.Part One
OFFICERS SAVED BY A HELMET:
This is a new category of officers different from the officers
inthe list below who have been shot in the head and killed or
wounded. This new category is officers whose lives were saved
by wearing a helmet. The experience of this first officer who
was saved by a helmet is described below in this new category:
1.
ANNVILLE - Police said an overnight standoff in Lebanon County ended this morning with a 57-year-old man
being killed by state troopers.
Samuel L. Snyder was fatally wounded at about 9 a.m. outside his residence on Route 934 in North Annville
Township. Police said they found a hand grenade near his body.
Troopers said Snyder fired 40 to 50 rounds over the course of a standoff that began around 7 p.m. Tuesday. One
bullet struck the helmet of a SWAT team member, who was transported from the scene for treatment.
State police gave this account at a press conference this morning:
Troopers arrived at Snyder's residence Tuesday night to serve an emergency mental health commitment. They
had been informed that Snyder was armed and intended to cause harm to police.
Snyder was upset over the Feb. 25 suicide of his son and had made statements indicating he would be justified in
harming state troopers.
Troopers from the Jonestown barracks and the Pennsylvania State Police Special Emergency Response Team
surrounded the residence Tuesday night. Snyder indicated he would not leave.
At about 10 p.m. Snyder began shooting at state police and Special Emergency Response Team armored
vehicles. Troopers continued to attempt negotiations with Snyder for several hours.
At about 6 a.m. the emergency team entered the residence. Several troopers were met with gunfire and one was
struck in the helmet. Members of the SWAT team then evacuated the residence.
The wounded trooper was transported to Hershey Medical Center where he is being treated for a head injury but is
expected to make a full recovery.
Troopers said Snyder was wearing body armor and that numerous weapons and extra ammunition were found in
the residence.
2. An Akron, Ohio, police officer on June 19, 2012, entered a
home during a drug raid and was shot in the forehead area
with a 357 caliber bullet which struck his ballistic helmet about
two inches above the lower edge of the helmet and he was not
injured
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I want to thank Lanc.SERT for his compliments on my study and his encouraging
remarks that “I am 100% in favor of deploying ballistic helmets and even ballistic face
shields at the patrol level.” Considering his reasons for objections against constant wear,
it is understandable why there is objection to “constant wear” of such equipment for an
entire 8 to 12 hour shift. I will try to address each of your arguments below with a view
to everyone on the Board attempting to find solutions to the problems you mention so
that the end result will be the saving of lives of police officers from not being shot in the
face or neck due to the bullets being deflected by a ballistic face shield and the officers
going home at the end of their shifts.
You object to constant wear (if officers were required to wear it for the entire shift)
because the weight and distribution of the helmet create strain on the neck and back if the
officer wore it constantly for 8 to 12 hours. I have not worn the helmet you describe so I
am not qualified to really comment on that point. But, in my original research statement I
was not suggesting that officers wear the face shield minute after minute, hour after hour
up to 12 hours on one shift. A photo of the face shield I have in mind is inserted below.
Conceding the facts you state concerning the weight and cumbersomeness of the face
shield, I was suggesting that the face shield be placed on the head on stops of vehicles for
traffic violations or reasonable suspicion stops, especially when furtive movements
indicate armed and dangerous persons are in the car. The frequency of these kinds of
stops will vary, if I remember my days as a street patrol cop in Cincinnati, Ohio, (196067) accurately from 2 on the 7am to 3pm shift to 5 or 7 on the other two shifts. This will
also vary of course with each officer. But, the point is the face shield will not be worn
constantly. Another type of incident in which it would be handy for an officer to have the
shield available to him/her is a disturbance call involving a shooting. As the first officer
arrives, he hears screaming at the rear of the house. Before getting out of the cruiser, if
he/she had a face shield available secured in the front seat area with a quick release
device the officer could place it on his/her head and leave the vehicle. As the officer
reaches the rear of the house, he hears a shot and instantly a bullet is deflected from the
shield which would have otherwise entered the officer’s face, and probably killing
him/her. Instead, the officer spots the shooter and returns fire hitting the shooter several
times knocking him down. The officer is saved and the other citizen who was in danger
is not injured as a result of the officer’s intervention. Hopefully, it would not cause the
neck and back strain you mentioned if it was worn only selectively at shooting scenes or
at traffic stops involving furtive movements in the car or other reasons to believe the
occupants are armed dangerous and field interrogation stops of drug dealers or other
persons for whom there is reason to suspect they are armed and dangerous. It is during
these kinds of stops that officers are occasionally greeted with front head or neck shots by
someone in the vehicle or at the stop. The face shield would stop the bullet.
You also state that one bullet hit to the shield would cause it to splinter and obscure the
officer’s vision. The person I spoke to at bulletproofme.com stated below that there
would be cracks, but that is not a bad trade off for stopping a bullet from entering your
face. You may be able to see well enough to return ample fire at the shooter. But, the
type of face shield I envision being designed by shield/helmet engineers and designers
would be attached to the head in such a manner that the officer could, when it is hit and
splinters, instantly, while backing away and drawing his weapon to return fire, in one
continuous motion, with his/her hand flick the shield up and away from his face and off
his/her head, thus giving the officer the vision needed to make a criminal trial of the
shooter unnecessary. The helmet below dose quickly release from the head. With
practice at the station, as officers do with releasing their weapon from the holster with
lightning speed, I would hope that officers would be able to instantly disengage and
discard the face shield to give perfect vision. If the shield were not worn at the time the
bullet hits the officer’s face, he/she will probably not have any vision or mental or
physical ability with which to return fire. The shield would give the officer those
precious few seconds to draw his/her weapon and return fire, that he/she would not
otherwise have. And, he/she would go home to his/her family at the end of the shift.
Nick, the representative at bulletproofme stated there is not distortion in his company’s
face shield. This was confirmed to me by Nick. But, I have researched and found
ballistic face shields that the companies that make them state that distortion is minimized
and they are made so that they may be quickly discarded with one hand. One can be
found at Bulletproofme.com Look for “product” and go to Face shields, and then to
Ballistic Face shield Add On Level III A, stops 9 mm and 44 magnum bullets. Lifts up
quickly and the straps holding the helmet to the head can be released quickly. The sight
of it on the head of an officer can be intimidating from the vantage point of a red light
violator (who might also have a handgun in his right hand ready to fire at the officer) or a
driver stopped for reasonable suspicion, and maybe armed and dangerous due to seeing
furtive movements in the car. The information stated that there is no distortion. The cost
is great in the hundreds of dollars, but the value of one officer’s life is priceless. See the
photos below and Nick’s email message to me below.
You state “criminal masterminds” would attack from the side or behind to take advantage
of his compromised visual perception. Hopefully, there will not be that many criminal
masterminds. What I envision is walking up to a car and seeing the driver behind the
wheel and any passengers sitting in their seats. As the officer gets near, the driver’s
window, where he is likely to be shot at from, he/she will be able to see the occupants. If
a person in the car gets out, the officer will be aware of that and can take appropriate
action before he/she allows him/herself to be put in danger from a side or rear attack.
If someone grabs the helmet, some of the helmets I researched are designed with a quick
one hand release device so that the helmet may be instantly ejected I a fist fight occurs
and the officers needs optimum mobility. This ejection maneuver may be practiced in the
station by fellow officers grabbing the helmet and the officer practicing quick ejection of
the helmet to “fight”. The helmet shown below has this capability.
Once the bad guys find a defense to protection afforded by the shield, additional research
can discover better protection to counter the defense, and hopefully the good guys will
stay ahead of the bad guys in adequate protection to save one’s life.
The one shield I saw stops 9 mm and 44 magnums the web site stated. See the photo
below.
The American public would not look favorably on the face shield. Nothing can look
more menacing than wearing a 9 mm firearm on an officer’s hip, which is capable of
killing people. While the face shield may look menacing to the average American, it
cannot be more menacing than a 9 mm strapped to the side of an officer. But, most
citizens do not feel alarmed by the firearm worn by an officer because they know it is not
intended to be used on them but is there for the officer’s protection against deadly force
applied to the officer. That is exactly what the face shield is for. When Americans are
educated about the high number of officers who are killed with head or neck shots, at my
last count there was a total of 466 police officers in the United States shot and killed with
head or neck shots 1987 to 2007. See my updated research results on head and neck
shots to police officers that are attached this response. The American public, it would
seem to me, would understand and accept the face shield as they have the firearm.
Moreover, a face shield does not kill or injure people. It prevents police officers from
being killed and enables them to survive shot to the head or neck, and, in some cases, this
will enable the officer to live to be able to save the life of a citizen being endangered by
the shooter.
I realize that some of the comments I have made will likely raise some objections, and
that is good. Disagreement and good faith discussion leads to the truth.
The following article, entitled “Head Hunters are
Gunning for You” is written by a police officer and it
supports the argument for police officers wearing bullet
proof face shields. The Officer is Dean Scoville, and can
be found by googling “dean scoville freelance writer”
Head Hunters are Gunning for You
August 20, 2007
Dean Scoville
On July 27, Phoenix police officer George Cortez, Jr. was shot in the eye and killed after being
distracted while handcuffing a suspect.
On August 13, Broward County Sheriff's detective Maury Hernandez was also shot in the head.
His shooter explained the assault by saying that he wanted to avoid going to jail so that he
could see the birth of his child—the next in a doubtless line of rewarding progeny.
Then while Hernandez was fighting for his life on a ventilator, a fellow Broward County deputy,
Sgt. Chris Reyka, was shot in the head and killed while running vehicle tags in a parking lot.
His killer remains at large as of this writing.
Take note, the bad guys have realized that shooting us center mass is likely to have little
effect because of our body armor. Accordingly, they are head hunting.
In the Hernandez case, the suspect, David Maldonado, was particularly known for his head
shot proficiency, establishing tight patterns on paper targets at a local firing range.
As San Francisco Prosecutor Harold Jewett noted during the trial of yet another cop killer
earlier this month, "When you shoot at someone's head, you're intending to kill them."
What can you and your agencies do to deal with this growing threat?
The first thing is to recognize that while cops are not getting killed with the frequency that
they were in the early 1970s, it's not been for lack of effort. Suspects have continued to take
the fight to us, attacking officers in every manner ranging from spontaneous acts of violence,
to deliberate and calculated ambushes.
But the succeeding three decades have seen three big changes that have made it more likely
for us to survive an attack: The first is the practice of employing improved tactics (some of
which have been taught to a broader audience via television shows such as "COPS"); the
second is the emergence of the bulletproof vest, and the third is improved emergency medical
treatment.
Body armor and advanced medical treatment has saved the lives of thousands of assaulted
officers.
The body armor saves have also led to publicity, which has two results: It has convinced cops
to wear their vests and it has informed the violent criminal community that cops are wearing
vests. Criminals are adaptive, so their aim has veered north from center mass.
And just as they have adapted, perhaps we should further adapt, as well.
What are our options?
Well, it's worth noting that each of the officers shot were working alone at the time of their
shooting. While two-man cars have incurred similar losses, it isn't exactly counter-intuitive to
consider the possibility that two-man cars are inherently safer. At least they offer a better
chance for officers to get the upper hand on suspects. It'd be nice if more agencies deployed
two-man patrol cars.
But even if more agencies were able to pony up the money for two-man patrols, the fact
remains that one-man cars are and will continue to be a part of policing. And within them are
cops who know full-well the risk of such solitary endeavor, but nonetheless engage in
proactive police work.
Sgt. Reyka was such a man, having been recently honored as Officer of the Month for making
a GTA arrest and for identifying and arresting burglary suspects in separate incidents.
Simply put, there are some cops who go above and beyond, and routinely place themselves in
harm's way, however officer safety conscious they might otherwise be.
It's not as though law enforcement is particularly apathetic for its officers' safety. We send
them to training, have them fire numerous rounds down range, and familiarize them with a
variety of shooting drills.
But while it's great for officers to practice double-tapping at the range, it may prove for
naught if the suspect gets a lucky first shot at the officer's head.
Unfortunately, there are not a lot of solutions to this problem. Because officers must react to
the violent action or perceived violent intent of a subject before firing, the bad guys have
ample opportunity to make the first move.
One possible solution might be to equip patrol officers with ballistic helmets. But I'm not sure
that this would have much benefit.
Most ballistic helmets I've seen offer low caliber protection against a rear assault or side
assault, but the officer's face is open and vulnerable.
Law enforcement officials might consider consulting with private industry as well as the
scientific community (e.g., MIT, Cal Tech, and other engineering institutions) and ask them to
create protection for the heads of officers. Given evolving technology and chemical
compositions, I'm sure that some user-friendly ballistic head gear is not only viable, but at
least for some cops—given the areas they're working in—necessary.
