Deputy Clements was killed in a single vehicle crash while responding to a
disturbance call. During the response his cruiser left the roadway and struck a
tree. Deputy Clements was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to
his injuries. Deputy Clements had been with the agency for 10 years and is
survived by his son, parents, and brother.
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 05:29:04 -0600 Subject: Death of Delaware State Trooper Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 08:49:32 -0800 Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 09:50:11 -0500 Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 00:11:32 -0800 Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 06:06:14 -0800 Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 07:31:01 -0600 Be advised of the death of MSHP Sgt. Robert A. Guilliams. Sgt. Guilliams was killed in an auto accident while responding to a radio call of another auto accident at about 4:20 a.m. on Friday, February 16, 2001 on I-55 in Pemiscot County (southeastern Missouri). Sgt. Guilliams, 41, was a 17 year veteran of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. He is survived by his wife and 2 children. Visitation will be on Sunday, February 18, 2001 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Portageville, MO High School. The funeral will be on Monday, February 19, 2001 at 1:00 p.m. from Portageville High School. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Guilliams family and to our brothers of the MSHP. Sgt. Guilliams becomes the first Missouri law enforcement officer to die in the line of duty in 2001. Unfortunately, southeast Missouri suffered another tragedy only days earlier as 2 Cape Girardeau police officers were shot in the line of duty. P.O. Bradley Moore and Keith May were shot at about 2030 hours on Saturday, February 10, 2001 while investigating a report of methamphetamine being produced in a local hotel room. Both officers are veterans with Moore having 23 years on the department and May having 16. While seriously injured, both officers are expected to recover. Their shooter was not so fortunate, he died from return fire from these brave officers. Lawrence officer 'pretty lucky' to be alive Subject: Re: officer down Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:52:57 -0800 Topic: Captain William Scott, Martin County S.O. Florida Subject: Officer's Death To: <bryanr3000@home.com>
Subject: San Antonio Police Officer Gunned Down
An 11-year San Antonio police veteran was fatally shot late Friday at a Northwest Side apartment complex. John Anthony Riojas, 37, affectionately known as "Rocky" within the department, was pronounced dead at 12:07 a.m. after his family made the decision to take him off life support, Police Chief Al Philippus said at a 12:35 a.m. news conference. "The family had to make some very difficult decisions for him," Philippus said. The shooting apparently occurred after Riojas struggled with a man he'd been chasing on foot. The chief said Riojas "was a real hard worker, someone who everybody
admired, somebody who tried to make this community a better place." Riojas was married and the father of two children, one born only recently. It was unknown what type of gun was used in the shooting, and the officer's pistol hadn't been found early today, police said. After the incident at about 9:40 p.m., dozens of officials searched the area around the Stone Hollow Apartments in the 9400 block of Fredericksburg Road. Police officers and Bexar County sheriff's deputies - including the sheriff's gang unit - were involved in the manhunt and investigation. Riojas, a member of the Street Crimes Arrest Team unit, reportedly was in uniform when he was shot. The officer was alone when he was shot in the forehead, but other SCAT officers reportedly were in the area. SCAT officers operate over a special radio frequency but can alert patrol officers in emergencies, police spokesman Gabe Treviño said. He said Riojas was unable to radio for help but other officers arrived within a minute of the broadcast that shots had been fired and found Riojas. The shooting occurred in the back of the apartment complex near a bank of mailboxes, Treviño said.
A Delaware State Trooper, Frances Collender, died this morning, 02-06-01, after being struck by a car while helping a stranded motorist. The accident happened on Route One near Odessa, in southern New Castle County just after 6 a-m. According to Delaware State Police Spokesman, Corporal Wally Newton, the trooper had stopped her patrol car behind a disabled vehicle on the shoulder of Route One, when another car traveling southbound went out of control and struck the officer, pinning her against her police cruiser. The cruiser's emergency lights were on and flashing at the time of the accident. The officer was rushed to Christiana Hospital, but died shortly after the accident.
