By Hank Tester and Brian Hamacher NBC-6 TV Miami MIAMI — The Miami Police officer who was arrested for reckless driving by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper after he was spotted driving 120 mph on the Turnpike was in court Thursday where he pleaded no contest. Officer Fausto Lopez will…
‘I thought I was going to die,’ officer testifies at trial
By Jim Balloch Knoxville News-Sentinel Trying to explain to a Knox County jury why he shot Knoxville Police Department Officer Andrew Olson last year, Cameron Cook on Tuesday answered, "I just wasn't thinking." But Olson was thinking. "I thought I was going to die," said Olson, 28. A 1-ounce slug…
Md. police: Officer fatally shoots man carrying knife
Author: Force Science Institute The Capital BALTIMORE — Baltimore police say an officer fatally shot a man armed with a knife during a confrontation. Officers were called to a home on West Cold Spring Lane on Tuesday for a report of someone "about to do something crazy." Police spokesman Anthony…
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Mass. man attempts to set officer ablaze
By PoliceOne Staff RANDOLPH, Mass. — A Massachussets man named Raphael Theophile reportedly doused an officer with gasoline and attempted to set him ablaze. His attempt at the arsonist assault failed, and he now faces a variety of charges in connection with the three-alarm blaze at his own home. According…
Mass. man attempts to set officer ablaze
By PoliceOne Staff RANDOLPH, Mass. — A Massachussets man named Raphael Theophile reportedly doused an officer with gasoline and attempted to set him ablaze. His attempt at the arsonist assault failed, and he now faces a variety of charges in connection with the three-alarm blaze at his own home. According…
NH police officer injured in gunfight
The Union-Leader MANCHESTER, N.H. — Police Officer Daniel Doherty was seriously injured Wednesday night in what witnesses described as a gunfight. Myles Webster, 22, of Litchfield, is under arrest, charged with attempted murder of a police officer, according to a press release issued by Manchester police early Thursday morning. Webster…
Mass. officer shot by Sgt. improving
Sentinel & Enterprise BEVERLY, Mass. — Beverly police say friends and family have spoken to an officer who was shot by another officer and that his condition appears to be improving. Police said on their Facebook page Sunday that friends and family have spoken to Officer Jason Lantych and he…
McAfee Chief Technology Officer to Keynote at RSA Conference 2012
McAfee today announced that Stuart McClure, chief technology officer for the company, will deliver a keynote speech at the RSA Conference 2012. McClure’s keynote titled, ‘Securing the Unsecurable’ will focus on ways the threat environment has changed and how things that were once thought of as impossible to be secured,…
NJ man who shot off-duty officer must pay $5.9M
Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. — An off-duty New Jersey county sheriff’s officer who was shot and seriously wounded when he tried to intervene in a domestic dispute has won a $5.9 million civil judgment against the gunman. A judge recently awarded the money to Joshua Hahn and his wife after…