Driver Strikes Officer Assisting Motorists A veteran California Highway Patrol officer is recovering today after he was struck by a motorist on a San Diego highway Wednesday night. CHP spokesman Mark Gregg says the motorcycle officer broke both his legs and injured his knee when he was hit by the car on the shoulder of Interstate 805. He's listed in good condition at Mercy Hospital. The officer was hit as he assisted two people involved in a minor accident on I-805. He managed to push the couple to safety before he was hit and carried about 40 feet on the hood of the oncoming car. The motorist fled and no arrests have been made.

Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000
Subject: Another Officer shot
Police, suspects shoot it out
Filed: 03/02/2000
An exchange of gunfire between Bakersfield CA police and bank robbery
suspects Thursday afternoon left one suspect and one detective wounded and
nearly 100 officers searching the area.
Police cordoned off a mile-wide perimeter in the area of the shooting for
nearly eight hours after the noontime robbery of the Washington Mutual Bank
on California Avenue west of Highway 99. The search for suspects centered
near the site of the shooting, beside Carrows Family Restaurant on Easton
Drive, north of California Avenue
The search included both the sheriff's and Bakersfield police SWAT teams,
police dogs and scores of rifle-toting officers. Three suspects and a
suspected accomplice were arrested during the afternoon and evening.
Detective Rob Heiduk, a 10-year Bakersfield police veteran, suffered gunshot
wounds to his right wrist and a finger in the shooting about 12:30 p.m. He
was listed in good condition and underwent surgery at Mercy Hospital
Thursday afternoon.
Police said the ordeal began about 12:15 p.m. when several armed suspects -
at least one wearing a hard hat and coveralls - entered the Washington
Mutual Bank at 4040 California Ave. and began a violent takeover-style
robbery.
The robbers grabbed clerks by the neck, threw them to the ground and put
guns to their heads, demanding money, Bivens said. Police would not confirm
reports the robbers left the bank with $160,000 in cash.

Subj: Another Cop Shooting - March 2000
Date: 8/22/2000 10:17:48 PM Central Daylight Time
Rookie Shoots Boy, Fellow Officer
Two Injured by Stray Gunshot on Training Mission 
March 3, 2000
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- A training mission for a rookie police officer turned tragic when the new lawman tried to shoot an attacking dog, but instead shot a fellow officer and an 11-year-old boy who had dialed 911 for help, authorities said. 
Officer Julian Ng, who graduated from the police academy five weeks ago, hit Max Castro, 11, in the knee with a poorly aimed shot at one of the 11-year-old's dogs as it bit another officer inside the youth's Naples Street home, police said. Ng's shot also hit his training officer, Jennifer Dorantes, a five-year veteran, grazing her leg. 
The accidental shooting Thursday has left the victim's family outraged and San Francisco police offering their apologies. 
Ackerson said the incident began when Max allegedly got a threatening phone call from another boy who said he was going to "kill" him. The boy called 911 to report the threat, and officers were dispatched to the home. 
When Ng and Dorantes got to the house, they immediately encountered the dog. Police said two dogs rushed at the officers as soon as the boy opened the door. One of them bit Dorantes on the buttocks several times. 
Seeing his mentor being bitten, Ng pulled out his .40-caliber semiautomatic Beretta and fired one shot at the dog. It missed. Instead, the bullet grazed Dorante's leg, ricocheted off the house's steps and hit Max, traveling up his shinbone to his knee, police said. 
Max and Dorantes were taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where they are both in fair condition. None of the injuries are life-threatening. 
Police said they believe the shooting was a terrible mistake, but it is being investigated by the department's homicide squad and the management control section, Ackerson said. 
The boy's family has blasted the police in the press for how they treated the family after the shooting. They could not be reached for comment, but police admitted that they put the boy's father, Victor Castro, in handcuffs and placed him in a patrol car "until he calmed down" when he arrived at the scene of the shooting and became enraged. 
Both officers involved in the shooting have been placed on desk jobs until the investigation of the shooting is finished. 