Subject: LOD Death
Apparent Prank Leads to FL Officer's Death
Dateline: Gainesville, Florida - 2/13/2001
An apparent prank on a foggy Monday morning led to the death of a Gainesville Police officer who was hit by a motorist while he was trying to move a baseball batting cage from the middle of a street. Dead is Officer Scott Baird, 23, who had joined the force in April 1999. The accident occurred about 4 a.m. on NW 16th Terrace behind Gainesville High School. An investigation is under way to determine who moved the batting cage, weighing 200 to 300 pounds, into the street. "It is a felony situation," Sgt. Dan Miller of the Florida Highway Patrol said. "It's not really a prank anymore. It's vehicular manslaughter. And even though the people who stuck the batting cage out there weren't driving a vehicle, they put an object in the road that contributed to someone losing his life."The flag was lowered to half-staff at GPD headquarters on NW 6th Street and officers wore black bands on their badges. Baird is the first GPD officer to lose his life in the line of duty since 1980. A memorial service is being planned for Baird. His father, Sonny Baird of Orlando, said Baird had long wanted to be a police officer and had
goals of becoming an FBI agent. "Ever since he was a little kid he always wanted to be a police officer, and we supported him 100 percent of the way," Sonny Baird said. "He
wanted to work his way up to be in the FBI. He went into it whole-heartedly and put everything into it." The FHP reported that Baird's car was parked facing south with the
lights on while he was trying to move the batting cage from the road. Ira Nathaniel Warren, 17, was driving a gold Toyota north on 16th Terrace. His car hit Baird and the batting cage. Both were thrown north toward Baird's car. Baird landed in front of his car with the cage on top of him, FHP reported. "There was a little bit of fog and haze, and by the time (Warren) realized what was happening, it was too late," FHP Lt. F.D. Burrow said. "The cage hadn't been out here maybe 20 minutes, judging from the footprints in the grass. We're looking for any information we can get. These kids are going to shoot their mouths off sooner or later. They always do. But we need someone with open ears for us." Warren, an Eastside High School senior, saw that Baird was unconscious and panicked, police said. Instead of finding a phone to call for help, Warren went to get his mother, whom he had just dropped off to work at Shands at the University of Florida. He returned to the scene with her. Officer Keith Kameg said Baird was dispatched to 16th Terrace about 3:43 a.m. regarding a large object in the road that had been reported by a passer-by. Baird tried to move the cage, then called for a wrecker to come move it. Baird's
emergency lights were on when the accident happened, Kameg said. A caller notified police of the accident, and additional officers
arrived at 4:18. Paramedics also arrived about then. Kameg said Warren got back to the scene about 4:46 but had called police at 4:20 to let them know he was coming back.
Baird was taken to Shands at UF, where he was pronounced dead at 5:05 a.m. No charges were filed against Warren, but troopers said their investigation continues. Police said Monday the investigation was focusing on Gainesville High. Officers and detectives interviewed students and teachers to glean clues as to who put the batting cage in the road. The cage was usually kept near a campus building across the baseball field from the street, Principal Charles Hall said. The cage was heavy-gauge aluminum built in an oval with hinges for portability. Netting surrounded three sides and the top of the cage. Police and GHS officials said the culprits hoisted the cage over a fence rather than maneuver it through a gate. Plans for a service are being made but have not been completed. Donations in honor of Baird can be made to any Compass Bank location. Anyone with information on the case can call detectives at 334-2470 or
Crime Stoppers at 372-7867.
Subject: Two Maryland Officers Killed
Two Maryland Officers Killed
CENTREVILLE, Md. A police officer and a sheriff's deputy were shot to death while responding to a complaint about loud music in a mobile home park. Centreville Officer Michael Nickerson, 26, was shot in the chest Tuesday night, said Dr. Thomas M. Scalea of the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. Queen Anne's Sheriff's Deputy Jason C. Schwenz, 28, died at the scene. Francis M. Zito, 41, is accused of two counts each of first-degree murder and manslaughter, among other charges. He was being held at the Maryland State Police barracks in Centreville and was scheduled for arraignment Wednesday. The officers were given permission to enter the trailer by the suspect's mother, who lives across the street. When they entered the home's enclosed porch, the suspect fired at them, sheriff's officials said. A Maryland state police officer who had arrived at the scene as backup took the suspect into custody after attempting to revive one of the officers. ''This is the toughest case I've ever seen,'' said Gary McLhinney, president of the police union. Centreville is about 35 miles southeast of Baltimore.
Subject: LASD Deputy Died in Collision
Crash Leaves Motorcycle Officer in Critical Condition
The deputy was thrown at least 100 feet, according to ABC7. A head-on crash involving a sheriff's motorcycle and a white Lexus Wednesday afternoon left a deputy fighting for his life in a Brea hospital. The accident was reported at 3:08 p.m. at Diamond Bar Boulevard and the Brea Canyon Cutoff Road, Inspector Ray Rodriguez of the county fire department said. The station reported that the deputy was in "grave" medical condition, and that the department had asked for a chaplain to come to Brea Community Hospital, where the man is being treated. It was unclear whether he or the motorist strayed into the other's lane, or whether both moved in the same direction at the last moment to avoid the other.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is mourning the loss of a deputy who was killed Wednesday after a head-on collision on the Brea Canyon Cutoff in Rowland Heights. Deputy Brandon Hinkle was headed southbound, near Pathfinder Boulevard, when he collided with a white Lexus coming from the opposite direction. The accident at Diamond Bar Boulevard and the Brea Canyon Cutoff Road was reported at 3:08 p.m., and the deputy died at Brea Community Hospital, according to a radio report.
