Struck By Incidents
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Colorado State Police Officer Struck by Motorist, Shots Fired on Scene
A CSU police officer was struck by a motorist near Ingersoll Hall around midnight on Wednesday. No injuries were reported, though much of Shields Street was shut down between Prospect Road and Elizabeth Street.
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Man Arrested for Assaulting Maryland Officer
Demetrice D. Demby, 39, was arrested and charged with first and second degree assault and murder along with second degree assault upon a law enforcement officer.
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Police Seek Driver Who Struck Seattle, WA Parking Officer
Seattle police say a parking enforcement officer was struck last night by a vehicle whose driver then fled the scene.
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Seattle, WA Parking Enforcement Officer Hit by SUV
Police are looking for the man who backed into a parking enforcement officer on Tuesday. The male PEO was approaching the back of an illegally-parked Jeep in the 100 block of Pine Street just after 7 p.m. when the driver backed up and hit him.
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Police Say That Driver Intentionally Hit Arkansas Police Officer and Two Firefighters
April Kiser, public information officer for the Jacksonville Police Department, said the ongoing investigation into an accident last night which left a veteran Jacksonville fire captain dead and another firefighter and police officer critically injured, suggests the driver hit the three men deliberately.
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Illinois: Incident Happened When a Special Crime Task Force Tried to Stop a Car
Illinois State Police are investigating an officer involved shooting that sent both a cop and a suspect to hospitals. It happened Thursday night on 37th street in East St. Louis.
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Ohio Police: Officer Struck and Dragged by University Hts. Firefighter
A University Heights Firefighter was arrested over the weekend for allegedly striking a Cleveland Police Officer with his vehicle while intoxicated.
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PA State Trooper Injured in Philadelphia Crash
A PA state trooper was hospitalized after being struck by a car on I-95 in Philadelphia. The trooper was assisting a motorist on northbound I-95 near the Tacony Palmyra Bridge Monday evening around 8pm. The trooper was in the motorist's disabled vehicle when the vehicle was struck from behind by an oncoming car.
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Tennessee Officer Injured, Grazed By Car After Shoplifting Incident
Shots were fired and one police officer injured after a shoplifting incident at Rivergate Mall Monday evening. Officials said that around 7 p.m. undercover detectives were working in Rivergate Mall, due to an increase in shoplifting in the area. Officers noticed two women shoplifting from the mall and followed them to the parking lot. Metro Police said the two undercover officers followed the four women to a parking spot near the mall entrance. They were allegedly ripping the tags off merchandise they had stole elsewhere and were getting ready to return it at the mall. According to police, the officers blocked in the car, got out and identified themselves as police. That's when the car took off out of the space, grazing the leg of one of the officer. The other officer couldn't get out of the way and opened fire.
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Community Rallies Around Injured Tennessee Trooper
Well wishes and prayers from the community continue to poor for critically-injured Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Lowell Russell. The THP sergeant from Vonore was injured when a tractor-trailer struck his patrol car while he was finishing a routine interstate traffic stop in Knoxville just before 3 a.m. on Tuesday.