Town of Madison, WI – Town of Madison Police Sergeant Jessica “Jess” Fischer died her own hand on Aug. 10, after she placed a final call to the agency’s dispatch center. “When she came in she was always happy, always smiling and a joy to work with,” Town of Madison Police Chief Scott Gregory said […]

Detroit, MI – Detroit Police Officer Fadi Shukur died in the line of duty on Wednesday, after he was struck by a vehicle while assisting with crowd control on Aug. 4. Officer Shukur, 30, was walking to his patrol vehicle in the 18000-block of West McNichols on the city’s west side at approximately 2:40 a.m., […]

Washington, DC – Federal Bureau of Investigation Supervisory Special Agent in Charge Brian Crews died in the line of duty on June 10, when he succumbed to cancer that developed following his service at the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. SAC Crews, a 27-year veteran of the bureau, began his career with […]

Waldron, AR – A middle school assistant principal who admitted to having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student has been arrested for sexual assault, police said. Police said the investigation into 37-year-old Waldron School District Assistant Principal Jessica Williams began on Monday, after a tip and an anonymous letter were received by the district’s […]

Painesville, OH – The wife of a Gates Mills police officer killed herself after she shot her husband through a door in their Painesville home on Monday. “My wife just shot me. Please,” 27-year-old Gates Mills Police Officer Dylan Hustosky told a 911 dispatcher just after 4 p.m. “She’s going to kill me. She already […]

Wyncote, PA – Six people were injured at a Walmart store on Tuesday night, after a man opened fire during an argument in a check-out line. The incident began just after 6 p.m. at the Cedarbrook Plaza Shopping Center Walmart, Cheltenham Police Chief John Frye told the Associated Press. “Words were exchanged” between customers standing […]

Warrington, PA – Abington Police Officer Bryan Rickards died on Aug. 6, following a nearly two-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Officer Rickards, 48, was diagnosed with ALS – also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease – in February of 2017, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. At the time, he’d been serving the Abington Police Department […]

Weaverville, CA – Trinity County Sheriff’s Office K9 Kash died from infection-induced cardiac arrest on Aug. 8, after having fallen ill the day prior. K9 Kash’s handler, Trinity County Sheriff’s Sergeant Scott Cavalli, rushed his partner to the Trinity Animal Hospital in the early morning hours of Aug. 7, after K9 Kash began acting abnormally […]

Westland, MI – Wayne County Sheriff’s Sergeant Lee Smith was out for his morning run on Tuesday when he was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver. The incident occurred at approximately 10:30 a.m., as the off-duty sergeant was jogging along Hines Drive, Hometown Life reported. According to witnesses, an unidentified suspect in a small, […]

Savannah, GA – Savannah Police Corporal Luis Molina and his wife were found stabbed to death in their Wilmington Island neighborhood on Monday morning. Police were called to the scene at approximately 6:30 a.m., and arrived to find Cpl. Molina, 53, dead inside his next-door-neighbor’s home, WTVM reported. They subsequently located the corporal’s wife, 28-year-old […]

Las Vegas, NV – Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has released harrowing bodycam footage that showed a police sergeant shooting a man who was stabbing the mother of his children (video below). The incident occurred just after 9 p.m. on Aug. 8, when police were called to an apartment complex on Tropicana Avenue, the Las […]

Sacramento, CA – The Sacramento Police Department has created a new foot pursuit policy in the wake of the officer-involved shooting of Stephon Clark. Clark, 22, was fatally shot by police on March 18 in his grandparents’ backyard when officers responded to 911 calls about a man breaking into cars and homes. Recordings later revealed […]

Bennington, NE – Bennington Police Chief Lester “Les” Johnson died unexpectedly on Aug. 8, after having sustained severe head and spinal cord injuries during an off-duty fall in June. Chief Johnson, 51, was working in a Waterloo storage unit when the fall occurred. He slammed his head on the concrete, fracturing his eye socket, and […]

Erie, PA – Erie Police Officer Michael Conway died in the line of duty on Saturday, after he suffered a medical emergency at the police station and was unable to be revived, his department said. Officer Conway, 46, was serving as the agency’s security officer at the station and was conducting his rounds in the […]

Fairfield, CA – California Highway Patrol Motorcycle Officer Kirk Griess was killed in the line of duty on Friday morning, after he was hit by a pickup truck while conducting a traffic stop. The fatal collision occurred just before 9 a.m., after Officer Griess, 46, pulled over the driver of a gray Saturn SUV on […]