Subject: Arkansas State Trooper killed
Flags were lowered to half-staff Wednesday at Arkansas State Police headquarters in memory of Trooper Herbert Smith, who died after more than a week in a coma. Family and fellow troopers gathered Wednesday morning at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock where Smith, 35, had lain unconscious since he wrecked his patrol car Feb. 4., state police spokesman Bill Sadler said. Smith is survived by his wife, Felecia and 7-month-old daughter, McKenzie. "Herbert Smith was a model state trooper and family man who set the stride for other troopers, husbands and fathers to follow," said Col. Tom Mars, director of the state police. Smith was driving about 80 mph responding to a call to help an infant who was having seizures when he lost control of his patrol car, which overturned on Arkansas 365 south of Wrightsville. Smith was still about 20 miles from the house with the ill child and about a mile from his own home when his car went off the road, state police Cpl. Kim Fontaine said. Sgt. James Ward, who was a shooting instructor when Smith went through trooper school, said Smith was probably thinking about his own daughter while speeding to help the ill child. "I'm sure that was on his mind," Ward said. "That child could have easily been his own and he was going to do whatever he could do to get there expeditiously and render assistance." Smith would have been with the state police three years on March 1. He was assigned to Troop E in Pine Bluff. Before then, he worked with the state Department of Corrections and achieved the rank of lieutenant. Funeral arrangements are pending. A memorial fund for Smith's widow and daughter has been set up at Central Arvest Bank.
Subject: Travis County (Texas) sheriff's deputy shot to death
Friday, February 16, 2001
A Travis County sheriff's deputy was killed Thursday night while serving a drug warrant at a mobile home park near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. His alleged assailant was wounded, authorities said. The deputy, whom Sheriff Margo Frasier identified as 36-year-old Keith Ruiz, was pronounced dead after being flown to Brackenridge Hospital about 10 p.m. "There is no easy way to tell a woman her husband will not come home tonight," Frasier said in an emotional statement outside of the hospital early this morning. The deputy had three sons, she said. Frasier said Ruiz, a 12-year veteran of the department, was among a group of officers serving a narcotics search warrant. She said Ruiz was wearing a vest but was wounded after a bullet went between "plates" in the vest and struck him in the chest, hitting a major artery and collapsing a lung. "They did everything they could," Frasier said, commending the work of paramedics and the doctors who treated Ruiz at Brackenridge. "He had simply lost too much blood." The suspected shooter was also taken to the hospital, said Warren Hassinger, spokesman for Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services. Authorities identified the suspect as Edwin Delamora, 21. Hassinger said he was wounded in the right hand. Charges had not been filed, but Frasier said she would press for capital murder charges. The shooting occurred about 9:30 p.m. in a cluster of eight mobile homes on Shapard Lane, just behind El Michoacano restaurant and north of Texas 71 and the airport. The deputy was given cardiopulmonary resuscitation, then flown by helicopter ambulance to downtown Austin. A stretch of Texas 71 was temporarily closed while the helicopter landed to pick up the deputy. Entrances to the airport remained open. The shooting erupted in a part of the city that neighbors say is usually quiet and draws families who want their children to attend Del Valle schools.
February 10, 2001
A Lawrence police officer who was shot in the face as he sat at a White Castle drive-through was upgraded from critical to serious condition Saturday. A spokeswoman from Wishard Memorial Hospital said patrolman Tom Ashcraft, 45, was "pretty lucky" to be alive after a gunman fired two shots at point blank range into the officer's left cheek. "When you're shot in the face you never know what can happen," spokeswoman Kim Harper said. "He's pretty lucky. I guess you can say that." Thomas Booker, 23, and Willie Stewart, 22, both of Indianapolis, are charged with attempted murder. Booker allegedly fired two shots into Ashcraft's window while Stewart looked on from a few feet away, police said. The officer managed to return nearly a dozen rounds as the suspect fled on foot. Investigators said no motive has been determined as of yet. "Clearly (Booker) had intended to do exactly what he did," said Capt. Don Deputy of the Lawrence Police Department. Ashcraft suffered a broken jaw and surgery will be scheduled next week.
Date: Saturday, February 10, 2001 12:19 PM
Tomorrow we will bury another brother, this past Saturday a young Sheriff's Sergeant with 11 years with the department took his life with a 45 caliber pistol. He was only 35 years old and a former army vet. He leaves a wife and two young daughters and many friends and fellow officers to grieve. No one saw it coming as it came after a night of drinking and a domestic argument with no violence. His name is Sergeant Daniel Dixon died February 3, 2001. He had eleven years with the Mobile County Sheriff's Office and was in charge of the Victim Assistance Unit.
Subject: Detroit Officer Murdered
This appeared in the Windsor Daily Star. (Windsor, Ontario Canada).
