By Kevin MorisonNLEOMF In many professions, getting an assignment late in the work day brings the luxury of waiting until tomorrow to get started. But not in policing—and certainly not for the three dedicated members of the Pittsburgh Police Bureau who lost their lives over the weekend answering one more call before the end of
Local station KDKA reports on memorial services and remembering the Pittsburgh officers (video): http://kdka.com/video/[email protected]
Just two weeks after four Oakland (CA) Police officers were shot and killed by a heavily armed criminal, three members of the Pittsburgh (PA) Police Bureau have been gunned down by a man armed with assault-style weapons and wearing body armor to protect himself. The NLEOMF hopes that these two extremely violent and tragic incidents
Ms. Denise Harvey, a longtime resident and citizen of Oakland, Calif., wrote a heartfelt letter to Bonnie Hayes, our Director of Retail Operations, March 28, about the killings of Oakland Sergeant Mark Dunakin, Sergeant Ervin Romans, Sergeant Daniel Sakai, and Officer John Hege. With her permission, we would like to share it with all of
Excerpt from news released by Rep. Lee’s OfficeApril 1, 2009 House Passes Resolution Honoring Four Slain Oakland Police OfficersCongresswoman Lee Offers Tribute to Slain Oakland Officers on House Floor Washington, DC – Today, the House unanimously passed (417-0) H. Res. 290, a resolution introduced by Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) honoring the lives, and mourning the
Washington, DC – On March 26, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives honoring the Oakland officers brutally killed in California on March 21. The resolution is one “Honoring the lives, and mourning the loss, of Sergeant Mark Dunakin, Sergeant Ervin Romans, Sergeant Daniel Sakai, and Officer John Hege, members
Officer John Hege, 41, one of four officers gunned down by 26 year-old parolee Lovelle Mixon in Oakland, Calif., was taken off life support around 2 a.m. today. His body was kept on life support to allow doctors to remove organs for donation. Officer Hege is the last of the four officers to die at
Originally published in officer.com; reprinted with permission here. By Karen L. Bune The news of four Oakland police officers being killed sends a chill down the backs of all of us who work in the criminal justice system, and the reverberating effects of this horrible tragedy is felt across the nation. Police officers everywhere make
Even as the number of law enforcement officers killed by gunfire in the United States reached a 52-year low last year, Saturday’s violence in Oakland, CA, illustrates the enormous and unpredictable dangers that officers continue to face from heavily armed criminals who won’t hesitate to fire on officers—in this instance, not once but twice. Three
2009 Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic Electra Glide Peace Officers Edition, MSRP $21,387Ticket price: $25 each; only 4,000 tickets will be sold! Another motorcycle donated by Harley-Davidson is up for raffle in time for National Police Week 2009–and this bike is special. This Police Officers Edition of the Harley-Davidson FLHTCU has a “thin blue line” edging the