Oklahoma End of Watch Thursday, February 21, 2019 Bio Age 63 Tour Not available Badge Not available Incident Details Cause Automobile crash Undersheriff Monty Johnson was killed in a vehicle crash on Highway 18 north of the Cimarron Turnpike at 7:00 am. Another vehicle crossed the center line […]
Tallahassee FL Feb 20 2019 A Florida Highway Patrol trooper died after suffering a heart attack during training Tuesday. Sgt. Daniel Hinton went into cardiac arrest during a training exercise and was transported to Gulf Coast Hospital where he was later pronounced dead, according to a news release. “The entire Florida Highway Safety and Motor […]