Hero' ex-cop gunned down in Motor City
A retired police officer gunned down in Detroit was a hero in
Windsor, according to teachers, police officers and Canadian consulate officers who worked with her. Sherlyn Fleming, 52, who was shot three times Wednesday by a masked gunman while picking up her drycleaning, touched the lives of thousands of Windsor students, teachers and administrators because of her role in programs that warn kids about the dangers of breaking the law in Detroit. The 25-year veteran had retired in 1999. Wednesday she was confronted by a man with a handgun who demanded her money. As he pointed the gun at her head, Fleming reached in her purse, took out her own gun and ordered the man to drop his. Instead, he killed her. Detroit police have made no arrests in the case. Fleming's death is being mourned by many in Windsor. "She was the first Detroit police officer to work in the Border Kids program," said consular officer Beth Ann Van Ham. "Throughout the 1990s she did so much to help Canadian kids understand the different laws of our two countries." Van Ham developed the Border Kids program in 1991 and asked the Detroit police department for an officer to put it together. Fleming called Van Ham.
Conf: Officer Down/Wounded
Date: Thursday, February 15, 2001 08:21 AM
On 02-13-2001 Captain William Scott of the Martin County Sheriff's Office was critically injured in a light aircraft accident. Captain Scott has 30 years experience and presently is commander of the Training Unit for the Sheriff's Office. Captain Scott is also the Commander of the Emergency Response Team for the Sheriff's Office. Captain Scott received burns over 80% of his body and is presently at a Tampa Florida Burn Center with a poor prognosis. Please remember Captain Scott and his family along with the Members of the Martin County Sheriff's Office in your prayers during this difficult time.
Date: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 1:56 PM
Dear sir I just wanted ask you to ask all the people that visit your wonderful web site to please remember the kid's of a very wonderful man and a great police officer. Keith Williams a 34 year old officer who had served for aprox 6yr on the Collins Ms. Police Dept. was found dead in the new home he was trying to build for his family. This happened this past Friday at around 1300hr's. He will be greatly missed by his fellow officers and the whole town. But I'm sure that our griff is nothing to compare to that of his kid's and wife. The cause of death was found to be that of and aneurysm in his head that burst killing him instant. One of the other officers told me yesterday something I had not though of and I guess it was his own way of dealing with Keith's death. He said "You know I could except this if Keith had in the line of duty. Then I would have someone to be mad at, but you can't be mad at God." This touched me as I heard his words because he was right. Thank you for you time
Date: Friday, February 23, 2001 1:29 PM
Please add this officer to your list, I worked will James "Sal" Salvino
for the Last three yrs. This was the ad In the Cleveland, Ohio Plain Dealer
News Paper.Jame Passed on 02-17-01 at 2:52 Pm
Cuyahoga County sheriff's deputy killed in auto accident is laid to rest
Friday, February 23, 2001
For the first 191 years of the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office, its members braved bullets, knives and more without losing a deputy in the line of duty. Yesterday, deputies buried a colleague who, while on duty Saturday, had fallen to one of the biggest modern killers: the automobile. About a thousand safety officers from Warren to Lima crammed Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church in Cleveland and Holy Cross Cemetery in Brook Park to remember Deputy James Salvino Jr., 31, better known as Jimmy or Little Sal. The "Little" was tongue in cheek. People who knew this junior said he had a huge body and a heart to match. The Clevelander came to his uniform naturally. His parents, James Sr. and Joanne, met as fellow Marines. Joanne is a Cleveland police dispatcher. James Sr. is a retired deputy sheriff. James Jr. spent four years as a Cuyahoga County corrections officer and the past three as a deputy. He also volunteered at Juvenile Court in North Royalton. He and Amanda hoped to have their own children soon. A nearly two-mile-long procession of police cars crept from the church to the cemetery, where bagpipers, riflemen and two helicopter pilots bid Salvino farewell. Officials don’t know why Salvino, having dropped off a prisoner in Lima on Friday, waiting to fetch another there, veered into the guardrail of a highway ramp. "It’s a very short ramp and boom - you’re in traffic," said Chief Deputy Daniel Pukach. Salvino’s car rebounded beneath a tractor-trailer. He died a day later. A passenger, Deputy David Miller, is still hospitalized with injuries. A few years ago, Salvino’s parents lost another of their four children and adopted the orphaned grandson, Brendan. Friends said Salvino became virtually a father to Brendan, playing ball with him and taking him to ballgames. Now Brendan, 12, is an altar boy, like Salvino used to be. He served at yesterday’s funeral Mass. From the pulpit, the Rev. John Cregan, pastor at Our Lady and Salvino’s childhood priest, addressed the deputy’s father: "When you pinned his badge on him, you had every reason to be proud. Today, you have even greater reason to be proud, for your son gave his all in the service of God’s people."