 

NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County police sergeant struck a Newark police
cruiser and fled, leaving two injured Newark patrolmen at the scene.
Sgt. Giovanni Scricco, a 13-year veteran, was suspended pending the
outcome of a grand jury investigation, according to Sheriff Armando
Fontoura. Scricco was arrested and charged with driving while
intoxicated, leaving the scene of an accident and eluding police,
charges that seemed unreal to his colleagues.
"We're shocked and obviously concerned about his behavior," said
Fontoura. "It doesn't fit his pattern because he doesn't have a history
of this type of thing. He's got a good record."
The crash occurred at 1:28 a.m. when Scricco, 33, crashed his Ford
Expedition into the passenger side of a police cruiser. The impact threw
Patrolman Antonio Tavares out of the cruiser.
Scricco continued driving after the crash, abandoning his vehicle on
Broad Street, where he and his passenger, Joseph Cultrara, 26, ran.
Police apprehended the two almost immediately.
Tavares, a 3 ½-year veteran, suffered two broken ribs and a head
laceration. He was listed in
stable condition at University Hospital Thursday night. Patrolman Joseph
Silva, who was driving the cruiser, sustained a head contusion. He was
treated at University and released.
The case is being investigated by the department's robbery/homicide
unit, the county prosecutor's office and the sheriff department's
internal affairs.

Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000
Subject: On part-time jobs, vests and valor
Jeff Holland, a police officer whom I graduated OPD's academy with in early
1991, is one of many local cops who work off-duty but in uniform in area
banks and credit unions. At 10:40am Wednesday morning, he was at
his usual part-time job at the Great Western Bank on Omaha's south-central
side.
An armed robber entered the institution, produced a gun, and directed
Holland - who he had taken by surprise - to handcuff himself. One can only
imagine what raced through Jeff's mind (probably that he was about to be
executed). Take a look at the Omaha World-Herald article via the link below,
then I'll fill in the rest of the blanks......
......an FBI agent that was on scene after the dust settled has related the
following: instead of cuffing himself as ordered by the gunman, Jeff jumped
the suspect, knocking the gun from his hand and taking him to the floor.
While grappling with the party, an accomplice entered the bank and shot Jeff
three times, striking him in the leg, hip/abdomen area, and upper right
chest/side.
Upon being shot in triplicate, Jeff reportedly jumped up (aided, no doubt,
by a rather significant adrenal dump) and attacked the gunman that had just
shot him. This gunman too went onto the floor whilst suspect #1 ran
outside, retrieved another firearm from the getaway car, and attempted to
re-enter the bank. Thanks to a savvy female teller, he was locked out via
an electric door locking security mechanism.
With the help of citizens inside the bank, Jeff managed to handcuff/arrest
the party who had shot him. The other suspect got into the getaway car and
fled southbound on I-29 toward Kansas City. Multiple bulletins were
broadcast, an alert trucker observed the suspect vehicle, called it in,
Missouri State Patrol showed, pursuit ensued, and the rest is history.
(BTW, here's a BIG thumbs up to our brother/sister officers in and around
the state of Nebraska that partook in the manhunt.)Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000


Subject: Another Officer Down
HIAWATHA, Kan. -- Law enforcement officers in northeast Kansas shot and killed a juvenile boy who police say killed a Brown County sheriff's deputy about an hour earlier. The deputy, Todd Widman, 21, was shot and killed about 7 p.m. Wednesday on U.S. Highway 36 in Hiawatha, Brown County Sheriff Lamar Shoemaker said. Widman, a reserve officer, had responded to a call about a transient walking along the highway. He died at a hospital after he was shot. Immediately after the shooting, several law enforcement agencies, including area sheriff's departments, the Kansas Highway Patrol, the Kickapoo Nation and Sac and Fox tribal police, searched the Hiawatha area for a suspect said to be 12 to 14 years old. During the search, which included the use of dogs and a helicopter, shots were fired in several areas of the city, which is about 10 miles south of the Nebraska border and about 35 miles west of the Missouri state line.
About an hour after the deputy was killed, officers shot the juvenile, who was armed with a handgun, the sheriff said. Shoemaker said the boy, whose name had not been released, was coming out of a ditch toward the officers when he was shot.


Officer Canfield died of pneumonia which he caught due to gunshot wounds he received on August 17, 1957. The Hennepin County, Minnesota, coroner ruled his death a homicide due to the gunshot wounds. Officer Canfield and his partner, Officer Robert Fossum, began chasing a stolen car, not knowing that the three occupants were en route to rob a local market. During the chase the suspects began firing at the officers' squad car, before crashing. As the officers approached they opened fire again, striking Officer Fossum in the head, killing him. As the suspects attempted to escape they also shot Officer Canfield before striking him with their vehicle and dragging him approximately 30 feet. The suspects, all brothers, were able to elude authorities for 28 days before they were located. Two of the suspects were shot and killed in a shootout with police and the third suspect committed suicide in jail in 1958. Officer Canfield was forced to retire due to his injuries in 1960 and was confined to a wheelchair and his bed. His injuries required him to have 97 blood transfusions and over 100 surgeries. He had been with the agency for twelve years at the time of the incident.