True, even if some company developed excellent head protection for patrol officers, some
officers would abstain from wearing it, just as some cops refuse to this day to wear ballistic
vests. But shouldn't they at least be able to make that decision on their own, as opposed to
having their heads relegated to target duty in the meantime?
Before our streets increasingly come to resemble outtakes from "The Departed," it's time for
administrators to wrap their minds around something that can wrap around the minds of their
officers.
Of course, the resulting design of such helmets may end up looking intimidating. But
personally, I think an intimidating helmet might be just what we need. Maybe it'll cause some
trigger-happy bastard to think twice before taking a shot at a cop.
Unfortunately, the same bureaucrats that would install rainbow stickers in patrol car windows
and offer up pastel colors on their frames would probably shoot down the idea because it
makes the cops look too much like the military. Of course, these folks would not even consider
the threat that cops face from head shots before they reject the helmets. You see, they've
never worked patrol.
T
posted @ Monday, August 20, 2007 5:47 PM
T
End Of Article
The following is an updated and revised version of the original research I posted on the
Board and the number of officers killed by head or neck shots for the new period of time
covered by the revised research is 538 police officers.
Revised Research on number of officers killed with head or neck shots in 1975, and
from 1982 to 2007 is 576 police officers
By
Stanley Cohen, Attorney at Law
Editor, Pennsylvania Police Criminal Law Bulletin
Prepared 2/23/07
Source: The Officers Down Memorial age, Inc., www.odmp.org
Federal Bureau of Investigation Reports 1982 to 2007
The following is a list of actual shooting fatalities of police officers by shots to the head
or neck of the officers in 1975 and 1986, and from 1982 to 2007 or injured by head shots
requiring hospitalization. There is a total of 576 police officers killed by head or neck
shots. The purpose of composing the list is to demonstrate the need to equip all police
officers on all three shifts immediately with a helmet with a bullet proof shield covering
the face and lower neck down to the top of the bullet proof vest and covering the rear of
the neck and encouraging all officers to wear them when confronting citizens during
traffic stops and field interrogation/investigative stops involving reason to reasonably
suspect the persons are armed dangerous and other situations such as shooting incidents
in progress where there is a risk of shooting the officer in the face or neck and there is a
need for the officer to take immediate action to save someone’s life. Maybe this is a
drastic suggestion (to wear a face shield) but one officer’s unnecessary and preventable
death is drastically permanent having lifelong pain and suffering for the loved ones of the
dead officer.
The source of this information was found at the web site www.odmp.org , The Officer
Down Memorial Page, Inc. and The Federal Bureau of Investigation Reports on Law
Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty
HTU
UTH
356.From 1989 through 1998 a total of 299 police officers were reported by the FBI
killed with shots to the front or rear of the head.
357. For 2000 and 2001`a total of 58 police officers were reported by the FBI killed
with shots to the front or rear of the head.
358. Suspect got officer’s gun and shot officer in face. Officer was guarding suspect
at a hospital.
359. At TRAFFIC VIOLATION stop officer shot in face.
360. Officer shot in neck while negotiating with armed man.
361. Officer shot in head while walking back to cruiser from traffic
VIOLATION STOP
362. Officer shot in face approaching suspect wanted for attempted murder.
363. Shot in face executing a search warrant for drugs.
364. Officer shot in neck approaching robbery scene.
365. Officer shot in face responding to man with gun call.
366. Correctional officer stabbed in neck checking cell.
367. officer shot in head while arresting illegal alien
368. officer shot in head during TRAFFIC STOP. Shot to chest was stopped
by vest.
369. Officer shot in head questioning person during a domestic disturbance call.
370. Officer shot above chest which would have been deflected by a shield
covering that area above the vest.
371. Officer shot in head at TRAFFIC STOP.
372. Officer shot in head talking to shooting suspect.
373. While responding to a domestic disturbance, officer was shot in the head.
374. While making a traffic stop, officer was shot in the head.
375. While making traffic stop and walking toward driver, officer was shot in
the head and neck.
376. Officer knocked on door of home investigating a shooting the day before
and the suspect shot him in the head.
377. During traffic stop, suspect shot officer in the head.
378. Officer shot in rear of neck as she went to rear of car after being shot in
shoulder.
379. Officer shot in face by arrestee’s stepfather while making arrest for child
molestation.
380. While investigating car being driven in a yard officer was shot in head and
neck.
381. During domestic disturbance, officer was shot in the head making a forced
entry into home of hostage situation.
382. Officer shot in neck attempting to arrest suspect for robbery.
383. While approaching car after breaking up a fight, officer shot in the head.
384. Officer shot in the neck and armpit, following a pursuit.
385. While attempting to arrest a man for a parole violation warrant, suspect
shot officer in the head.
386. Officer stopped car for speeding and when officer learned person was
wanted for drug possession, we walked over to arrest and was shot in the
face.
387. Officer responding to 911 emergency call was shot in chest which was
stopped by vest, but was shot in the head and killed.
388. December 24, 2006, San Francisco police officer entered through door to
arrest an escaped prison inmate and was hot in the head.
389 through 393. The FBI reported that in 2004, of the 57 officers killed, five were
shot in the rear of the head.
394 through 398. The FBI reported that in 2004, of the 57 officers killed, five were
shot in the front of the head.
399 through 401. The FBI reported that in 2004, of the 57 officers killed, 3 were
shot in the neck or throat
401 through 403. The FBI reported that in 2004, of the 57 officers killed, 3 were
shot in the side of the head.
404. 1/7/07 Tennessee State Trooper at traffic stop was shot in face and killed.
406. In 1976 and 1986, two officers from the Anchorage Police Department
were
Shot in the face and neck.
For the year 2002 the Officers memorial Down Page reported 28 police
officers killed in the line of duty by had or neck shots for a total of 432, as
follows:
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407. Agent Sanchez, 1/11/02, San Juan, Puerto Police Dept.
408. Agent Colon, 1/15/02, San Juan Puerto Rico PD
409. Officer La Page, 1/19/02 Charlton PD,
410. Officer McNamara, 1/30/02, Upper Darby PA
411. Officer Cooper, 2/2/02 Little Rock, Ark family disturbance
412. Officer Scanlon, 2/12/.02 Detroit Mich traffic stop
413. Sheriff Catron, 4/13/ 02 Pulaski County, KY
414. Officer Reyes, 4/24 02 US Dept of veteran affairs
415. Dep Sheriff March, 4/29/02 LA County
416. Dep Sheriff Betterman , VA. Traffic stop
417. Agent Rmos, 6/6/02 , Puerto Rico PD, robbery
418. Officer Wilson, 7/28/02, Hazel park, Mich, responding to animal
complaint
419. Officer Russell, 8/4/02 New Orleans, PD, arrived at robbery and shot in
head as he got out of cruiser
420. Officer Stewart, 8/11/02, Detroit Mich as officer5 was arresting suspect
for carrying weapon, another man came from behind and shot officer in
head.
421. Dep. Sheriff Mauldin, 8/24/02, Pinal County, Ar, died from shot to head
received 9 years earlier trying to arrest felon
422. Officer Beall, 8/25/02, Dayton Oh, as officer tried to negotiate with
armed man, he shot her in neck
423. Sgt. Arnnaud, 8/29/02, Prince George County, MD one officer was shot
in head trying to serve psychiatric petition, and other officer was
wounded by shot in neck
424. Dep Sheriff Taylor, 9/14/02, Douglas County, Oregon responding to
men performing lewd acts in motel. Officer shot in head
approaching motel, was wearing vest, but no ballistic face shield
425. Agent Sepulveda, 9/26/02 Puerto Rico PD raid on narcotic suspects, shot
in back of head as he existed cruiser
426. Trooper Sepp, 11/10/02 Pa State Police, after DUI stop and pursuit,
suspect existed his car and shot officer in head
427. Officer Green 11/13/02 Tallahassee Fla respond to robbery, approached
suspicious car, and shot five times, once in back of head
428. Officer Wood, 11/18/02 West Jordan, Utah during foot chase of 16 year old
for robbery and knowing he had a gun, boy shot officer in head
429.Officer Johnstown 11/22/02 El Monte, CA responding to male trying to cash
forged check, officer was shot in neck by suspect
430.Officer Jupin, 11/29/02 Westminster, Mass shot in face investigating
suspicious man
431. Chief Dep Sheriff Barnes, 1`2/10/02, Dent County, while investigating
double murder, suspect shot from his house hitting Barnes in head
432.Officer McGarry, 12/29/02 ,Myrtle beach, SC, while speaking with suspicious
person, person shot officer in head.
For the year 2003, the Officers Down memorial Page listed 12 officers killed in
line of duty by head or neck shots, for a total of 444, as follows:
433.Lt. Hicks, 2/20/03Avery County NC, responding to report of mentally ill
patient, who heard it on scanner and ambushed officer, suspect wounded one
officer with buckshot to the neck and killed the Lt with buckshot to his face.
434.Officer Clark 4/3/03, Houston TX responding to silent alarm at check cashing
store
435. Officer Blount, Fulton County, GA stopped car for erratic driving and while
officer still in his car, suspect exited his car and shot officer in head
436. Officer Zeppetella 6/13/03 Oceanside, CA Vehicle stop of suspicious car,
shot in neck while walking back to cruiser.
437. Officer Wendell 7/30/03 Richmond, VA responding to suspected drug dealer,
while patting down suspect, felt gun, suspect pulled and shot officer in neck
and head
438.Chief LeMaster 8/15/03 Grant Ala respond to recover stolen gun, juvenile
suspects shot chief in face
439. Dep Sheriff 8/17/03 Greenville County, S.C, stopped person on street, shot in
face,
440. Patn Woods 8/27/03 Memphis, Tenn respond to domestic disturbance, shot
twice in head
441. Sgt. Pratt 9/19/03 Omaha, Neb searching for person who ran from stopped
vehicle, shot in face
442. Dep Sheriff Williams 10/19/03 Green Lake County Wisc responding to
domestic disturbance shot in neck
443.Trooper Patrick 12/22 03 Indiana State Police Going to help stranded
motorist, and not knowing suspect on parole for selling crack, shot in neck
444. Officer Watson, 12/25/03 Kenai, Alaska looking for car wanted, located
suspect took officer’s weapon and fired one shot at back which was deflected
by vest, and one shot to back of head killing the officer. (This incident seems
to argue most strongly for officers to wear a ballistic face shield in dangerous
situations which would cover rear of neck)
(The following 11 officers were killed by head or neck shots in 1988 bringing the
Total to 455)
445.Sgt. Defner 1/21/88 Sacramento County, CA, looking for armed robbery
suspect, officer peered over side of roof and was shot in face.
446. Officer Chase 1/23/88 Dallas TX Off. Was issuing traffic ticket,
homeless person grabbed his service revolver and shot him in the face
when a
447. Officer Hartless 1/31/88 San Diego, CA Officer saw wanted gang
member and chased him when suspect turned and shot officer in forehead
448.Officer Griffith 2/18/88 Boston MA shot in head as he and officers
entered apartment while serving search warrant for drugs
449. Officer Byre 2/26/88 Nye, Nye PD officer was witness in drug case,
sitting in his cruiser, one person knocked on passenger window to distract
him, another person shot officer in head
450.Dep Sheriff Heiman 3/21/88 Fort bend County TX trying to arrest
burglary suspect who pulled gun from potato chip bag
451. Officer Willams 8/28/88 Dallas TX during a disturbance investigation he
was ambushed from behind and shot in head
452. Off Kahre 10/11/88 Las Vegas Nev Following a shooting suspect,
suspect stopped his car and shot officer in head
453. Corp Simmons 11/21/88 East Baton LA shot in eye when he entered
hotel room to save life of confidential informant in drug operation
454.Trooper Edrington 12/21/88 Ky State PD shot in head at traffic stop
455. Off Watson 12/25/88 Kenai , Alaska Looking for car wanted by police
located suspect took officer’s gun and fired at his back which was
deflected by vest , then once in back of officer’s head killing him
(The following 7 officers were killed in 1987 by head-neck shots bringing total to
462.)
