Deadly Calls and Fatal Encounters

This report is a five-year study analyzing line-of-duty deaths in which a total of 684 cases were reviewed. Specifically, the analysis focused on cases that involved a dispatched call for service which required a police response and what information was made available to responding officers in the deadliest calls for service. Armed with this information, researchers were then tasked with determining if any commonalities existed that could be utilized as learning tools to prevent future deadly calls or fatal encounters. Read the report.

Officer of the Month Award

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has selected Officers Ed Pietrowski and Michael Sarro, of the Euless (TX) Police Department, as the recipients of its Officer of the Month Award for August 2016. Read about the bravery they showed when facing a gunman that led to their nomination for this award.

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Construction for the National Law Enforcement Museum started this spring, and you can see a timelapse video of the progress.