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Whittier Police Officer Keith Boyer was killed in the line of duty during a shootout on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. Boyer, a 27-year veteran, was killed in a shootout during a traffic stop on Monday. The driver allegedly had killed his cousin earlier in the day and stolen his vehicle. Another...

FBI Special Agent Rickey O'Donald died after completing a physical fitness test on Friday, February 17, 2017. Authorities say after the test, O'Donald told other agents that he didn't really feel well and drove himself to the hospital. He collapsed in the parking lot of the hospital and was...

Police officers and law enforcement families all came together to decorate donation buckets and to put out shirts with the phrase "#LittleElmBigHero" on them. It was all for a fundraising effort for Detective Jerry Walker. "We have to take care of these guys." "There’s not a lot out there for...

Major Jay R. Memmelaar, Jr. passed away Thursday, February 16, 2017. Major Memmelaar, 49, who served the Goldsboro Police Department passed away after suffering a heart attack. Authorities say he was working out in the police department's gym when he started to feel chest pains. He stopped his...

Alberto Quiroz will face at least three felony charges in the death of Officer Lucas Chellew. Officer Chellew, who was on his motorcycle pursuing the suspect died after he crashed into a pole. Quiroz was riding an allegedly stolen motorcycle that the police officer was chasing when he was...

A friend of a deputy who was shot said his killing is senseless.

Flag at State Capitol is be flown at half-staff in honor of Officer Lucas Chellew.

Author John E. O'Rourke takes readers to location of Trooper James Herberts line of duty death location. Location had been long lost and was rediscovered through O'Rourke's research for his book "Jersey Troopers: Sacrifice at the Altar of Public Service

California Highway Patrol Officer Lucas Chellew was remembered in a somber ceremony Thursday. He leaves behind a wife and two young children.

A man suspected of being the subject of a pursuit by a California Highway Patrol officer on a motorcycle that ended in a fatal crash was arrested Thursday night, authorities said. Police say Alberto Morales Quiroz, 26, was taken into custody in connection with the death of Officer Lucas...

Author John E. O'Rourke takes viewers to the site of the 1926 line of duty death of Trooper Charles Ullrich.

Author John E. O'Rourke takes viewers to the fatal accident location of New Jersey State Trooper Vincent Vosbein who was killed in 1938.

Sergeant Greg Meagher died Sunday, February 5, 2017 after inhaling chemical fumes. Meagher was killed when he went inside the Xytex facility to help a worker, and was overcome by what the fire department says was nitrogen gas. The employee survived and is still hospitalized, according to...

Author John E. O'Rourke takes readers to the location of Trooper Conn's line of duty death. Location had been long lost and was rediscovered through O'Rourke's research for his book "Jersey Troopers: Sacrifice at the Altar of Public Service

Author John E. O'Rourke takes readers to location of Trooper James Herberts line of duty death location. Location had been long lost and was rediscovered through O'Rourke's research for his book "Jersey Troopers: Sacrifice at the Altar of Public Service

A candlelight vigil was underway Monday for Keith Boyer, a veteran Whittier police officer killed in a shootout with a suspect.

A police was shot and killed after responding to a traffic accident in Whitteir. When they arrive on scene they contacted the driver of the vehicle involved. They began a search of the suspect and that's when the suspect pulled out a gun and engaged the two officers in a gun fight.

A candlelight vigil was underway Monday for Keith Boyer, a veteran Whittier police officer killed in a shootout with a suspect.

Lieutenant Steven Floyd was killed Thursday, February 2, 2017. Floyd, 47, was killed after inmates at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware, took him and three others hostage. Lieutenant Floyd was with the Delaware Department of Correction for sixteen years. He is...

Nashville Police Officer Eric Wayne Mumaw lost his life in the line of duty. Officer Mumaw died Thursday, February 2, 2017, while trying to save a suicidal woman in the Cumberland River. Authorities say Officer Mumaw dove into the river to rescue a woman who had driven into the frigid water...