456.Trooper Cochran 1/15/87 VA State PD
457.Sgt. Koeller, Jr. 1/28//87 Jennings, MO PD
458. Sgt. Cameron 2/6/87 Atlanta GA Sgt asked man to leave a store and
man shot him in the face
459. Dep. Sheriff – 3/14/87 Lancaster County Neb knowing back up would
not arrive soon enough, officer confronted man with gun in wife’s back
and shot officer in face
460. Officer George 4/16/87 Cincinnati Ohio (Stan’s former Department)
responding to domestic disturbance, suspect got officer’s gun and shot
him in neck and head
461.Patn Wier 6/3/87 Denver Colo respond to men with gun, officer shot in
head
462.Patn Holbert 10/27/87 Cleveland Oh attempting to arrest drunk man,
man shot officer in head
(The following 8 officers were killed in 1986 by head or neck shots bringing the total to
470)
463.Patn Toller Jr. 3/5/86 New Mex PD At traffic stop, suspect grabbed
officer’s gun and shot him in face
464.Corp. Blair 3/20/86 Dallas TX traffic stop, two men got out and got off’s
gun and shot him in face
465. Officer Keller 4/1/786 Torrence, Ca responding to armed robbery,
suspect grazed officers head, then shot him in heart
466. Corp. Grass 5/8/86 Hancock County, Ind shot in head confronting
extortion suspect
467.Off Gleason 6/5/86 Phil Pa Responding to vandalism report, suspect shot
officer in face three times
468. Officer Hanson 7/17/86 Anchorage Alaska While searching for shooting
suspect, suspect shot officer in neck
469. Officer Williams 7/20/86 Detroit Mich attempting to serve warrant for
carrying concealed weapon, suspect shot officer in head as he stepped
onto suspect’s porch.
470. Officer Pollock 12/12/86 Denver CO chasing armed robbery suspect,
suspect ambushed and shot officer in head.
(The following 12 officers were killed in 1985 by head or neck shots bringing the total
from 1985 to 2007 to 482)
471.Off Nollmeyer 1/24/85 Tacoma WA arrived at domestic disturbance and
was shot in head
472.Off Powlett 3/15/Plainfield NJ Shot in head
473. Off Eggers 4/23 Seattle, WA shot be robber
474. Off Bunch 7/29 San Jose CA shot in head by DUI suspect
475. Dep Sheriff Cisneros 8/25 Solano County CA at traffic stop for littering,
shot in head
476. Off Heinrich 3/3 El Paso TX stopped man to talk, man shot off in head
477.Trooper Hutchins 8/30 Michigan Shot in head
478. Off Roberts 9/21 Paris TX stopped car for armed robbery shot in head
while sitting in his cruiser checking on suspects in stopped car
479. Investigator Ridges 10/17 Cook County Ill stopped suspects for
vandalism, suspect shot him in head
480. Off Beaugard 11/12/ Springfield, Mass approach veh wanted for
warrant, shot in head
481. Off Smith 11/26 Essez County NJ stopped veh suspect shot him in
head\
482. Off Walters 12/28 Meridian Miss Shot in neck investigating domestic
disturbance
(Officer Holly, Glendale Ariz shot in head Feb 19, 2007, brings total to 483)
483.Auxil Officer Marshalik 3/14/07 NY PD officer was chasing shooting
suspect when suspect turned on officer and shot him in the head.
484.Auxil Off Pekearo 3/14/07 was chasing shooting suspect when suspect
turned
on officer and shot him in the head.
485. Police Officer Marcus Stiles, 26, of the Moncks, South Carolina, police
Department, was killed on March 25, 2007, when he responded to a 911
call about a couple arguing and he was shot in the head by a suspect.
486. Police Officer Daniel C. Martinez, 33, of the Fort Smith, Arkansas,
Police Department, was shot in the head by a suspect when he went with a
lady to help her get back her child from an ex boyfriend.
487. Senior Cpl. Mark Timothy Nix, 33, of the Dallas, Texas, Police
Department, was shot in the neck by a suspect, on March 23, 2007, when
his cruiser was being driven next to the murder suspect’s car in
attempting to arrest the man, when the man shot the officer in the neck.
The following officers were killed in 1984 by head and neck shots. The total for
that year was 12 which brings the overall total from 487 to 499 from 1984 to
present.
488.Officer Kramer 2/25/Miami beach, Fla officer chased homeless man
when the man shot the officer in the head.
489.Officer Bowen 3/11 Columbus GA responding to burglary chased suspect
and shot in forehead.
490. Deputy Sher Rice 6/1 Lyon County Nev shot in head by barricaded
man
491. Officer Andino 6/15 NY, Ny while questioning suspect for theft of
eyeglasses, shot in head with own weapon
492. Deputy Rogers 6/16 Terre Haute Ind shot in head by man threatening
patrons in bar
493. Officer Holguin 9/5 La County Sheriff shot in face by heroin addict
494. Trooper Mihalik 9/9 Michigan state police shot in chin by man he as
trying to arrest leaving a gas station without paying. Man took officer’s
weapon and officer returned fire with his back up weapon.
495. Officer Ruopp 9/14 San Diego CA while questioning male re
contributing to delinquency of minor, officer shot in head by suspect
496. Officer Lozada 9/21 NY City Transit shot in head with own weapon by
person she saw snatch a piece of jewelry
497. Trooper Nalley 10/27 Oklahoma Trooper made traffic stop and after he
learned car was stolen, he was shot in head twice
498.Patn Stellman 11/8 Henrica VA officer chased suspect he did not know
had just assaulted a lady and shot in head with his own weapon
499. Wildlife Officer park 12/13 Florida shot in back of head by her own
weapon by suspect.
500. Police Officer Sean Clark 4/1/07 Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC was shot in
the head by a suspect.
501. Police Officer Jeff Shelton, 35, 4/1/07 Charlotte-Mecklenburg NC was
shot in the head by a suspect.
In 1983 the total number of police officers killed by head and neck shots in the line
of duty was 11, raising the overall total from 1983 to present to 513
502.Officer Vincent 1/14 Chicago Shot in face by burglary suspect
503.Officer Pasco 1/16/Dallas chasing man for shooting gun when man turned
and shot him in the head
504. Trooper Nash 2/4/ Miss Hwy Patrol stopped speeding car and was shot
in head
505. Sgt. Smith 4/16/ LA County Sheriff Shot in head while entering
window during drug raid
506.
Officer McMaster 4/25/ Montrose Colo responded to disturbance
at bar and man at bar turned quickly and shot officer in head
507.Aux, Sgt. Foley 7/16/ Will County Sheriff Ill stopped to help motorist
and was shot in the neck
508. Patn Bertholomew 7/18 Kissimmee Fla responded to disturbance and
when he tried to save a hostage the suspect shot him in the head
509. Det. Orchard 7/20 Spokane WA approaching car of theft suspects,
suspect shot him in head
510.Off Parker 9/5 Port Auth NY shot in neck during car hi jack attempt
511. Corp. Witmer 11/13 Shamokin City Pa answering mutual aid call shot in
neck
512. Officer Quituagua 11/28 Northern Marian Islands, North Marina Island
attempting to arrest 2 felony suspects he was shot in head.
513. Trooper David Brinkerhoff, New York State Police, 4/26/07, was shot in
head by suspect wanted for shooting a police officer.
514. Deputy Frank Fabiano,Jr. 5/16/07 Kenosha County, Wisc. Shot in head
during routine traffic stop.
In 1982 the number of officers killed by head and neck shots was 9, bringing the total to
524 officers from 1982 to present.
515.Lt. Oyler 1/2/1982 Buena VistaVA respond to shots fired and shot in neck
while getting out of cruiser
516. Officer davis 1/3/ Phil Housing Authority PA shot in head arresting
two robbery suspects
517. Dep Sheriff La County shot in head facing armed suspect
518.Off Gilmore 1/20 Clintons after dispersing loud party shot in face as he
sat in cruiser.
519. Officer Doyle 2/5 Chicago, Ill removing robbery suspect from bus, shot
in face
520. Officer Fahey 2/9 Chicago Ill at traffic stop red light violation SHOT IN
HEAD
521. Officer Matthews 4/26 East baton Rouge respond to suspicious person,
looked into window and shot in face
522.Tpr. Benck 10/5 Oklahoma During traffic stop shot in head
523. Officer Sykes 12/31 Memphis Tenn trying to stop erratic driver, not
knowing wanted for robbery shot in neck when car turn around and
headed for officer
524. Officer Jason West, 5/29/07, Cleveland Heights. Ohio, Police Dept. shot
in face when responding to a street fight as he was getting out of his
cruiser.
In 1981 14 officers were killed by head or neck shots bringing the total from
1981 to present to 538.
525.Dep Morris 1/ 2 Marion County Indiana Respond to robbery was shot in
throat
526.Officer Welch 1/12 New York City shot in head during robbery
527.Off Griffin 1/30 Grundy County Wisc responded to apt to question man
re disturbance as officer followed him into his apt. a second man shot
officer in face
528. Off McCarthy 2/25 Dallas TX saw 2 partially clothed people parked by
lake, told them to leave, as off returned to cruiser, he was shot in head by
one of them
529.Patn McCall 3/5 Frostproof Fla Responded to silent alarm at bank with
history of false alarms, shot in head as he exited cruiser.
530. Patrolwoman Garcia 3/28 Denver Co sitting in patrol car in front of her
home, shot in the head
531. Off Scarangella 5/1 NY, NY during traffic stop of car wanted for
burglary, suspects exited their car and shot officer in head before he could
exit his car
532. Off Szafranski 5/24 Jacksonville Fla shot in head as sat in cruiser by
high powered rifle
533. Off Rice 7/12 Waterloo, Iowa responded to noise complaint 2 nd time,
suspect hit off in head and shot him
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534. Chief Carrington 9/25 Lexington Ky Chief entered home to rescue
hostage and at suspect’s request he removed his firearm and when he
faced the suspect he was shot in face
535. Off Martinez 10/2 Calif highway Patrol while clearing debris from road
suspect wanted for robbery thought he was being stopped and shot off in
neck
536. Dep Darnell 12/7 Warren County Ill whiles attempting to arrest theft
suspects one ambushed off and shot him in head
537. Off Faulkner 12/9 while making traffic stop shot in back and in face
538. Off Harmon 12/14 Huntington, W. Va investigarting burglary, suspect
hit him in head and shot him.
The following three officers were killed with head shots which brings the total to
541 from 1981 to present.
539.Chief Lacy, 55, 6/13, 2007, Clay City, KY, shot in back of head by
prisoner sitting in back seat of police car under arrest for DUI.
540.Officer Kozminski, 29, 7/8/07, Grand rapids, MI, responding to domestic
disturbance by man threatening to shoot other, officer went to back of
house and was shot in head by ambush by suspect.
541. Dep. Sheriff Page, 34. 6/30, 2007, Bowie County, TX, saw man running
from scene of accident, and suspect took officer’s service weapon and hit
him in the head with it and shot him in the shoulder and he died later at
the hospital.
542. Officer Russel Timoshenko, 7/9/07, 23, of the New York Police
department stopped a stolen car and as he and his partner approached
from both sides of the car a suspect shot him in the face. His partner was
shot in the chest and survived because he was saved by his vest which he
was wearing. The suspects were arrested in Pennsylvania.
543. Chief Dep. Martin, 59, 7/17/07, Douglas County, Ill., while
investigating a home burglary and murder, he stopped two suspect cars,
and before he could exit his cruiser, the suspects left their car n
approached the officer’s cruiser and shot him in the face and chest.
544. Police Officer George Cortez, Jr., 23, Phoenix, Ar., was shot in the face
while attempting to arrest a suspect for trying to cash a bad check at a
store. Two suspects were arrested.
545. Deputy Reyka, 51, Broward County, FL. 8/ 10/07, was shot in the head
by a suspect when he stopped his cruiser next to two cars in a parking lot
to investigate, and as he got out of his cruiser, one suspect got out of one
of the cars and immediately opened fire.
546. Tpr. Peterson , 5/31/79. NC Highway Patrol, attempting to stop speeder,
not knowing he had just murdered tow police officers, suspect shot officer
in head.
547. Deputy Sher. Huskey, 5/31/1979, Rutheford County Sheriff, NC,
responding to domestic dispute, shot in head by suspect as he got out of
his cruiser.
548. Deputy Sher Messersmith, 5/31/1979, Rutheford County Sheriff, NC,
shot in head by suspect while responding to domestic dispute.
549. Corp. Gardner, 30, 9/8/07, Odessa, Tex, while responding to a domestic
dispute call, husband hit wife, was shot in the face by suspect.
550. Corp. Jones, 48, a 23 year police veteran, Odessa, Tex, while responding
to a domestic dispute call, was shot in the face by the suspect while trying
to gain entry to the home by the rear door.
