Deadly Week for
Law Enforcement
Around the Nation
Police and Law Enforcement News
Friday, October 27, 8:21 p.m.
It's been a tough week.
In the past seven days, ten law
enforcement officers from around the country lost their lives.
It began last Friday on October 20th
in Fayette County, Tennessee. Deputy Jeremy Reynolds was
killed in an automobile accident while responding to a "shots fired"
call.
The following day Police Officer Dan
Picagli of the New Haven Police Department in Connecticut was struck
by a car while directing traffic. He held on for four days but
did succumb to his injuries.
Later the same day Officer Robert
Langley of the University of Mississippi Campus Police Department
was dragged by a car during a traffic stop. He was flown to
Memphis Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
On Sunday the 22nd Deputy Margena
Nunez of the Lee County Sheriff's Office in Florida was struck by a
drunk driver while directing traffic at a dangerous intersection
where a previous fatal accident had occurred.
Over in Los Angeles on the same day,
LAPD Officer Landon Dorris was investigating an accident when he was
fatally struck by a car. He had joined LAPD three years
earlier after serving with the California Highway Patrol for six
years.
Also on the same day Police Officer
Patrick Kramer of the West Yellowstone Police Department in Montana
died when his vehicle skidded on ice while responding to an
accident.
A day later,
Police Officer Mary Smith
of the Fairfield Police Department was exiting her car to check out
a suspicious vehicle when a suspect opened fire on her. A
second officer was also shot but survived.
On the 23rd Police Officer Thomas Wood
of the Maywood PD in Illinois was sitting in his patrol car when
someone approached and shot him four times.
On the 26th Sheriff James Johnson of
the Sheridan County Sheriffs Office in Kansas was shot dead while
interviewing an EDP.
Finally, Deputy
Jeffrey V. Mitchell of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department
was shot and killed on Friday during a motor vehicle stop.
This job is
for real. A lot of children and spouses and friends were left
behind this week. Don't get complacent with calls, traffic
assignments or any part of this job.
Police and Law Enforcement News
Friday, October 27, 8:21 p.m.
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