Category: officer

Police Officer Lifts Little Kids to Help Them Dunk Basketballs

Such joy this officer is creating. The kids can never forget this!


Man Convicted of Killing Officer Who Tried to Arrest Him

ORLANDO, Fla.—A Florida man was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in the shooting death of an Orlando police officer who was trying to arrest him outside a Walmart store for the earlier slaying of his pregnant former girlfriend. Markeith Loyd was convicted of killing Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton on Jan. 9, 2017 as…


GameStop Chief Operating Officer Owens Leaves After 7 Months

GameStop Corp., the company whose stock became a sensation with day traders this year, said on Friday that Jenna Owens agreed to leave, just seven months after joining the video game retailer as its chief operating officer. It is the first major executive departure at GameStop since the company hired a new chief executive officer,…


Boy Bereft After Bullies Smash His Guitar—Until NJ Police Officer Gifts His Own as Replacement

After a 9-year-old boy and his parents appeared at their local police station to report that the boy’s guitar had been smashed by bullies, one officer went above and beyond—he gifted the devastated boy his very own guitar. Patrol Officer Andrew Skae from Hawthorne, New Jersey, was on duty on Aug. 28 when his colleague…


LAPD Officer Shot and Wounded; Possible Suspect in Custody

LOS ANGELES—A Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer was shot and wounded Thursday in plain clothes while driving to work, authorities said. The LAPD officer was shot around 5 a.m. in south Los Angeles, near Central Avenue and 28th Street, next to the police station. “The officer was on his way to work,” LAPD Assistant…


Former Police Officer and Self-Defense Queen Shares Helpful Tips for Staying Safe

A former police officer who left a 15-year career to follow her passion for fitness is now is going viral on TikTok for her self-defense techniques. Collating her police training and martial arts experience into bite-size safety tips, she is now helping others stay safe, one technique at a time. At 47, mom of four…


(VIDEO) Dad of 4 Spots Officer Clearing Trash at Crash Victim’s Roadside Memorial: ‘Good Guy’

When an Indiana driver spotted a police officer clearing trash from the side of an intersection, it piqued his interest. Pulling over, he learned that the kind officer was maintaining the memorial site of a crash victim killed two decades prior. Touched by the selfless act, he filmed the interaction to share with others. Kaleb Hall, 32,…


Houston Officer Killed, Another Wounded While Serving Warrant

HOUSTON—A Houston police officer was killed and another was wounded Monday morning during a shooting that also killed a 31-year-old man whom the officers were attempting to arrest on drug charges, authorities said. The veteran officers were each shot multiple times while attempting to serve an arrest warrant at an apartment complex on the city’s…


Houston Officer Dead, Another Wounded While Serving Warrant

HOUSTON—A Houston police officer was killed and another was wounded Monday morning during a shooting that also killed a 31-year-old man whom the officers were attempting to arrest on drug charges, authorities said. The veteran officers were each shot multiple times while attempting to serve an arrest warrant at an apartment complex on the city’s…


Missouri Officer Dies After Being Shot Responding to Call

A Missouri police officer who was still in training after graduating from the police academy in July has died after being shot by a wanted man who opened fire on officers and was also killed, authorities said. Independence Officer Blaize Madrid-Evans, 22, was hospitalized with critical injuries following the Wednesday morning shooting and later died,…