by Dale Stockton | Sep 1, 2015 | Law Enforcement Today, Leadership
As August comes to a close, we have suffered 82 line-of-duty police deaths thus far in 2015. Of those, 35 have been lost in vehicle-related incidents, 23 to gunfire and 24 to other causes, the majority of which have been duty-related heart attacks or illness. We’re...
by Dale Stockton | Aug 1, 2015 | Law Enforcement Today
[Editor’s Note: Just as this was being posted we received word that Deputy Del Daniels, 22, Marlboro County (S.C.) Sheriff’s Department, died as a result of injuries suffered in a crash that occurred July 20. He had been on the job only three weeks and was a...
by Dale Stockton | Jul 1, 2015 | Law Enforcement Today, Leadership
So far in 2015, 63 officers have died in the line-of-duty. Of those, 28 were lost in vehicle-related incidents, 16 to gunfire and 19 to other causes, the majority of which were duty-related heart attacks or illness. Although we’re currently running approximately 11%...