551. Police Officer Nick Erfle, 33, 9/18/07, Phoenix PD, was shot in the face
after he and his partner approached three people for jaywalking and
obstructing traffic. The suspect shot him in the face as he was trying to
arrest him on a misdemeanor warrant. The suspect was shot and killed by
police later.
552. Detective Mario Moreno, 37, San Antonio PD, Tex, 9/21/07, went to an
apartment to serve a arrest warrant on a man for shooting a person the
previous day and when the suspect fled, the detective chased the suspect
and the suspect turned and shot the detective in the face killing him.
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553.Police Officer Daniel Talbot, 30, 9/29/07 Revere PD, MA was shot and
killed while participating in an anti-gang operation. He was shot once in
the head by the suspect in the parking lot of a high school.
554.Reserve Dep Sheriff, Joe Westbrook, 43, Harris county, TEX, 7/1/79/ was
shot in the back of the head while working as a security guard at a
restaurant.
555. Police Officer Ted Donald, 32, New York City Housing PD, 6/15/79/
while responding to a burglary in progress, entered the burglarized
apartment and was shot in the head and killed.
556.Town MaRSHALL Jim Trest, Leake County Sheriff Dept., Miss, while
investigating a burglary/assault, was shot in the head twice with his own
service weapon.
557.Deputy Sheriff Millard Messsersmith, Rutherford County Sheriff Dept.
NC, 5/31/79, while responding to domestic dispute was shot in the head
by the suspect. His fellow officer was shot in the head and killed also. A
third officer was also shot in the head and killed by the suspect.
558.Deputy Sheriff. Roy Huskey, Rutherford County Sher. Dept., NC,
5/31/79/, was shot in the head by the suspect responding to a domestic
dispute.
559. Trooper Robert Peterson, NC Highway Patrol, 5/31/79, was shot in the
head by the suspect while responding to a domestic dispute.
560. Officer David Crowther, 27, Portland PD, Or, 12/27/79, while serving a
narcotics warrant, was shot in the head when the front door was forced
opened.
561. Officer Charles Cassidy, 54, Philadelphia Police dept., 11/1/07, walked
into a coffee shop to buy a cup of coffee during a robbery in progress and
the robber turned and shot the officer in the head.
562. Det. Salazar Jr., 11/16/78, San Antonio PD, while serving a search
warrant for narcotics suspect fired shots through front door hitting the
officer in the head.
563. Police Officer Robert W. Mandel, 26, 4/23, 1977, New York City
Police Department, responded to drug sales and was shot in the face by a
suspect.
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564. Officer Wasmer, 36, 8/18/77 Bosque farms, New Mex, invested a hit
and run accident, and was shot in face by suspect he previously arrested
for DUI.
565. Officer Hill, 30, Des Moines, Iowa, 8/28/77, responded to shots fired
call, and as he pulled up to the scene, he was shot in head by suspect
hiding in bushes.
566.Dep Sheriff Massey, 59, Laurens County, S.C., 9/20/77, attempting to
serve warrant re domestic disturbance, he was shot in the throat.
567. Officer Melear, 29, Atlanta, GA, 9/23, 77, while searching three
suspect re breaking into auto, shot officer in face.
568. Officer Chiaramonte, 32, New York City Housing Authority, NY,
while patrolling shot in head.
569.Lt. Etchison, Sr., 26, Monroe, GA, 10/11/77, after high speed chase, shot
in head by suspect.
570.Dep Sheriif, Douglas County, Neb, 41, 12/6/77, shot in face stopping man
from stealing from delivery truck.
571.Officer Wilson, 27, Metropolitan Police, Dis Of Columbia, 4/26/07,
found shot in head.
572. Marshal Richie, 49, Magazine, Ark., 6/29/77, stopped car suspected of
escaping from prison, shot in head.
573. Pat Officer Huckeba, 26, Baltimore, MD, 7/6/77., responded to
domestic disturbance, shot in face.
574. Officer Hill, 30, Des Moinses, Iowa, 8/28/77, responding to shots fired
call,
Shot in face by suspect hiding nearby.
575.Officer Crawford, 25, Thomasville PD, N.C., 1/8/77, responding to
disturbance call, shot officer in throat.
576.Officer Spinnett, 28, Thomasville PD, N.C. 1/8/77, responding to
disturbance call, shot the officer in the head.
577. Officer McLeod, 29, New Rochelle, NY, 2/14/77, responding to man
with a gun, shot in head as he left cruiser.
578. Ranger Doherty, 41, Texas Dept of Public safwety, TEX, 2/20/1978,
while attempting to arrest narcotic suspect, shot in head as he kicked door
in.
579. Officer Hughes, 33, Oakland, CA, 4/22/78, responding to bar fight,
kicked in face.
580. Game Warden, 47, Vermont Fish and Wildlife, Vermont, 4/27/78, hit in
head with flashlight.
581. Officer Schlatt, 30, Atlanta, GA, 5/13/78, responding to burglary, shot in
face.
582. Officer Eric Freeman, 36, Huntsville, Alabama, 12/17/07, was shot in
the head as he responded to an auto accident by the suspect who was
sitting on the curb was about to be arrested for DUI.
583. Deputy Sheriff Vu Nguyen, 37, Sacramento County, CA, was killed in
the line of duty 12/19/07, while on gang patrol, when he saw a suspect
run from a house and he chased the person and was shot in the neck.
584. Officer Edward Tarkington, 22, Metro Nashvill, Tenn, 12/17/78,
responding to burglary, shot in neck by suspect he had arrested twice
before.
585. Officer Roy Blecher, 50, Calif Highway patrol, CA, 12/22/78, and his
partner, were killed after a traffic stop, he was shot in the head.
586. Officxer Nelso, Bell, 29, Baltimore PD< MD, 12/27/78, responding to
shots fired at officers, shot in head.
587. Dete. Bernabe Salazar, San Antonia, TEX, 11/16/78, while serving
narcotics search warrant, suspect fired shots through front door hitting
Det in the head..
588. Officer Jimmie Chadwell, 45, ForthWorth, Kan, 12/11/78, while serving
a warrant with three other officers, shot in face by suspect as he entered a
room.
589. Officer Julius Courville, Henderson, LA, 8/26/78, while he and his
partner tried to deal with domestic dispute,, shoit in head by suspect.
590. Officer Steven Pinkelton, 30, Metro Nashville PD, 7/26, 78. shot in back
of head in restaurant during a robbery by suspect.
591. Lt. Albert Wilkens, 50, Harris County Constable, Tex, 1/6/78, shot in
head by a robber while he begged for his life.
592. Police Officer Carl Hauck, 7/29/1907, Cincinnati, Oh PD, while
patrolling came across a crowd of men in an alley and was shot in the
head in an ambush.
593. Police Chaplin Willia, Paris, Detroit, Mi, 52, 1976, shot in head while
negotiating with suspect.
594.Det. Lames Compton, 29, Indianpolis, Indiana, 3/16/1976, attempting to
serve warrant, shot in head by suspect.
595. Capt. James Daly, 43, Montgomer County, MD, 3/28/1976, attempting
to arrest man for robbery, shot in head.
596. Corp. John Frontczak, Montgomery County, MD, 32, 3/28/76, shot in
face by robbery suspect.
597. Police Officer Thomas Hodges, 4/1/1976, Metro dade PD, Fla, shot in
face by stolen car suspect.
598. Police Officer William Mullins, 35, YorktownPolice Dept. 7/11/76, shot
in heat by DUI suspect.
599.Agebt Robert Hurtchings, 33, Utah Highway Patrol, 1976, while
participating in narcotics operation, while serving a warrant, shot in neck.
600.Sheriff Park Richards, 62, Calhoun County, W. VA, while serving a
lunacy warrant, shot in neck by suspect.
601. Policve Officer Jameson Longworth, Greely PD, nov 22, 1976,
responding to domestic disturbance, shot in neck by suspect.
602. Police Officer David Hancock, 41, Montgomery Twp, Pa, 12/11/1976,
shot in head by suspect he was transporting.
603. Sgt. Alfred Sellick, 48, 1/12/76, Montclair, NJ, shot in face during
robbery by suspect.
604. Police Officer Geoerge Rojas, 30, Houston, TEX, 1/28/76, slashed in
neck with knife by suspect trying to break up fight.
605. Sgt. William Biggs, Kirkwood, Missouri PD, 2/7/08, was in a parking lot
across from city hall when the suspect approached him, asked what time
the city council meeting started, then pulled out a handgun and shot the
officer in the head killing him.
606. Police Officer Tom Ballman, Kirkwood, Missouri, PD, 2/7/08, was in
city hall when a suspect who had just killed a police officer across the
street, walked up to the officer and shot him in the head. The suspect was
killed by other officers.
The following officers were killed by head or neck shots in 1975.
607. Sgt. Willam Prochazka, 41, Bedford Heights, Oh, 11/10/75, when
shot in neck when he walked in and interrupted a robbery in progress.
607.Sgt. Frerderick Greene, 27, US Military Police, 12/6/75, while
investigsitng a burglary, suspects ran from house and shot officer in the
head.
608.Sgt. Charles Handorf, 49, Cinti, Oh PD, 12/8/75, was in the head by a
barricaded person in a house. (I served with this Officer when I was an
officer with that Department).
609. Special Agent Larry Wallace, 31, US Dept of Justice, was shot in the
head by a suspect.
610. Reserve Deputy Thomas Dunigan, 35, Morgan County Sheriff, Indiana,
12/5/75, while tryoi ng to stop a bank robbery was shot in the head by the
suspect.
611. Deputy Sheriff Steven Lindblom, 26, Madera County, Calif., 8/16/75, at
a hostage situation, he was shot in the head by the suspect who was
barricaded in the house.
612.Officer Alvin Hallum, 29, Dallas, TX, 8/21/75, when he stopped a car
with his partner in an extortion crime, shot the officer in the head.
613. Aux. Sgt. David Freed, 20, New York City, NY, 8/31/75, hit on the head
with his own nightstick by the suspect.
614. Patn. Guy Davis, JR, North Carolina Highway Patrol, 9/2/75. when he
stopped a car for a red light violation, he did not know they had robbed a
bank, was shot in the face when he leaned down to talk to the driver.
615. Patrol Officer Johnathon Flora, 32, Anchorage, Alaska, 9/8/,75,
responding to a burglary, was shot in the head as he climbed through a
broken window.
616. Dep. Marshall Ronald Parker, 27, St. Augiustine Beach, FLA, 1/12/75,
while responding to a vehicle incident, shot in the neck by the suspect.
617. Lt. Rufus Looper III, Greenville County Sheeriff, SC, 1/13/75, while
investigating suspeciious person was shot in head by the suspect.
618.Patn. William Sheehan, 63, Westwood, MA. 2/11/75, while walking
toward a car stopped in traffic, not knowing it was wanted for a murder,
and the suspect shot him in the head.
619. Special Agen James Bostick, 48, Illionois Central Gulf railroad Police,
Ill, 3/2/75, interrupted persons breaking into a box car and was shot in the
head.
620.Officer Jodseph Cali, 31, Chicago Pd, Ill, 5/20/75, while writing a traffic
citation on illegally parked car, he was shot in head by a snmiper across
the street.
621. Officer Mark DeCuypere, 22, Hampton, VA, 5/22/75, while esponding
to a domestic dispute was shot by ambush by the man who had just killed
his wife. Suspect shot officer in the head.
622. Dep Sheriff Randal Richter, 23, Montgomer County, Oh, 5/22/75, while
investigating a suspicious vehicle, suspect shot him in the head.
623. Officer Tom White, 64, Wolf City, TX, 7/8/75, was shot in ambush in
the head.
624. Officer Randy Simmons, 51, of the LAPD, CA, was killed in the line of
duty when he was shot in the neck as he entered a home to arrest a man
who had killed several persons.\
625. Officer G. White, Atlanta GA, 7/15, 1974, was shot in the head when he
went into a store while it was being robbed.
626. Deputy Sheriff E. Potter, 23, Kershaw Coutny, S.C. 2/23/74, the officer
and his partner stopped to investigate two men hitchhiking, a third man
cvame from behind and held them at gunpoint and shot them both in the
head, killing one and wounding the other.Officer G. Rogers, Canton PD,
NC, reseponding to a domestic, approached the house, and was shot at,
took cover behind his cruiser, but was shot in the head.
627. Officer B. Garrison, 29, Chicago PD, Ill, 2/27/74, while he and partner
were arresting a fugitive, entered a tavern but the lighting was bad, and
the suspect shot thy officers in the head.
628. Officer Willaim Marsek, 29, Chicago, Ill, 2/27/74, was shot in the head
with partner by wanted fugitive in badly lit bar.
