2020: Police Line-of-Duty Deaths Exceed 300 — 184 from COVID-19
The Officer Down Memorial Page reports more than 300 law enforcement officers and agents died in the line of duty during 2020. At least 184 of those came from COVID-19 exposure.
The Officer Down Memorial Page reports more than 300 law enforcement officers and agents died in the line of duty during 2020. At least 184 of those came from COVID-19 exposure.
A man wanted for murder allegedly opened fire on police killing one officer and wounding a second. The wounded officer is listed as critically injured from wounds sustained during the shooting on Sunday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
National Guardsmen assigned to Operation Guardian Support rescued a Border Patrol K-9 agent and saved the animal’s life. The K-9 and his handler tracked down a group of 11 illegal immigrants before the dog fell victim to the heat.
A group of San Antonio law enforcement officers honored a fallen police officer by escorting her to her high school graduation on Saturday. The young woman was a toddler when her father, a San Antonio Police Officer was killed in December 2001 by a suspected drunk driver.
Mayor Mike Rawlings announced that Dallas Police Officer Rogelio Santander died after being shot in the head at a Home Depot on the city’s northeast side Tuesday afternoon. The second wounded officer and the Home Depot loss prevention officer remain in critical condition, the mayor said during a meeting of the City Council.
A Richardson, Texas, police officer has been shot and killed while responding to a call at a North Texas apartment complex. An ambulance transported the wounded officer to a local hospital where he later died from his injury. The gunman is in police custody after a standoff of more than four hours.
A Texas police officer has been shot and killed while he was attempting to serve a warrant on a suspect. The suspect was also shot, according to reports.
A Texas Tech University police officer has been shot and killed, according to local news reports. The Lubbock Police Department SWAT team is on the scene looking for a suspect.A Texas Tech University police officer has been shot and killed after taking a student into custody for alleged drug possession. The student allegedly shot the officer in the head, killing him, and then fled the scene. He is now in custody.
A Florida sheriff’s deputy and a state corrections officer died Sunday morning when their vehicles collided. Few details about the crash are available at this time.
The San Antonio police chief lashed out at “police haters” following the murder of one of his officers this week. The killing of one officer and critical wounding of a second left the department shaken and the chief angry. “I’m sick of the police haters. We protect them,” Chief William McManus said. “We defend them, and they give us the big ‘F-you.’ And I’m sick of it.”
Thirty-six-year-old San Antonio Police Officer Miguel Moreno died Friday morning from a gunshot wound received the day before. Moreno was shot as he got out of his car to question a reported suspicious person.
A Texas constable assistant chief deputy died Monday morning from a gunshot wound sustained at a Harris County courthouse near Houston. The assistant chief deputy served in law enforcement for more than 30 years.
HOUSTON, Texas – A Houston police sergeant died in an apparent suicide while inside a district police station.
A North Texas police officer was shot and killed on Tuesday while responding to a call about a man with a gun. He is the third peace officer to die from a gunshot wound in less than three weeks into the new year.
A total of 140 law enforcement officers were killed in 2016 in line of duty deaths. The number of deaths increased by 10 over 2015’s 130 officers who were killed. The final death of the year came Friday night when Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Landon Weaver was shot and killed will investigating an alleged violation of a protective order.
A manhunt for the killer of a Pennsylvania state trooper who responded to a domestic disturbance before being shot has ended after an overnight search. The suspected cop-killer is dead.
President-Elect Donald Trump reportedly paused to call the family of assassinated San Antonio Police Detective Benjamin Marconi on Monday.
An exclusive report obtained by Breitbart Texas reveals that nearly 1,800 police officers have lost their lives in the line of duty over the past 10 years. That number includes the deaths of 160 K-9 officers.
A deputy sheriff in Kansas was allegedly killed by an illegal alien with a criminal history of drunk driving. Now, two Congressional leaders are demanding to know why the illegal alien was not reported to U.S. Immigration Enforcement (ICE) following his two prior arrests.
A Marysville, Tennessee, police officer became the 78th officer to die this year in the line of duty when he was shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call. He is the 37th officer to be killed by hostile gunfire this year.