Please add Deputy Rupert H. Peete, Jr. Shelby County Sheriff's Department
Shelby County Memphis Tennessee assassinated in the line of duty March 8, 2000
along with two Memphis Fire Fighters.
While responding to a domestic disturbance call he was flagged down by a citizen (a woman) to report shots being fired. While receiving this information he was assassinated sitting in his squad car by the violator of the domestic. The Memphis Fire Department was responding to a fire call at this same address unaware of these events. As the MFD responded moments later the violator assassinated two of the firefighters while still seated in their pumper. The Memphis Police arrived on the scene and neutralized the threat. 
The violator a disgruntled Memphis Fireman had set his house ablaze and shot his wife 5 times she was found DOA in the home. The violator utilized a pump shotgun to assault his victims. The citizen/woman who flagged the deputy down was 
also wounded and she was the only survivor of this violators me lay. The deputy was  killed by a single pellet that entered his left temple area. The violator is recovering from gunshot wounds. 


Date: 03-08-00
Subject: Re: Baltimore Officer LOD Death
A 22-year-old Baltimore police officer, who had been on the job slightly more than a year, died last night of injuries he sustained when his Jeep Cherokee patrol vehicle collided with a car at a West Baltimore intersection, police said.
Officer Jamie A. Roussey, whose father is a police officer, was going to help an officer on foot pursue a suspect and was northbound in the first block of N. Fulton Ave. about 5: 45 p.m. when he collided with a westbound 2000 Dodge Neon at the 1700 block of W. Fayette St., police said. The driver's side of the Jeep hit a utility pole. Firefighters had to cut off the Jeep's roof to free Roussey. Sgt. Scott Rowe said Roussey, a resident of Southwest Baltimore who is assigned to the Western District, suffered multiple injuries and died at 7:56 p.m. at Maryland Shock Trauma Center. The cause of death was
not immediately available, Rowe said. Dr. Thomas M. Scalea, chief physician at Shock Trauma, said Roussey
arrived at the hospital about 6:11 p.m. with massive chest, abdominaland pelvic injuries on his left side. Officer Vincent Roussey, the dead officer's uncle, is a member of Mayor Martin O'Malley's security detail. Roussey's brother and a cousin are
also on the police force.
Rowe said Roussey joined the force Feb. 17, 1999.
Rowe said the driver of the Neon, Calvin Thompson Jr., 20, of the 4100 block of Mountwood Road, and his passenger, Robert Scott, 28, of the 100 block of Palormo Ave., were treated for minor injuries at Shock Trauma. Later, Thompson and Scott were arrested and charged with possession of a deadly weapon, a Glock 9 mm semiautomatic handgun
police found in the Neon's trunk.


Lieutenant Haddock died a day after his horse fell on him during a trail ride. Lieutenant Haddock was escorting a trail ride when his horse became nervous, reared up, and fell backwards on top of him. He was flown to a local hospital where he died of his of injuries the next day. Lieutenant Haddock was responsible for creating the department's Mounted Patrol Unit and was considered an expert horseman. He had been with the agency for 20 years.


March 17 Two Fulton County sheriff's deputies, trying to serve an arrest warrant on the one-time Black Panther leader once known as H. Rap Brown, were shot, police said Friday. CNN reported that one of the deputies was in critical condition and the other was in guarded condition. Each had been shot more than once. A sheriff's department spokesman said the deputies were shot by a black man believed to be armed with an M-16 rifle. The spokesman said the deputies returned fire and may have hit the suspect. The deputies were trying to serve warrants for illegal weapons possession and aggravated assault on Al-Amin, who once was a leader of the militant Black Panthers group in the 1960s. The black activist once known as H. Rap Brown was being sought Friday 03-17-00 after allegedly shooting two deputies as they went to arrest him for failure to show up in court on a theft case. Authorities believe Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, as Brown is now known, was also wounded in the shootout. Officer Aldranon English "has positively identified (Al-Amin) as the person who fired upon the two deputies," Police Chief Beverly Harvard said. English was in serious condition today at Grady Memorial Hospital; the other wounded officer, Ricky Kinchen, was in critical condition. Harvard did not say whether police planned to charge Al-Amin in the shooting, but
authorities were actively looking for him.


Officer Villalobos died a day after falling off a catwalk while performing an advanced SWAT training exercise at the United States Marine Corp base in Camp Pendleton, California. During the training exercise, Officer Villalobos slipped off of the 10-foot high catwalk. He sustained serious head injuries and died the next day. He had been with the agency for 30 years and had been a member of the SWAT team for 17 years. He is survived by his parents and four children.