629. Det Sgt. William Motimer, 44, Dayton PD, Oh, while tryomgt to arrest
robbery suspects, was shot in the face by a suspect as the officer tried to
push two girls into safe area.
630.Deputy Emery Mabry, 57, Carroll County, VA, 4/22/74, while making a
traffic stop, for a burglkary suspect who walked up to the officer’s car and
shot him in the head.
631. Deuty Sheriff Joe Smith, 32, Cumberland County, NC, 1/5/74, officer
was sitting in his cruiser giving directions to a trucker who picked up a
hitchhiker, the hitchhiker got out walked to officer in his cruiser and shot
him in the head.
632. Deputy Edd Williams, 35, Harris County, Texas, 1/12/74 during a
robbery was shot in head by a suspect.
633. Officer David Jack, 21, Calif State Police, 10/21/74, was ambushed
while patroilling and shot in the head, his weapon still holstered.
634. Officer Larry Walters, 31, Riverside PD, CA, 11/13/74, making a
TRAFFICS TOP, shot in head as he walked to car.
635. Sgt. Stephen Liezbinski, 39, Philadelphia Police Department, was killed
in the line of duty on May 4, 2008 when he stopped robbery suspects and
was shot in the face and abdomen by the suspects. His last words after
being shot “Tell my wife I love her.”
636. Deputy Sheriff William Howell Jr., 46, Orangeburg County, S.C., was
shot and killed in the line of duty on May 3, 2008, while responding to a
domestic dispute to help a lady remove her clothes, the suspect shot the
Deputy in the neck.
637. Police officer Erik Hite, 43, Tucsan Police Dept. AR, was killed in the
line of duty on 6/2/08, when he was pursuing a suspect wanted for
shooting another officers and firing a rifle into several homes, and when
he turned down a street the suspect opened fire hitting the officer in the
head.
638.. Police Officer Todd Allen Bahr, 40, of the Fredericksburg, PA Police
Department was shot and murdered June 6, 2008, when he responded to
an apartment complex where residents reported he had brandishing a gun,
and he had threatened his ex-girlfriend, and the suspect left the scene in a
truck, and officers caught up with him and while searching for him on
foot, the suspect shot the officer in the head. The suspect committed
suicide.
639. Police Officer Richard Francis, 60, Chicago, Ill Police Department was
killed in line of duty July 2, 2008, when the officer noticed a lady in a
disturbance and stopped to investigate, a struggle ensued, And the lady
got the officer’s service weapon, and shot him in the head. He was not
wearing a ballistic face shield at the time.
640. A 45-year-old deputy constable from the Smith County Constable’s Office
was shot and killed during a tactical situation in Tyler on June 7 at 11 a.m. 2006, A
woman had placed a 911 call from her
neighbor’s house reporting her husband had beaten and threatened to kill her and
himself, as
well as any law enforcement officers who came to the scene. Two deputies from the
Smith
County Sheriff’s Office responded to the call and initially arrived at the neighbor’s house,
where
the 911 call had been placed, thinking that it was the suspect’s house. The two deputies
then
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proceeded to the suspect’s residence where they noticed a rifle barrel sticking out of a
window in
the front of the house. Simultaneously, the deputies noticed the person with a rifle was
targeting the Smith County deputy constable, a 21-year veteran of law enforcement, who
had
arrived on the scene in his unmarked vehicle as backup. The two deputies shouted to the
deputy
constable to take cover and that he was being targeted by a person in the house with a
rifle. The
deputy constable, who was wearing body armor, managed to obtain his rifle from his
vehicle and
fired three rounds at the front of the house. He moved to the rear of his vehicle to take
cover;
however, the offender fired one shot from his .30-06-caliber semiautomatic rifle with a
scope, striking the victim deputy constable in front of the head and killing him instantly.
641. Corp. Eric Sutphin, 40, Montgomery County Sheriff Office,
8/21/2006, while hunting for an escaped prisoner who shot a security
guard, the deputy was shot in the head by the suspect.
642. Police Officer Michael Garbino, 53, Fairfax County Police, VA,
5/17/06, was shot in the head by a car jacking suspect.
643. Deputy Sheriff William B. Jones, 53, Roane County, Tenn, 5/11/06,
was ambushed by two men who had a grudge against police in the
area, and shot him in the head when he pulled up to a house to serve
felony warrants for aggravated assault.
644. Deputy Sheriff James F. McGrane, 38, Bernalillo County, New Mex,
3/22/06, made a traffic stop of a person wanted for a murder in 2005
that the officer did not know about. As he approached the vehicle
hew as shot in the head.
645. Sgt. Henry Prendes, 37, Las Vegas, Nev., 2/1/06, responded to a
domestic violence call, of a man beating a woman with a stick,
breaking car windows, and when the officer approached the door of
the house the man was in the suspect shot the officer in the back of
the head.
646. Police Officer Thomas T. Wood, 37, Maywood PD, Ill., 10, 23, 06, a
canine officer was shot in the throat and back of his head as he sat in
his cruiser.
647. Police Officer Thomas A. Cook, 43, Metro PD, Ill, 9/27/06, was
sitting in his cruiser watching a business which had been involved in
recent armed robberies, and she was shot in the back of his head.
648. Police Officer Bryan D. Tuvera, 28, San Francisco, CA, 12/23/06,
was chasing an escaped convict who was considered armed and
dangerous, when the suspect shot him in the head as he entered a
garage the suspect had entered.
649. Police Officer Richard Allan May Jr., 38, East Palo Alto, CA,
1/7/06, responded to a disturbance call, and saw men fighting when
he arrived, and when he chased one, the suspect turned and shot the
officer in the head.
650. Police Officer Mary Freeman Smith, 48, Fairfield, Ala, 10.23,06,
was checking a suspicious car and was shot in the neck and throat by
a suspect who approached her.
651. Deputy Sheriff Vernon Matthew Williams, 39, Polk County, Fla, and
his canine partner, Diogi, were shot and killed while chasing a
suspect who fled on foot during a traffic stop by another deputy for a
traffic violation.
652. Constable Daniel Tessier, Laval, Quebec, Canada, PD, 3/2/07, was
shot in the head during a drug raid while entering a house.
653. Police Officer Thomas Robert, Mishawaka PD, 12/16/03, South
bend, responded to a home where shots had been fired, and was
murdered when he tried to tackle the suspect the suspect who shot
the officer in the head.
654. Police Officer Joshua Miktarian,, 33, Twinsburg Police Dept., Ohio,
was murdered in the line of duty July 16, 2008, when he left his
patrol car to check the ownership of a car he pulled over. He called
for another officer to respond. A neighbor called to report shots
were fired. The driver of the car shot the officer four times in the
head killing him. The officer’s gun was still holstered.. The suspect
was arrested.
655. Police Officer Andrew Widman, 30, Fort Myers Fla Police Dept.,
7/18/08, respeonded to a domestic dispute wit several other officers
outside a restaurant where a man was waving a gun, when the
suspect shot the officer in the face at close range. The suspect was
killed by return fire. The officer was not wearing a ballistic face
shield at the time he was shot.
656. Officer Monte Ruby, of the Cox Department of Public safety, was
murdered on Aug. 6, 2008, when he was kicked in the neck by a
prisoner he was trying to control.
657. Sheriff W.W. Wright, Nevada County, Calif, 11/3/1856, while trying
to capture three escaped convicts, the suspects hot him in the face.
658. Deputy Johnm McClain, 38. Coulsa County, Calif, 9/17/1870, went
to a residence to serve writ of restitution, when one occupant shot the
deputy in the face.
659. City marshall Charles C. Wilson, 28, Oceanside PD, 7/4/1889, while
patrolling he heard shots and he was shot in the face by a suspect.
660. Officer A. Grant, San Fransico, Cal, 9/11/1891, had arrested a
suspect and the suspect shot the officer in the head.
661. Deputy J. Buzzell, San Joaquin, Calif, 11/28/1895, while trying to
remove trespassers, a suspect shot him in the head.
662. Capt. Walter Auble, 47, LA PD, Calif, 9/9/1908, while trying to
arrest two men for burglary a suspect shot the officer in the throat.
663. City marshall Putnam, 45, Allen PD, Okla, while standing in a store,
a suspect shot him in the neck.
664. Nigh Marshall Shipley, 60, Flora PD, Ill. While enforecing local
liquor laws, when he arrived at a disturbance a suspect shot him in
the neck.
665. Capt. Tim Hassett, 46, Oleao PD, NY, 2/21/1909, while trying to
arres a burglar, the suspect shot him in the head.
666. Patn Conner, Jefferson County, Ky, 5/22/1909, while responding to a
fight at a tavern, a suspect shot the officer in the head.
667. Deputy Sherif T. Pearson, 43, McIntosh Coutny,Okla, 6/13/1909,
while trying to arrest a man on a warrant, the suspect shot the officer
in the head.
668. Oficer W. Campbell, 30, Forth Worth, Tex, 8/12/1909, was
ambushed and was shot by someone in the back of the head.
669. Dep. Sheri J, Sykes, 41, Norfolk County, VA, 8/29/1909, when he
tried to question three suspicious men on a road, the officer was shot
by a siuspect in the neck.
670. Town Marshall P. Hatton, 38, Caroll PD, Iowa, 11/2/1909, when he
tried to arrest two burglarly suspects was shot in the face by a
suspect.
671. Special Policeman J. Babb, West Chester PD, PA, 12/31/1909, was
shot in thehead by a juvenile suspected of trying to kill persons by
putting broken glass in their food.
672. Lt. C. Frank, 63, Ashland , Ky, 6/29/1910, during raid for illegal
liquor, officer was shot in the head.
673. Special Deputy H. Lawrence, Cameron County,Texas, 37,
7/31/1910, was shot in the head attempting to arrest a suspect for
murder.
674. Ranger Carnes, 26, Texas, 7/31/1910, was shot in the head while
attempting to arrest a suspect for murder.
675. Police officer Rude, Seattle, WA, 9/24/1910, was hit in the head with
a pick by a suspect who he was guarding.
676. Deputy Sheriff W. Lucy, Shelby County, Tenn, 2/25/1910, while
attempting to arrest a man for larceny. After asking for the warrant
to be read, he asked for permission to get his hat from his cabin, Not
suspecting trouble the officers consented, and the suspect came out
and shot th officer in the head.
677. Officer Hezekiah Hires, 37, Jacksonvile, Flor, PD, while responding
to assist other officer, during the arrest the foirst officer shot and
killed the suspect, and as Officer Hires arrived, the dead man’s son
shot the officer in the back of the head at close range.
678. Officer Timothy Abernethy, 43, Houston TX PD, 12/06/08, stopped
suspect for traffic violation, suspect ran and his behind a corner of
house waiting for the officer, and when he rounded corner, he shot
officer in head and then stood over him and pointed the gun and tried
to shoot him again.
679. Officer L. Henderson, 22, Jacksonville PD, 1/26/1911, interrupted a
burglary, stopped a suspect and failed to find a gun in his pocket, and
the man pulled the gun and shot the officer in the face.
680. Deputy Sheriff T. Blair, 35, Monroe County, 1/29/1911, broke up a
disturbance in tavern, he went inside and one of the men shot him in
the head.
681. Deputy Sher. George Mumford, 41, Wilson County, NC, 2/3/1911
was serving warrant for burglary when a suspect wounded him and
then shot him in the head three times.
682. Agent O’Connor, US Treasury Dept. 1/30/1911, was invesitigating
several suspicious men when one shot him in the mouth.
683. Police Officer Mason Samborski, 28, Oak Park, Mi PD was killed in
the line of duty 12/29/08, when he was shot in the head by a youth
suspect he was taking to a complex to be identified in connection
with an investigation. The officer was not wearing a ballistic face
shield at the time.
684. Patn R. Gallivan, 35, Boston MA PD, 2/8/11, shot in neck
responding to burglary.
685. Deputy E. Birt, 34, Etawah County, Ind, 2/14/11, shot in back of
head by suspect who was in dispute with officer.
686. Patn V. Kirkman, 3/4/11, Alexandria Indiana PD, shot in head
responding to robbery.
687. Asst Chief J. Southall, Greenville PD, 10/6/1914, trying to arrest
intoxicated man firing a pistol, officer was shot in head
688. Det. James Arnold, 26, tryimg to arrest man for larcenty, located him
in nhius home, and allowed man to change clothes, and when he
reached for pants, he grabbed a revolver and shot the officer in the
head.
