Commander dies from coronavirus complications, marking third law enforcement death in Detroit area
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Police
March 19, 2020
Suspect STABS cop in the neck! Bail reform to blame?
A Syracuse police officer was stabbed in the neck by a burglary suspect on Sunday before he opened fire and killed the man. Officer Walter Brainerd was rushed to Upstate University Hospital and was later released, CNYCentral reported. He’s expected to recover. The suspect, Darrell Mobley, 48, died after he, too, was taken to the …
Police
March 14, 2020
NYPD officer kills herself in subway station, 12th department suicide in just over a year
A New York police officer killed herself Friday, the second officer to die of suicide this year, silive.com reports. The woman, a 34-year-old NYPD transit cop, was found in a police locker room in the Columbus Circle subway station at 3:10 p.m. She was rushed to Bellevue Hospital with a gunshot wound to her head …
Police
March 14, 2020
Kentucky sheriff asks people to stop committing crimes until coronavirus pandemic ends
“The Sheriff’s department is asking that all criminal activities stop until further notice.”
Police
March 12, 2020
SEE IT: Cops violently throw elderly man in bathrobe to ground during false shooter call [Lawsuit]
A Kentucky man filed a lawsuit against two police departments earlier this month, alleging officers violently dragged him out his home and threw him to the ground while investigating a shooting that turned out to be a false alarm. The September 2019 bodycam footage was released in light of the lawsuit Frank Serapiglia, 71, filed …
Police
March 11, 2020
Police officer shot and killed during traffic stop in Arkansas
A police officer in Arkansas was fatally shot Tuesday night while conducting a traffic stop. KARK has identified the slain officer as Brent Scrimshire. The Hot Springs police officer, who had been with the department for six years, was shot at 6:30 p.m. while conducting a stop on the 100 block of Kentwood Street, according …
Police
March 3, 2020
Vanessa Marquez: Graphic footage of ‘E.R.’ actress’ shooting death is released [WATCH]
Prosecutors in California have declined to file any criminal charges against two police officers in connection with the August 2018 shooting death of actress Vanessa Marquez. In a memo given to Los Angeles and South Pasadena police, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said they determined that South Pasadena Officers Gilberto Carrillo and Christopher …
Murder
February 6, 2020
Cop fatally shoots wife & claims it’s a suicide days after he’s arrested for beating her: Officials
A Georgia police officer was arrested for murder on Wednesday for allegedly fatally shooting his wife and claiming she had killed herself. Six days before Amanda Perrault, 44, was found dead in her home, her husband, Eatonton police Officer Michael Perrault, 43, was charged with simple battery, family violence, and cruelty to children for an …
Police
January 25, 2020
BLUE TEARS: Virginia lady police officer – just engaged – killed when perp drags her dead
A Virginia police officer — mom of a 2-year-old daughter and a US Navy veteran — was killed Thursday during a traffic stop when the driver of the car she stopped accelerated, dragging her for about a block before crashing into a tree. Officer Katie Thyne, 24, was pinned between the tree and the vehicle’s …
Murder
January 25, 2020
UPDATE: Woman who killed retired state trooper had concealed carry permit; went to high school with him: Cops
Update 8:49 p.m.: The woman who opened fire at a suburban Chicago cigar lounge Friday night had a concealed carry permit and no criminal record, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Lisa McMullan shot and killed retired Illinois state trooper Gregory Rieves and wounded another retired trooper and an off-duty trooper before turning the gun on herself. …
Police
January 23, 2020
HIV-positive cop allegedly rapes woman after traffic stop; she may not be the only victim
A former Maryland police officer was indicted on Tuesday, months after he allegedly raped a woman following a traffic stop. In September, then-Fairmount Heights officer Martique Vanderpool, 30, and a colleague reportedly pulled over a female driver in Capitol Heights. The Prince George’s County Police Department said in a statement that Vanderpool placed the driver …