AUGUSTA, ME - Senior Corrections Officer John Paskewicz suffered a fatal heart attack while participating in a training exercise on defending against attacks with edged weapons. He had just completed one of the scenarios and was speaking to his son, who also serves as a corrections officer, and other officers when he suddenly collapsed. The officers immediately began CPR until paramedics ...

MEMPHIS, TN — Authorities were investigating Monday after a Memphis police officer and another person were shot to death at a hotel in the middle of the city's entertainment district filled with people celebrating the Fourth of July. In a news release, police said a suspect was in custody and he was hospitalized due to non-critical injuries sustained during his arrest. ...

It is with deepest sadness that I must again bring you news of the loss of a member of the RCMP. Early this morning Superintendent Douglas Coates’ body was located by rescue crews searching through the rubble of the UN Headquarters building in Port au Prince Haiti which was destroyed during the recent earthquake there. Identification was confirmed this afternoon. On ...

PETALUMA, CA -- An off-duty Marin County sheriff's deputy who interceded in a domestic dispute involving a friend in Petaluma was shot and killed early Tuesday by a parolee, who was then shot dead, authorities said. Deputy Jim Mathiesen, 49, a nine-year department veteran assigned to the Marin County jail, was shot shortly after midnight by Thomas Edwin Halloran, 28, on ...

Alhambra, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say one police officer was killed and another was injured after their cruisers collided at a Southern California intersection. Police Lt. Edith Lopez says the crash happened early Sunday as both Alhambra officers were responding to a possible robbery at a downtown business in their city nine miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles. Lopez says paramedics ...

In 1806, America was only 30 years old. A total of only four law enforcement officers had been killed during that 30 year period. The year was almost over and most people were celebrating Christmas - except for a group of New York City rioters that were wreaking havoc in Manhattan. On that fateful day, New York City Watchman Christian Luswanger, ...

HAWK POINT, MO - Chief Paul Fricke was killed in an automobile accident on Highway 47, near Highway U, at approximately 10:30 am. It is believed that Chief Fricke's patrol car went off the right side of the roadway, and that he over-corrected, causing his patrol car to cross the highway and strike a utility pole on the left side of ...

UNIONTOWN, OH - Every morning, a Uniontown police officer spends 15 minutes moving rush-hour traffic through one of the township's most troubled intersections. On Tuesday morning, the assignment led to the death of Capt. Dan Stiles, who was struck and killed by a passing SUV. Stiles, 46, a father of three, suffered head and internal injuries after being struck on state ...

Deputy Sheriff Roy Sutton was killed in a single vehicle automobile accident. Deputy Sutton was responding to a domestic disturbance call involving weapons near Madison. He met an oncoming vehicle on a hilly, winding section of Dugan Hollow Road. Deputy Sutton's cruiser ran off the right side of the road and down a steep embankment. The vehicle went airborne and struck ...

Deputy James Anderson was killed when his patrol car was struck head-on by a vehicle on Florida 9A, in Jacksonville. The vehicle that struck him was driving in the wrong lane of traffic when the crash occurred. He was flown to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Deputy Anderson was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. He had served ...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif.—A man wanted for a parole violation was shot to death early Sunday after he opened fire on an officer and his police dog during a foot chase, authorities said. The officer was wounded and the canine was killed in the gunfight. The confrontation happened at about 1:20 a.m., according to police spokeswoman Rhonda Long, who gave the following ...

PHILADELPHIA - For the fourth time in 10 months, Philadelphia police are steeling themselves to relive the murder of one of their own. On Monday, prosecution and defense lawyers will begin selecting a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court jury for the trial of the accused shooter of Officer John Pawlowski, 25, the last city police officer killed in the line of duty, ...

BALTIMORE - A 33-year Baltimore police veteran was killed Monday evening in a single-vehicle accident in Pennsylvania while traveling to a training program, police said. Officer James E. Fowler III, of Catonsville, was driving through Lewiston, Pa. at about 5:25 p.m. when his 2002 Chevrolet truck hit a berm on U.S. 22/322 West and came to rest along a concrete barrier ...

TUSCON, AZ - An on-duty Border Patrol agent assigned to the Tucson Sector was killed Thursday morning in a two-vehicle collision southwest of Tucson The agent, whose name is not being released pending notification of relatives, suffered multiple injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene on Federal Route 19 south of Sells, authorities said. Officers with the Tohono O'odham Police ...

BUENA PARK, CA - Daniel Ackerman had just completed a grueling physical fitness test required for all Buena Park Police SWAT officers when he became disoriented and stared off into space. An on-site doctor noticed something was wrong and by 8:15 a.m. on Friday, Ackerman was in a squad car heading toward the hospital. The next morning, the 31-year-old was dead. ...

ORISKANY, NY -- Hours into the armed standoff last week on Knoxboro Road in the town of Augusta, leaders of the Oneida County Emergency Response team decided that if negotiations continued until 3 a.m., they would call for relief personnel and notify the New York State Police that an armored vehicle was needed. One hour before the deadline, the team decided ...

ARLINGTON, TX - An ever-present smile, eternally optimistic, easygoing. Hardworking and humble. Jillian Michelle Smith, a police officer for less than a year, was remembered by fellow Arlington officers and friends as a rookie who never stopped showing her excitement over a dream accomplished. She wanted to be a police officer ever since the sixth grade. "The one thing that cannot ...

MOBILE, Alabama - Tuesday 1:42 p.m. Joey Hollingsworth's family left the court in tears and would not talk on camera. But Brandon Sigler's mom did talk to news 5. She's praying for the family of the man convicted of killing her son. "His family is hurting just as we've hurt," said Nina Gordon. "My heart goes out to them as well. ...

EVANS - Two guns went off in the shootout Tuesday in Evans, but neither belonged to the suspect, according to police. Greeley Police say Reuben Reyes, 20, managed to grab the gun of Weld County Deputy Sam Brownlee, 43, during a scuffle. They say Reyes then shot Brownlee three times. Police say an Evans Police officer then shot Reyes. Both men ...

SAN ANTONIO — Detectives continue to seek clues to the motive — if any — behind the ambush-style slaying of a Bexar (BAYR) County sheriff's deputy at a San Antonio intersection. Sheriff Amadeo Ortiz has scheduled news conference Monday to discuss what has been learned about the May 28 death of sheriff's Sgt. Kenneth Vann. That's after the Sunday arrest of ...