Officer Buckmister was killed after being involved in a two car accident on U.S. 89 near Page, Arizona. Officer Buckmister was en route to an accident when a van struck his cruiser on the passenger side during a snowstorm. Three people in the second vehicle were also killed. Officer Buckmister had been with the agency one year and is survived by his wife and two young children.


Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000
Subject: Deputy wounded
Deputy Sonny Collins was saved by his ballistic vest from round(s) fired at him from behind. Apparently he spent last night in the hospital for observation but is now out at home. He is, however, walking a bit slow and (per his comment) will be for the next couple of days. A preferable condition considering the alternative. His assailants (3) are in custody: 1 adult male and two minor males. The report of a fourth individual was probably a result of the circumstantial excitement.


Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 12:22:52 -0700
Subject: Police Helicopter Crash
Police Helicopter Crashes in California
March 15, 2000
A Bell OH-58 shared by two Southern California police departments crashed into a school maintenance yard in Compton Tuesday, slightly injuring the pilot and observer on board. Compton Police Department Officer Chris Paredes, the pilot, and South Gate Police Department Officer Rob Pellerin were both treated for minor cuts and bruises, officials said. A spokesperson said the helicopter experienced a mechanical problem about 7 PM and went down less than a mile from the city's airport.

Off-duty officer hit, killed on I-110


An off-duty city police officer preparing for the Spanish Town parade Saturday morning 03-04-00 was hit by a car and killed when he got out of his truck on an Interstate 110 South on-ramp, officials and family members said. Gary J. Vines Sr. had planned a big family gathering to celebrate the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade, his son, Bradley Vines, said. Police said Vines was on the Scenic Highway on-ramp to Interstate 110 South about 7:45 a.m. He stopped his truck at the point where the Scenic Highway on-ramp meets another on-ramp near Memorial Stadium. Police spokesman Cpl. Charles Armstrong said investigators aren’t sure why Vines stopped and got out of his truck. A blue plastic laundry basket in the adjacent median suggested that perhaps it fell from the bed of his truck and he was going to retrieve it. Vines was struck by a rust-colored Ford Taurus driven by Joshua August Armstrong said. August was not arrested in the accident and is not expected to be ticketed, he said. "We don’t anticipate it, but it’s still under investigation. We haven’t ruled it out," Armstrong said. Vines, 52, died at the scene. Vines had spent five years working with city police before moving to State Police for a 25-year career that included serving as a bodyguard for Elaine Edwards while her then-husband, Edwin Edwards, was governor, said Vines’ son. After retiring from State Police, Vines made an unsuccessful run for sheriff of East Feliciana Parish. He returned to city police in August 1996. He had to go through training again when he returned. In that training academy, Vines received the Trainees’ Trainee award, which is determined by a class vote. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police, the Louisiana State Troopers Association and was a Free Mason belonging to the Plains Lodge 135 in Zachary, family members said.


On march 16,2000 East Feliciciana Sheriff"s deputy was shot in the neck working a mva.On the 25th deputy Nolan Williamson died do to shot in the neck . Deputy Williamson was 61 years of age. He will be missed by all of us here. He truely a great and respected among all the officers that he has trained and worked with.Started in the late 70's. and was there all ways to help any one that asked. Would ya'll please pray for his family. 

A San Antonio police officer was killed Friday evening along with another man in a shootout on the South side of town. 
Officer Oscar Perez was shot while attempting to serve an arrest warrant. The man who allegedly shot him was also killed. Authorities have not yet identified the suspect. The incident happened shortly after 6:40 p.m. at the Budget Inn near the intersection of Roosevelt and East Southcross Drive, about 5 miles northwest of Brooks Air Force Base. Police received a tip from the Bexar County Sheriff's Department that a man wanted by police was at the hotel, according to Sgt. Gabriel Trevino, a spokesman for the San Antonio Police Department. Trevino said that Perez and another officer went to the hotel to arrest the man, who is believed to have had an outstanding warrant for drug-related offenses. The officers knocked on the hotel door, but did not receive any answer. They then got the room key from the front desk and returned to the room. When one of the officers opened the door, he began struggling with the suspect to open the door. Perez, 31, then entered the room and was shot once in the head by the suspect. The other officer then shot and killed the 20-year-old suspect, Trevino said. Perez, a 7-year veteran of the San Antonio Police Department, leaves behind a wife and two young children. His wife is pregnant with their third child.

