Las Vegas, NV – A family of five children who were home when their mother murdered their father in January have been able to stay together because a compassionate North Las Vegas police officer took them home with him.
North Las Vegas Police Officer Nicholas Quintana was one of the officers who responded to the homicide call on Jan. 14 at a home on Osaka Pearl Street, KVVU reported.
Officers arrested a woman at the scene for fatally shooting her husband, and they were shocked to find the couple’s five children – ages six to 17 years old – had been home when the murder occurred.
Tallahassee, FL – The Florida Senate unanimously passed legislation on Thursday that was designed by the governor to help Florida law enforcement agencies recruit officers from out-of-state, along with an amendment to the bill that will give sheriffs more control over their budgets.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis proposed his plan in October of 2021 to offer $5,000 signing bonuses to police officers from other states who wanted to relocate to Florida.
Law enforcement agencies nationwide were reporting a shortage of officers even before the global pandemic and the nationwide riots that followed the death of George Floyd in the custody of the Minneapolis police, WJXT reported.
Waverly, TN – Humphreys County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) K9 Ciro died in the line of duty on March 3 after a fire erupted in the dashboard of the patrol vehicle he was sitting in.
The incident occurred outside the Humphreys County Courthouse as K9 Ciro’s handler, HCSO Deputy Shaun Gary, was testifying in court, WVLT reported.
“However social Ciro was, he was a bite dog. He was a full patrol dog and he was trained to protect me. I can’t take Ciro into those places without a need,” Deputy Gary later told WKRN.
The deputy said that before heading into the building, he checked the vehicle’s alert system, which “monitors the temperature, all the vehicle operations, [and] the voltage” of the vehicle, according to WKRN.
“In the event of a temperature rise in the car, it sends a page, it sends a text, and then it sends a phone call to my cellphone,” Deputy Gary explained, describing the program as an elaborate system “that generally works very well.”
The deputy was inside the courthouse for just 15 minutes before an electrical short sparked a fire in the patrol vehicle’s dashboard area, WVLT reported.
The flames disabled all of the electronic operations in the vehicle, including the locks and the alarm system.
When Deputy Gary exited the courthouse, he saw smoke billowing from his patrol unit, WKRN reported.
He ran to the vehicle and frantically tried to rescue K9 Ciro by breaking out the glass and using a door ram on the SUV.
“I was going to do everything I could to get him out of that car,” Deputy Gary said, holding back tears. “I couldn’t get to him and it’s like one of your children. I burnt myself and was going to burn myself to get to that dog. That was the hardest thing for me was not being able to get in that car.”
The fire department cut the door open using the jaws of life, but K9 Ciro had already passed away due to smoke inhalation, WKRN reported.
The suspect crashed the vehicle and fired at offers, striking one. The suspect was shot when officers returned fire, police said.
The three wounded officers were hospitalized and one is dead, the news release said.
Authorities are not releasing any names.
Missouri Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe said in a tweet he was “praying for the officers involved in the shooting today in Joplin, as well as for their families and fellow officers.”
According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, a non-profit dedicated to memorializing fallen officers, 66 officers have died in the line of duty this year, including nine by gunfire, before Tuesday.
Lake Forest, CA – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) released bodycam and security footage that captured the moment when an armed shoplifter was shot in the head while brawling with deputies at a Walmart store in January.
The incident occurred at the Foothill Ranch Walmart Supercenter located at 26502 Towne Centre Drive shortly before 9:40 p.m. on Jan 18, OCSD Sergeant Ryan Anderson said in the 21-minute video briefing.
A store loss prevention employee called the sheriff’s office dispatch center and reported that two suspects were walking around the store with a “suspected fraudulent receipt” on a phone and that they had “high-priced items” in a cart, Sgt. Anderson said.
“It’s a fraudulent receipt,” the caller said in the dispatch recording. “I clearly saw him in the electronics department grabbing high-ticket merchandise. They’re going to walk out soon.”
The employee provided the dispatcher with descriptions of both suspects and deputies were dispatched to the scene.
“Don’t reach for it,” the deputy warned him as he tried to pull the suspect’s hand away from the blade. “Get your f—king hand off the knife.”
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