689. Chief W. Kersetter, 46, Sunbury PD, Pa, 2/12/1913, while
transporting a mental patient, the patient’s father asked Chief’s help
in taking man to hospital and shot officer in the head, neck shoulder.
690. Senior Cpl. Norman Smith, 43, Dallas Texas PD, 1/6/09, a gang unit
officer, was serving a felony warrant when he knocked on the door at
6:15 pm he came under fire immediately and was shot in the head.
He went to the door with two other officers, knocked and when he
used a fake name, someone opened the door and when Smith yelled
Police, the person tried to close the door and when Smith pushed
against the door he was shot in the head by the suspect.
"This was a high-risk situation," Police Chief David Kunkle said. "The
officers were tactically well-positioned, but they were immediately met
with gunfire."
691. Police officer Greg Jonas, 58, Centerville, Illinois, Police
Department, was killed in the line of duty on June 2, 2009, when he
was shot in the back of the head near a housing complex.
692. Police officer Alejandro Valadez, 27, Chicago, Ill, PD, was talking
to persons on a stret about an earlier shooting, when a person drove
by and shot the officer in the head.
693. Trooper Joshua Miller, 34, Pennsylvania State Police, was enagaged
in a chase of a suspect June 7, 2009, who kidnapped his son at gun
point. A police car bumped the suspect’s car causing it to crash and
when Trooper Miller went to the driver’s side of the car, the suspect
fired at the officer striking him in the neck. The officer was not
wearing a ballistic face shield at the time he was shot
694. Deputy Marshal Parker, 27, St. Augustine, FL, PD, on 1/12/1975,
responded to a report of a man driving off a pier, and when the
officer confronted the man, the man shot the officer in the neck
killing him..
695. Lt. Rufus Looper, Greenville County Sherif Office, SC, 2/1/1975,
investigating a suspicious person in a garage and as the officer
entered the building, he wsas shot in the head and killed.
696. Patn Wm Sheehan, 63, Westwood PD, Mass, 2/11/1975, stopped his
cruiser to investigsater csr stopped in traffic, not knowing the man
had just committed a murder, and the man got out and approached
the officer and shot him in the eye killing him.
697. Dep. Sher. Jesse Blevins, 32, Monroe County, W VA., 2/21/1975,
was leaving a grocery store when a man he had arrested a week
before shot him in the week before shot him in the head.
698. Deputy Shane Detwiler, 31, Chambers County, Texas, was killed in
the line of duty on July 13, 2009, when he responded to a report of a
man who had fired shots at a water company meter reader who was
trying to turn off the suspect’s water. The Deputy and other officers
entered the suspect’s mobile home and when they got to a bedroom
the suspect fired and hit the Deputy in the head twice killing him.
The Deputy was not wearing a ballistic face shield at the time.
699. Police Officer Marc DiNardo, 37, Jersey City, NJ, PD on July 16,
2009, and other officers were entering an apartment to arrest a man
who had shot an officer earlier when the man shot the officer in the
face killing him. The officer was not wearing a ballistic face shield.
700. U.S. Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas, 30, on July 23, 2009,
responded alone to a suspected border incursion and was shot in the
head. He was not wearing a ballistic face shield
701. Sgt. Alfred Sellick, 48, Montclair PD, NJ, 1/12/1976, was shot in the
face trying to disarm a gunman.
702. Chaplin William Paris,52, Detroit PD, 3/1/1976, agreed to negotiate
with armed suspect when the suepct shot him in the head as he
approached.
703. Capt. James Daly, 43, Montgomery County PD, MD, 3/28/1976, was
shot in the face when he tried to arrest a robbery supect.
704. Corp. John Frontczak, 32, Montgomery County PD, 3/28/1976. was
shot in the face when he tried to arrest a robbery suspect with a
shotgun. A ballistic face shield would probably have deflected the
shots.
705. Police Officer Clark Curlette, Metro Dad PD, Fla, while
investigating a stolen car incident knocked on a door and the suspect
shot through the door hitting the officer in the face with a shotgun.
Not wearing a ballistic face shield.
706. Police Officer Frank D’Azevedo, while investigating a stolen car
incident knocked on a door and the suspect shot through the door
hitting the officer in the face with a shotgun. Not wearing a ballistic
face shield.
707. Patrol Officer Willaim Mullins, 35, Yorktown PD, Texas, 7/11/1976,
Was chasing a man he had stopped for some reason and when the man
reached his house he turned and shot th officer in the head. Not wearing a ballistic
face shield.
708. Agent Robert Hutchings, 33, Utah Highway Patrol, 7/20/1976. while
trying to serve warrant on a drug suspect he was shot in the neck.
709. Patn Earl Ashton, 23, Osburn PD, 8/17/1976, stopped a vehicle for a
traffic offense, and when he walked up to the car the man pointed a
rifle out the window and and when the officer trtied to push the
barrel away the round hit him in the neck just qbove his vest.
710. Sheriff Park Richards, 62, Calhoun County Sheriff Dept.,
11/18/1976, was shot in the throat while serving a lunacy warrant.
711. Patn David Hancock, 41, Montgomery Twp PD, PA, 12/11/1976,
after arresting a burglary suspect was shot in the ehad by the suspect.
712. Patn Robert Crawford, 25, Thomasville PD, N.C., 1/8/1977,
confronted two men responding to a disturbance call and when he
and another officer followed them inside a house a struggle ensued
and one suspect got the officer’s gun and shot him in the throat. The
other officer was hot in the head. Neither was wearing a ballistic
face shield.
713. Patn Dennis Spinnett, 28, Thomasville, PD. N.C. confronted two
men responding to a disturbance call and when he and another
officer followed them inside a house a struggle ensued and one
suspect got the officer’s gun and shot him in the head The other
officer was shot in the throat.. Neither was wearing a ballistic face
shield.
714. Pat. Allen McLeod, 29, New Rochelle PD, 2/14/1977, responded to
call of a man with a fiream. The suspect shot the officer in the head.
The officer was not wearing a ballistic face shield.
715. Policeofficer Bruce Wilson, 27, Metropolitan Police Dept., Dist of
Columbia, 4/26/09, while working vice, became separated from his
partner and was found with a bullet wound to his head at close range.
716. Marshall Marvin Richie, 49, Magazine PD, 6/29/09, was shot in the
head by prison escapees.
717. Patn Charles Huckeba, 26, Baltimore County PD, MD, 7/6/1977,
responded to a domestic disturbance and while approaching the
house he was shot in the face. He was not wearing a ballistic face
shield.
718 Agent Jorge Santiago, 37, Puerto Rico Polie Dept. August 16, 2009, was
transporting a prisoner when the prisoner was somehow able to obtain one
of the officers’ weapons and shot the officer once in the head. The officer
was not wearing a ballistic face shield at the time.
718. Police Officer Chad Spicer, 29, Georgetown PD< DE, on September
1, 2009, responded to a report of shots fired at a restaurant, and
chased the suspected vehicle, when the suspects left the vehicle and
ran, one of the suspects immediately opened fire and shot the officer
in the face before he was even able to exit his patrol car. His partner
was also shot and wounded in the neck.
719. Officer Dennis Hill, 30, Des Moines PD, 8/28/1977, responded to a
shots fired dispatch, the suspect fired at the officer and hit him in the
head. The officer was not wearing a ballistic face shield,
720. Police Officer Marc DiNardo, 37, Jersey City, NJ, PD on July 16,
2009 was watching a car suspected in a robbery and when a person
walked toward the car, officers moved in and the suspect fired
hitting the officer in the face. He died after undergoing surgery. He
was not wearing a ballistic face shield at the time he was shot in the
face. \
721. Deputy Sherman Massey, Laurens County Sherrif Dept, S.C.,
9/20/1977, while tring to serve warrant for domestivc disturbance,
suspect was holding a gun, convinced the man to put gun in his belt,
and he did, but then he suddenly grabbed the gun andshot the officer
in the throat. Officer was no wearing a ballistic face shield.
722. Police Officer Barry Melear, 29, 9/23/1977, Atlanta, GA,
approached three suspects he caught breaking into an automobile
working a car theft detail, and while searching them the last man
pulled a gun and shot the officer in the head. The officer was not
wearing a ballistic face shield.
723. Police Officer Vito Chiaramonte, 32, New York Housing Authority,
9/26/77, was patrolling on foot was shot in the head. He was not
wearing a ballistic face shield.
724. Lt. Michael Etchison, Monrroe , GA, PD, 10/11/77. after a high sped
chase, After the chase, suspect shot officer in the head. Officer was
not wearing a ballistic face shield.
725. Ranger Bobby Doherty,41, Texas Dept Public Safety, 2/20/78, trying
to arrest narcotics suspect, kicked open a door and was shot in the
head. Her was not wearing a ballistic a face shield.
726. PoliceOfficer Frank Schlatt, 30, Atlanta Ga PD, 5/13/1978, was
responding to a burglary and as he entered the store, he was shot in
the face. He was not wearing a ballistic face shield.
727. Officer Steven Pinkelton,30, was off duty in uniform staninf in line
in a restaurant when armed robber entered and shot him in the back
of his head.
728. Patn. Julius Courville, Henderson PD, LA, 8/26/1978. while trying
to settle a domestic dispute, he was shot in the head.
729. Police Officer Nelson Bell, 29, Baltimore, MD, PD, 10/27/1978,
responded to a bus station where shots had been fired at police, was
shot in the head. He was not wearing a ballistic face shield.
730. Detective Bernable Salazar, San Antonio, TX PD, 11/16/78, was
serving a search warrant for narcotics when a suspect fired shots
through the door and hit the officer in the head.
731. Sgt. Mickey Hitchens,50, Winston salem NC PD, died 10/12, 2009,
from a gunshot to the head sustained days earlier. He and another
officer responded to a domestic dispute and had probably been
informed that the male suspect had a gun. The two officers found
and chased the suspect and the suspect shot the Sgt. In the face. The
Sgt. Was not wearing a ballistic face shield at the time.
732. Police Officer Jimmie Chadwell, 45, Fort Worth TX PD,
12/11/1978, while trying to serve a warrant, he entered the front of
the home, and the suspect was hiding in a shower in the bathroom
and when he enetered, the suspect shot him in the face. Had he had a
ballistic face shield on he would probably have survived.
733. Police Officer Edward Tarkington, 22, Metro Nashville, TN, PD,
12/17/1978, responded to a burglary and while talking to the vitim, a
neighbor who he had arrested before for gambling, shot the officer in
the neck. Had he had a ballistic face shield on he would probably
have survived.
734. Police Officer Roy Blecher, 50, Calif Highway patrol, 12/22/1978,
was found with a shot to the head after a traffic stop.
735. Officer William Freeman, 32, Calif Highway Patrol, 12/22/1978.,
was found shot in the head after a traffic stop.
736. Patn Charles Snider, 53, Charleston SC PD, 3/2/1979, was walking
his beat when he was told by a bystander that a store manager was
trying to arrest a man for stealing an item worth $15 and the man
was challenger to fight him, and when the officer tried to arrest the
man, the man got the officer’s gun and shot him in the head.
737. Police Officer Robert Seiffert, 31, Cincinnati Police Division,
3/6/79, during traffic stop for aggravated robbery warrant, suspect
shot officer in the head.
738. Police Officer Timothy Brenton, 39, Seattle, WA, Police
Department, November 2, 2009, was sitting in his cruiser in the
passenger seat with a trainee police officer sitting in the driver’s seat,
when a car drove alongside and shot the officer in the head and
wounded the trainee officer.
739. Metro Transit police officer, Washington, DC, 6/14/01, was shot in
the head by a suspect he tried to stop for failing to pay a fare.
740. Police Officer Joyce Carnegie, 38, Orange, NJ, Police Department,
April 9, 1999, was investigating an armed robbery, that occurred in
her city, and she approached a man fitting the description of the
suspect. Before she could question him, he fired two shots at her at
around 7:30 p.m. HITTING HER IN THE HEAD. SHE
WAS NOT WEARING A BALLISITC FACE SHIELD
AT THE TIME.
741. Police Officer Tina Griswold, 40, Lakewood Wa PD, 11/29/09, was
sitting in a coffee shop with three other officers working on lap top
computers preparing to go on their shifts, when a man entered and
shot her and the other officers in the head killing them.
742. Police officer Ronald Owens, 37, Lakewood WA PD, 11/29/09, was
sitting in a coffee shop with three other officers working on lap top
computers preparing to go on their shifts, when a man entered and
shot her and the other officers in the head killing them.
743. Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39, Lakewood WA PD, 11/29/09, was sitting
in a coffee shop with three other officers working on lap top
computers preparing to go on their shifts, when a man entered and
shot her and the other officers in the head killing them.