Date: 3/26/2000 7:08:43 PM Central Standard Time


Trooper in critical condition after truck hits him on Beltway Man charged with leaving scene, drunken driving 
A state trooper was in critical condition yesterday at Maryland Shock Trauma Center after being hit by a truck that did not stop after an accident on the Baltimore Beltway in Woodlawn late Friday. Sgt. Kevin R. Utz, 42, a 22-year department veteran, underwent surgery early yesterday, authorities said. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. Based on a witness' description of the truck that hit Utz, state police charged Jeffrey C. Kerler, 40, of the 7300 block of Dogwood Road in Woodlawn with driving while intoxicated, failure to stop at an accident and failing to report an accident to police. Police said Utz, a member of the aviation division, was on his way to work when he stopped a car for speeding on the outer loop of the Beltway just south of Windsor Mill Road. As the driver handed Utz his license, the officer was hit by a Ford truck. Utz was thrown into traffic. The driver Utz had stopped for speeding pulled him to the shoulder of the road, state police said. Another driver who saw the accident followed the truck and called state police from a mobile phone. He gave police a description of the truck, which was found parked at Kerler's home. As troopers questioned Kerler, they noticed cuts and bruises on his face.


Darby, 6 1/2 year old K-9 officer for Caseyville, IL PD dies 3/21/2000 of melanoma cancer. He was diagnosed with the cancer in February. Darby had 21 catches, found over 350 lbs of marjuana and an immeasurable  amount of cocaine. He was loved by his partner and the entire city of  Caseyville. He will be sadly missed by all.

Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 17:57:03 -0600


Last night Beaumont Police Officer Jim Callesto was wounded in a shooting. Jim drove up on (the paper says dispatched) the suspect as he was walking towards the front doors of a local convenience store. The suspect was wearing a ski mask. Jim checked out on him and during a foot pursuit behind the store Jim caught him in a nearby apartment complex. During a fight Jim was gouged in the eyes and was able to pepper spray the suspect. During the fight the suspect pulled out a weapon and shot Jim twice. 1 round hit his vest and the second hit below it. The bullet became lodged in his posterior and thankfully did not hit any vital organs. He was awake earlier today and doing pretty well. He is expected to fully recover. Jim has been with us
for 10 years and we worked in a plain clothes unit together several years ago. Before coming to Beaumont he worked for Atlanta PD.


Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 13:40:13 EST
Subject: Re: Ashtabula, OH K9 Shooting
K-9 Cero, of the Ashtabula County [OH] Sheriff's Office was shot and killed in the line of duty on 03-25-00. Just spoke to a long time friend in Jefferson, OH - county seat of Ashtabula County, OH. He informs me that on: 25 Mar., 2000, at approximately 0630 hrs. EST, a twenty-two year old male emerged from his residence in this very small community. It is alleged that the young man had been on a drug trip for a lengthy period of time. He was armed with a 12 Ga. shotgun under a long coat. Killed the first person he encountered with a blast to the head. Continued through the small community. The Jefferson PD and Ashtabula County Sheriff's Office responded to find subject hiding behind a large tree in Jefferson. Ordered subject to discard his weapon which he did. The K-9 was sent in to subdue the subject, however, subject was armed with a pistol, and killed the K-9 immediately. Responding officers returned fire, and subject expired at the local hospital in Ashtabula, OH, later on: 25 Mar., 2000.

Sergeant Williamson was shot and killed after responding, unarmed, to what he thought was a call of a two-car vehicle accident. He was working in the parish jail, where firearms are not permitted, when the call came in and he offered to accompany another deputy to the scene. After arriving on the scene, he was shot in the neck by the suspect. He was transported to a local hospital where he died of his injuries approximately one week later. The suspect had been stalking his ex-wife and had rammed her vehicle, causing both vehicle to crash. The other deputy on the scene returned fire, wounding the suspect. Sergeant Williamson had been in law enforcement for over 20 years.

Camp Georgetown NY 03-30-00
Correction Officer Raymond Curtis died in the line of duty after a tragic accident while supervising an 8 inmate work crew logging a forest. Corrections Officer Curtis died in a work accident while he was supervising a work crew. The work crew was working in a wildlife management area clearing trees. Officer Curtis was carrying a log on his shoulders when he slipped and fell, hitting his head on a stump. The log that he was carrying then landed on his head.

On March 28, 2000 Berkeley County Sheriffs Office in Moncks Corner SC mourn the death of it's First and Oldest K-9. K-9 Grief died of cancer. We, along with Grief's Handler and Best Friend, Cpl. Jerry Wright will miss Grief and are thankful for the years of continuous service, loyalty and love Grief gave us. Grief was a fellow officer and a member of the Thin Blue
Line.