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Sergeant Paul Tuozzolo was shot and killed while protecting the people of New York City last year in the Bronx. On June 6, 2017, he was posthumously awarded the NYPD Medal of Honor which was accepted by his wife and two sons.

Lieutenant Patrick Weatherford, 41, was shot in the line of duty on Monday, June 12, 2017. The shooting was reported about 7:30 p.m. while Weatherford was responding to a vehicle break-in. He was rushed to the hospital shortly after the incident, where he later died. Lt. Patrick Weatherford...

Many will come together for a motorcycle ride to celebrate the life and career of Sonny Kim Saturday. Kim was with the Cincinnati Police Department for more than 25 years before he was killed in the line of duty in June 2015.

Corrections Officer Shana Tedder died after a confrontation with an inmate on Friday, June 9, 2017. Authorities said Tedder, 41, complained of shortness of breath after a use of force altercation with a prisoner at the Christina Melton Crain Unit in Gatesville, Texas. Other officers started...

The Maine police officer who was critically injured in a boating accident has died of his injuries. Officer Nathan M. Desjardins died Tuesday, June 6, 2017 from injuries he sustained last month while trying to save a boater’s life. Desjardins, 20, was going into his senior year at the...

Officer Joshua Sanchez Montaad was killed in a fiery collision on Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Authorities say Montaad's car traveled off the road, struck a tree and burst into flames. Montaad was pronounced dead at the scene. Joshua Sanchez Montaad, 25, was a law enforcement officer with the...

Detective Matthew Lawrence Tarentino was killed Tuesday, May 30, 2017 in a car crash as he drove to work. Authorities stated a 68-year-old Pennsylvania man drove over a median into eastbound lanes and slammed head on into Tarentino’s vehicle, which flipped and then hit a third vehicle...

The one year anniversary of the downtown Dallas ambush is almost a month away.

Next month will be a year since the ambush on police officers in downtown Dallas. On July 7, 2016, a sniper opened fire on law enforcement officers during a police brutality protest. Twelve Dallas officers were shot, five fatally. Officials said they will announce plans on Tuesday about a...

Thousands gathered Monday morning to say goodbye to Detective Matthew Tarentino, who died last Tuesday in a crash on Route 78 in Bernards Township.

Deputy Sheriff Devin Hodges died Thursday, June 1, 2017, during a training exercise on Lake Hartwell in South Carolina. Authorities said Hodges fell from the boat during a joint training exercise involving the Army Corps of Engineers and the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office. He got stuck...

Lieutenant Aaron Lloyd Crook died in a crash during a pursuit on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Authorities in West Virginia said the crash happened at the intersection of Princeton Avenue and Lee Street, shortly after midnight. Crook was while involved in a car pursuit of a suspected drunk driver...

Special Agent Michael T. Walter was fatally shot on Saturday, May 27, 2017 during a traffic stop. Authorities say Walter approached the passenger side of the vehicle when a single shot rang out. The suspect took off after the shooting, but was later apprehended. Walter, 45, was an 18-year...

Deputy Sheriff William Durr was shot and killed when he responded to a domestic violence call in rural Mississippi on Saturday, May 27, 2017. Durr, 36, was a two-year Veteran with the Lincoln County Sheriffs Office. Before that, he had served four years with the Brookhaven Police Department...

Border Patrol Agent Isaac Morales died on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 as a result of an unprovoked stabbing. Authorities say Morales was stabbed in the eye after identifying himself as a Border Patrol Agent. Agent Morales was taken to a local medical center for treatment where he succumbed to his...

Deputy Sheriff Mason Moore was shot and killed in the line of duty on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Authorities say Moore was conducting a traffic stop around 3 a.m. when dispatchers lost contact with him. When police responded they discovered Deputy Moore dead. The two suspects are father and son...

Deputy Sheriff Jason Garner killed Saturday, May 13, 2017 in a fiery car crash in Modesto. Deputy Garner, 41, was responding to a prior burglary when for an "unknown reason the vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a building," according to authorities. Community Service Officer Johnson...

Chief of Police Steven Eric DiSario was killed Friday, May 12, 2017 in a shooting at a nursing home in central Ohio. Authorities say DiSario was fatally shot while responding to the shooting that left three others dead. DiSario, 36, had been serving as chief of the Kirkersville Police...

Hundreds of officers from law enforcement agencies across the state attended the funeral for a Norton Shores officer killed in a crash.

A ceremony Friday in Pikesville honored Maryland state troopers who have died in the line of duty. Local and state leaders joined the families of the heroes at Maryland State Police headquarters. The ceremony honored 43 state troopers who were killed in the line of duty.