744. Police Officer Greg Richards, 42, Lakewood WA PD, 11/29/09, was
sitting in a coffee shop with three other officers working on lap top
computers preparing to go on their shifts, when a man entered and
shot her and the other officers in the head killing them.
745. Police Officer Michael Crenshaw, 32, Penn Hills Police Department,
on December 6, 2009, responding to a call on a domestic
dispute, he had been the first officer to arrive on the
scene and had parked several houses away to wait for
backup. As he waited he reported to dispatchers that
he heard gunfire from inside the home and he then
unholstered his weapon. Moments later a suspect
exited the home and immediately opened fire with an
AK-47, fatally striking Officer Crawshaw several times,
one in the head, as he was still sitting in his patrol car.
746. Police Officer Patrick McDonald , 26, New York PD, was
shot in the head March 16, 1994, was guarding a
building to prevent people from entering it when he
saw activity in a nearby store. He entered and
interrupted a robbery in progress, he was wearing a
bullet proff vest but none of the bullets hit him there.
One bullet hit him in the head. He was not wearing a
ballistic face shield.
747. Police Sergeant Mickey Hutchens, 50, on October 8, 2009,
responded with another officer to a call about a man harassing his
ex-wife. One witness told the dispatcher the suspect had been armed
in the past, but did not know if he was presently armed. The man ran
from the officers when told to stop and they chased him. At some
point the man turned and shot Sergeant Hutchens several times, once
in the head and wounded the other officer bu shooting him in the
neck, before the man was shot and killed by wounded officer. The
suspect shot both officers with a handgun. Neither officer was
wearing a ballistic face shield when shot.
748. Sheriff Deputy Kent Mundell, 44, Pierce County, WA, was shot in
the head and died December 29, 2009, by a suspect when the
Deputy responded to a domestic dispute. Another Deputy at the
scene was shout in the neck. Neither officer was wearing a ballistic
face shield.
749. Deputy Shane Detwiler, 31, Chambers County, July 13, 2009, while
searching a home at the scene of a shooting, the suspect shot the
deputy in the head. He was not wearing a ballistic face shield.
750. Deputy Josie Fox, 38, Millard County, Utah, January 5, 2009, was
pursuing a suspect in a car theft. After she called for back up, she
was found shot in the neck. She was not wearing a ballistic face
shield.
751. Police Officer Donald Martin, 29, Cincinnati, PH, PD, March 11,
1961, Donald Martin was patrolling a car dealership when he
encountered a man attempting to steal a car battery. A violent
struggle ensued and the suspect gained control of Patrolman Martin’s
revolver and shot Patrolman Martin in the chest. Patrolman Martin
turned and ran with the suspect in pursuit, firing into Martin?s back.
The suspect then shot him once in the back of the head after the
officer fell. (Editor’s Note: I was on the same shift as Donald and
was actively involved in searching the area for his killer, without
success, unfortunately.
752. Capt. Chad Reed, 33, Dixie County,Fla., on January 14, 2010, was
pursuing a suspect wanted for murdering several persons, when the
suspect stopped at a gas station and shot the Capt in the face. The
Capt was not wearing a ballistic face shield.
753. Trooper Paul Richey, 40, Pennsylvania State Police, responded to a
domestic with information that the suspect had threatened to kill his wife,
and when the officer approached the house, not wearing a ballistic face
shield, he was shot in the neck by the suspect who aimed his shot in an
ambush fashion.
753. Lt. Eric Shuhandler, Gilbert AR PD, on January 28, 2010, was shot
in head at traffic stop for obstructed license plates.
754. Police officer Sgt. Tonya Gillikin, 30, Enfield, stopped a car for a
checxk re a robbery and she was shot in the head by the suspect as
she and her partner tried to handcuff the suspect.
755. Police Officer John Finis Weed, 44, Seattle, WA, Police Department,
July 24, 1916, Officer Weed, on a report from a citizen that a man
had just shot at him in an alley, left his cruiser and went to the alley
with a fellow officer, and when he saw a man in the alley, Officer
Weed identified himself as a police officer, and man, who was a
watchman for an illegal whiskey operation in a near by warehouse,
shot Officer Weed in the mouth. (Neither ballistic face shields nor
vests existed in those days, so there was a good excuse for the officer
not putting one on before proceeding to the alley to investigate.)
756. Police Officer Robert Heinle, 47, Missoula PD, on October 21, 1998,
he responded to a bank report of a man trying to cash a forged check,
and the officer chased the man, and the man shot the officer in the
neck. The officer died from complications from the wound on
February 12, 2009. He was not wearing a ballistic face shield at the
moment the bullet hit him.
757. Constable Elijah Chenault, Alexandria PD, VA, 8/4/1823, was hit
over the head with a stick while attempting to seize property from a
woman who had failed to pay a debt.
758. Texas Ranger Edward Blakey, Texas, Rangers, February 25, 1839,
was pursuing Indians who were raiding communities, when he was
shot in the head.
759. Texas Ranger John Walters, 24, Texas Rangers, February 25, 1839,
was pursuing Indians who were raiding communities, when he was
shot in the head.
760. Captain Burleson, Texas Rangers, February 25, 1839, was pursuing
Indians who were raiding communities, when he was shot in the
head.
761. Texas Ranger James Gilleland, 40, February 25, 1839, was pursuing
Indians who were raiding communities, when he was shot in the
head.
762. Texas Ranger First Sergeant William Weaver, was pursuing Indians
who were raiding communities, when he was shot in the head.
763. Constable John Holton, 42, Augusta PD, KY, nov 24, 1845, was
attempting to serve a warrant when the suspect cut his throat.
764. Patn Thomas Lynch, New York, NY< PD, 7/22/1848, was hot in the
head 11 times with an iron pipe responding to an assault and large
dispute.
765. Patn William Helms, New York, Ny, PD, 10/9/1849, responded to a
fire, and during crowd control, standing on his post his skull was
fracrtured when a wall collapsed on him.
766. Texas Ranger Private D.C. Sullisvan, Texas Rangers, 8/20/1850, was
attacked by Indians and shot in the head by one of the Indians.
767. Capt. Chin Chi Kee, US Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1/10/1852, while
trying to arrest whiskey smugglers, armed only with a knife, stabbed
three suspects to death, and one suspect shot him in the head.
768. Watchman Willaim T> Pullan, 52, Providence City Watch, RI,
5/18/1852, while trying to arrest a person for disturbing the peace,
was attacked by a suspect and hit in the head with a club.
769. Police Officer Thomas Trench, 43, Philadelphia Pa PD, 5/28/1985,
was found sitting behind the steering wheel of his cruiser at 3:00
a.m., with a bullet wound in the face and back of the neck, both fired
at close range. He was not wearing a ballistic face shield and helmet
at the time he was shot.
770. Police Officer Javier Bejar, 28, Reedley CA PD, 2/28/10 was
backing up other officers serving a warrant for arsons and shootings,
and concealing himself behind his cruiser for cover when the
suspect, using a scope, shot him in the head from 80 yards with a
high powered rifle. A ballistic face visor probably would not have
seved him from the high powered rifle bullet, but he would have
probably survived had he been shot with a less powerful firearm.
The officers responding including Officer Bejar were aware that the
suspect was involved in arsons and shootings in the area, yet were
not wearing ballistic face visors in a high risk situation.
771. Cpl. J. R. Searcy, 33, Quachita Parish Sheriff Department, LA.,
March 4, 2010, was off duty responding to a radio report of a man
trying to run people over with his vehicle, when he confronted the
man, not wearing a ballistic face shield and helmet, and told the
man to put his hands behind his head, the man pulled a gun and
shot the officer twice in the head. Another officer shot and killed the
suspect.
772. Police Officer James Kerstetter, 43, Elyria, Ohio, PD, March 15,
2010, responded to a neighbor dispute in which the suspect kicked a
door in, and had exposed himself to a child, called to the suspect to
stop, but the suspect fired on the officer and shot him in the head
and killed him. The officer was not wearing a ballistic face shield
and helmet. He leaves a wife and three children.
773. Police Officer Ray P. Gallimore, Chesapeake PD., 11/30/74, came
upon a traffic accident, the driver got out and gsained controlof the
officer’s service weapon, and shot the officer in the head. The
suspect shot himself in the head.
774. Police officer Gary J. Buro, Chesterfield County PD., 5/4/2006, was
dispayched to a domestic assault in which a gun was reported to be
involved, the officer went to the front door and was admitted, and he
went to a bedroom where the shooter was talking with his wife (he
told her the first officer who walks through the door is going to be
shot) and when the officer entered the bedroom without a ballistic
face shield on his head the shooter shot him in the forehead killing
the officer. Another officer was shot and wounded but the officer
was able to shoot and kill the shooter.
(Note by Stan: Officer Buro would probably be alive today had he
been wearing a ballistic face shield when he entered the bedroom.
as a corrections officer and probably aimed at the head knowing
the vest would stop the bullet)
20 officers were killed by head shots in 2005 bringing the total to 794
The names of these officers will be added later. Source ODMP.org
The percentage of officers who were killed by gun fire with head
shots from 2005 through 2010 is 50 percent.
In 1999, the following 14 officers were murdered by head shots and not
included in the previous count. Knight 1/9/99, Bishop 1/20,
Aschton 1/23, Camp 3/9, Atkinson 3/26, Weatherly 4/15, Hicks
5/22, Clement 6/3, Whitfield 8/13, Balcomb 8/21, Kolb
10,2, Levy 10/21, Timbrook 10, 30, Gatewood 12/9, Baileey
12/30Thus the total is now
808 officers have been murdered by head shots since 1974 to present and
counting.
In 2001 14 officers were killed by head shots and not included in
the previous count. Naim, Garza, Morales, Strause, Infantes, Gurr,
Estes, Hunter, Kuredjian, Schwartz, Fontana, Roelle, Thus the total is now 822
have been murdered by head shots since 1974 and still counting.
822 police officers have been murdered by head shots since 1974 and still
counting. None of the officers was wearing a ballistic face shields at the time.
823. Police Officer Phillip Davis, 33, Pelham Police Department,
December 4, 2009, stopped a driver for speeding, left to write a
ticket, returned and driver said my brother is a police officer, and
officer said, why didn’t you tell me this before, let me have his name
and phone number and I will call him and tell him what happened.
Unprovoked andwithout another word, the driver fired one shot
hitting the officer in the face and murdered him. The officer was not
wearing a ballistic face shield. This was the first officer to be killed
in this Department. The driver was arrested.
824. Officer Craig Shaw, 37, Dallas PD, was shot in the head responding
to a shooting and was not wearing a ballistic face shield. This brings
to total to 824 officers shot in the head.
Officers 825 – 829 were accidentally deleted from the list and could not be
retrieved.
830. The number increased to 830 with this incident:
830. Sgt. Joseph Bergeron, 49, Maplewood PD, Minn, May 1, 2010, located 2
men wanted for carjacking, and as he was getting out of his cruiser, oen of them shot
the officer in the head, while he was not wearing a ballistic face shield. He was not
wearing a ballistic face shield.
831 and 832. The number increased to 832 police officers murdered by head shots while
not wearing ballistic face shields with the following two Tampa Fla police officers being
shot in the head June 29, 2010, at a traffic stop as they appaoched the passenger side.
The officers were Jeff Kocab and Dave Curtis. Both officers, who were not wearing
ballistic face shields, would probably be alive had they been wearing the shields. The
stop was initially for a missing tag, but a passenger was wanted on a worthless check.
Backup was called. A check on the passenger’s, the shooter, identity would have
disclosed he had a record for Attempted first degree murder, and other violent crimes.
This was a high risk situation in my opinion and justified placing ballistic face shields on
the officier’s heads before they approached the car. They had body vests on but to no
avail. Bad guys, knowing the vests are worn, and wanting to kill the officers, are
probably aiming for the head.
Let us pray to God for Officers Cutis and Kocab and their families and brother and sister police
officers.
Stayalert safe,
Stan
Police Chiefs should realize by now that every police officer under his/her command is in
immediate danger of being shot in the head and killed or maimed on any incident, but
especially during high risk situations which the officers know or should know about in
advance prior to getting involved in the situation (there is usually time to put the ballistic
face shield on in such situations).
One Chief who recognized this danger and did something about it is Chief Paul Nanfito,
Red Bluff, CA PD. He applied for and obtained money from the Federal Home Security
Agency and bought ballistic face shields and helmets for his police officers. He told me
that interested chiefs may call him at 530-527-3131 for information.
I have one question: why does one more officer have to die by a head shot before ballistic face
shields are made immediately available to all police officers for high risk situations?
