By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There 72 law enforcement officers slain nationwide in 2011, up from 56 in 2010, according to the FBI preliminary stats released Monday. Of the total, 19 officers were killed during ambushes (14 during unprovoked attacks and five due to entrapment/premeditation situations); five were slain while investigating suspicious persons or circumstances; 11…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A five mile stretch along I-8 in California in the San Diego area will have signs honoring Robert Rosas Jr., a popular border patrol agent who was killed in an ambush two years ago, the San Diego Union Tribune reported. A ceremony to unveil the signs is set for the fall,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Forty eight law enforcement officers in 2009 were either shot and killed or hit by cars that were used as weapons, up by seven from the previous year, the FBI said Monday. Additionally, 47 died in accidents while on the job. One of those slain in 2009 was U.S….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Last November, the Baltimore FBI office was named after Sam Hicks, a slain Pittsburgh FBI agent who had worked as a Baltimore cop. Now his name lives on in a piece of national legislation. The House on Tuesday passed a bill named after Hicks that will allow federal law…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The hunt for a convicted felon wanted in the slayings of four Washington state police officers ended early Tuesday morning when police shot and killed him in South Seattle, the Seattle Times reported. The paper reported that police shot Maurice Clemmons while he was standing in the 4400 block of South…
