Month: August 2019

Detective April Bird suffered a fatal medical emergency while conducting a shooting investigation. She collapsed at police headquarters while interviewing a suspect. She was transported to a local hospital where she died three days later. Detective Bird had served in law enforcement for 20 years. She had previously served with the United States Department of …

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Police Officer Raymond Harris died as the result of cancer that he developed following his assignment to the search and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site following the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks. Officer Harris had served with the New York City Police Department for 22 years. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, …

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Correctional Officer Pedro Rodríguez-Mateo succumbed to injuries sustained the previous day when he was attacked by an inmate at the Ponce Maximum Security Facility. Officer Rodríguez-Mateo was supervising inmate visitation when he observed a visitor pass an item to an inmate. He had the inmate removed the visitation area so he could be searched. During …

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