833. A Chicago, Ill PD officer, Thor O. Soderberg, on 7/7/10, was walking toward a
parking lot from a police station when a man grabbed the officer’s weapon and shot him
in the head. The officer was on a detail concerning youth violence.
834. On December 12, 2005, State Trooper Joseph Pokorny, Pennsylvania State
Police, at 2:08 a.m. was in pursuit of a vehicle for speeding, after the stop the
shooter and two passengers got out of the car and the Trooper told them to put
their hands on the car. The shooter refused asking why he had been stopped
and when the Trooper began putting handcuffs on the shooter, ther shooter
rersisted and was maced by the officer which blew back into the officer’s face
the trooper and one suspect engaged in a struggle, another suspect got the
Trooper’s side arm and shot him in the chest and then in the head through the
ear. An autopsy indictaed that the Trooper was kneeing after the first shot with
his hands up in the air in a “surrender typw” position based on the Trooper’s
final resting position. The Trooper was not wearing a ballistic face shield or
helmet at the time he was shot in the ear.
835. Deputy Chris Dewey, 26, Mahnomen Couty Sheriff Department, February 18,
2009, was shot in the head after he responded to a call and engaged in a fight
with two suspects. He died August 9, 2010.
836. Police Officer Glen Agee, 31, Jackson Miss., PD, 8/6/10, arrested a man for
aggravated assault and domestic violence and during transport, he escaped.
Before leaving his cruiser to pursue, he did not have a ballistic face shield to
place over his head. The officer chased him and was found shot a short time
later from two shots in his face. He was not wearing a ballistic face shield or
helmet at the time he was shot twice in the face. The shield, had it been
covering the officer’s face, would probably have prevented him from shot in the
face and would have saved his life.
837. Police Oficer William Sheehan, Westwood PD, Mass, 2/11/1975, was on routine
patrol when he and his partner saw a vehicle stopped in traffic. They stopped
their cruiser in front of the vehicle and began walking toward it not knowing a
murderhad just occurred. A suspect met the officer between the vehicle and
the cruiser and shot the officer in the eye. Suspect sentenced to prison.
Officer not wearing a ballistic face shield.
838. Deputy Sheriff James Blevins Jr., 32, Monroe County Sheriff Dept, 2/21/1975,
was shot in the head as he walked from a grocery store by a man he had
arrested a week before for being drunk and disruptive at a dance.
839. Special Agen James Bostick, 48, 3/2/1975, Ill. Central Gulf RR Police, interrupted
suspect breaking into a baox car. He was shot in the bak of the head not wearing a
ballistic face shield/helmet.
840. Chief Deputy Sheriff Albert Cooke, 39, 4/18/1975, a suspect he was taking to jail
grabbed his weapon and shot him in the head 6 times. Suspect arrested.
841. Police Officer Joseph Cali, 31, Chicago Ill PD, 5/20/75, while writing a traffic for
illegal parking at a bus stop was shot in the head by a sniper nearby.
Had he been wearing a ballistic face shield and helmet he probably would
not have dies from a shot in the head. He could have written thousands of such
tickets in his career without incident, but the one time it happens would , in my
opinion, have justified being inconvenienced by the face shield/helmet all those
times without incidence.
842. Patn. Mark DeCuypere, 22, Hampton VA PD, 5/22/75, responded to a domestic
dispute in which the suspect’s wife had been shot and killed, and when officer
arrived, he called dispatch to give his location (in my opinion, he should have
first placed a ballistic face shield and helmet on) and when he finished his call,
the suspect whom was hiding in a bush next to the officer’s cruiser, shot the
officer in the head killing him. (In my opinion, the officer dispatch probably
included enough information to inform the officer of a highly risky situation
justifying the placement a ballistic face shield/helmet on the moment he arrived
and before leaving the cruiser. Had this been done the officer probably would
not have been killed by a head shot. The officer would be 57 years old today. )
843. Detective James Anderson, 39, San Antonio TX PD, 7/1/1975, responded to an
officer down call and as he exited his patrol car he was shot in the head by the
suspect while not wearing a ballistic face shield. The officer down had
responded to a domestic dispute.
844. Lt. Albert Wilkins, 50, Harris County Constables Office, 1/6/68, was shot in the
head whe two persons entered a lounge to rob it and shot him in the head.
844. Officer Arthur Snyder, 29, Metropolitan PD, Dist of Columbia, 2/12/80, after he
and his partner saw a drug transaction, they approached the suspect, the suspect
shot the officer in the head.
845. Police Officer Delma Adams, 33, Raleigh NC PD, 2/3/1980, was making a DUI
arrest, put the suspect in the back seat of his car and the suspect produced a
handgun and shot the officer in the back of the head.
846. Police Officer Chris Wilson, 50 San Diego CA PD, was assisting other officers in
searching for a probation violator in an apartment. After the door was slammed
on the officers, they forced their way in and when the door to a bedroom door
was kicked down, the suspect shot the officer in the head. Had the officer been
wearing a ballistic face shield the bullet would have been deflected and he would
have survived, probably.
847. Police Officer Ryan Bonaminio, 27, Riverside, CA, PD, on November 7, 2010, made
a traffic stop of a truck, and the driver, one Green, left the cab and began to run. The
officer, without first putting on a ballistic face shield, began to pursue on foot. The
following are details of what happened given by a police officer privy to the details:
I can give a few details. Green was armed with a small metal pole. It is believed from
what was found at the scene that Ryan slipped backwards in the mud and fell, or was
knocked down by Greet after being hit in the face with the metal pole when Ryan was
rounding a corner. Green got on top or hovered over Ryan and struck Ryan several times
(at least 3 according to a witness) in the head. He somehow disarmed Ryan, who is
believed to have now had his gun in his hand. Green shot Ryan (fired twice) point blank
in the face, or back of head. Ryan was heard saying (by the witness), "You don't have to
do this." or something to that effect. Ryan may have had time to say something like that
twice before Green shot him.
848. WCO Officer David Grove, 31, Pennsylvania Game Commission, 11/11/10,
may have been making a vehicle stop. He was shot in the head, ad he was not wearing a
ballistic face shield. His vehicle had bullet holes in the door, mirror and running board.
849. Deputy Sheriff Sam Brownlee, 43, West County, CO, on November 23,
2010, was chasing a suspect in a domestic violence case, and when the
suspect’s vehicle was stopped, "The suspect was being pulled out of the
vehicle and when Deputy Brownlee was removing the suspect, a fight occurred
and they were wrestling around on the ground. Somehow, the suspect got the
gun away from the deputy. Brownlee warned other officers, 'He's got my gun!
He's got my gun!' The suspect then shot the deputy three times -- once in the
hand, the second in the chest and a third shot to Brownlee's chest ricocheted off
his bullet-proof vest, hitting him the head,. He was not wearing a ballistic face
shield.
850. Police Officer Michael Flisk, 46, Chicago Ill PD, 11/26/10, was shot in the
head by a suspect while he was collecting evidence at a car break in at a garage.
851. Trooper David J. DeLaittre, 23, Montana Highway Patrol, 12/1/2010, made
a traffic stop for a vehicle which was parked in the middle of the road.
During the stop, the suspect fired at th Trooper hitting him in the head and
killing him. The Trooper was not wearing a ballistic face shield.
852. Deputy Sheriff Brandon Coates, 27, Orange County, Florida, on December
8, 2010, was assigned to the anti-crime unit, he was patrolling an area
known for violent crime, drugs, murder, and he had made many arrests of
gang members, and he was patrolling looking for thieves who recently stole
Christmas gifts from homes and cars. He was not wearing a ballistic face
shield at the time of the stop.
A struggle with the killer occurred, the Deputy used his taser on the killer,
and the suspect murdered the deputy with two shots to the head, while he
was not wearing a ballistic face shield. His Department was aware of the
dangerous area he was patrolling and the dangerous duty he was performing
and the high potential for being shot, yet did not provided him with a
ballistic face shield and helmet.
853. Police Officer Brian Steven Gregg, 46, Newtown Borough, Pennsylvania, Police
Department, on September 29, 2005, Officer Gregg and his partner were
guarding a suspect who had been arrested earlier in the evening for
drunk driving and had been taken to the hospital to undergo blood and
urine tests. While in the emergency room, the prisoner began to
struggle with Officer Gregg and a second officer. He gained control of
the second officer's service weapon and opened fire, striking Officer
Gregg in the chest. The prisoner also shot the second officer in the
chest, and wounded a hospital technician. The prisoner then walked up
to Officer Gregg who was on the ground, and shot him in the head,
killing him.
854. Police Officer Bill Crews, 26, Sydney, Australia, Police Department,
September 9, 2010, was serving a search warrant for drugs when he
was shot in the head, while not wearing a ballistic face shield, by the
suspect.
855. Police Officer Alejandro Valadez, 27, December 27, 2010, was
responding to a report of shots fired when he was shot in the head by a
suspect in a car at the scene. Knowing that shots had been fired, the officer,
not having been provided with a ballistic face shield by the Police Department,
went to the location not wearing a ballistic face shield at the time the bullet
hit his head. He will not see his unborn child.
855. Trooper Chadwick LeCroy, 38, Gerogia State Patrol, December 28, 2010,
was making a routine traffic stop for a broken headlight, when the car sped
away and the officer pursued. When the suspect’s car crashed, the officer
approached and the suspect opened his car door and fired a weapon at the
officer hitting him in the face twice. (In my experience as a former police
officer and since then when a person being stopped for a minor traffic
violation speeds away, the person is involved in criminal activity more
serious than the minor traffic violation and the situation then becomes a
high risk situation such as the one the Trooper was involved in. Had the
Trooper had a ballistic face shield in the front of his cruiser, had he placed it
on his head before approaching the crashed suspect’s vehicle, the bullets
may have hit the face shield saving the officer’s life and enabling him to
return fire. The suspect may have been aiming at the officer’s head
knowing the chest is protected by body armor. The face shield and helmet
cost one Pennsylvania police officer who bought them from his clothing
allowance $570.00.
When I was a college professor and former cop 30 years ago, a
student came into my office (he was a Pennsylvania police officer) and I asked
him if he wore body armor. He said no because if it is his destiny to be killed,
then that will happen. Today, 2010, that same officer, now a Pennsylvnaia police
chief, told me he will not leave the station without body armor if he is in uniform
and that he is a strong supporter of police patrol officers having ballistic face
shields nearby in their cruisers.)
856. Deputy Sheriff Suzanne W. Hopper, 40, Clark County, Ohio, January 1,
2011, responded to a call of shots fired at a trailer park, and the police
admisnitrators knowing this, allowed her to respond without a ballistic face
shield available to her as she was photographing evidence outside a trailer
during an investigation, when a male opened the door to his trailer and shot
the officer in the head and killed her with a shotgun. This was forseebale
since the report was shots fired at the trailer park. She was not wearing a
ballistic face shield or helmet. If the ballistic face shield/helmet were worn
by officers in high risk situations as they wear a vest, there would be fewer
deaths due to head shots. Last year, 2010, 19 police officers were shot
and killed by head shots while not wearing a ballistic face shield. 19 people
with families. If the average cost of a face shield and helmet is $570.00 ,
the total cost of saving their lives by face shields and helmets would be
$10, 830.00. Somewhere in America that money could have been found to
get that equipment to the officers.
Neither she nor her husband and two children would have cared
that none of the other over 600000 police officers in the US were shot at and
killed on January 1, 2011. The only thing that would matter to the five of them is
that she was the only officer who was shot an killed by a shot to the head, and
had she been wearing a face shield and helmet, she probably would have
survived and be alive for herself and her family and fellow officers. Had her
Department issued the items to her and mandated that they be worn in the
circumstances in which she was shot, she would have been required to wear
them and she probably would have survived the shot to the head. She was
responding to a call of a window being shot out at a trailer park. The
administrators of her Department knew that responding to calls of such a nature
involved a risk of taking fire from suspects at the scene. Yet, the administrators
failed to provide the equipment to the officer to wear to reduce the risk of what
happened to her. Everyone involved will say they did not provide the items
because they could not get the money, or they did not see the need for them.
In the First World War, generals would order their soldiers to leave the
safety of the trench and run in open fields toward machine gun fire as thick as a
heavy rain downpour with thousands of soldiers being killed. Today, 2011, on a
somewhat smaller scale, commanders are ordering and permitting their police
patrol officers (soldiers) to enter situations with a high risk of being shot to the
head and killed, (like responding to a trailer park where shots were fired) and not
equipping them with ballistic face shields/helmets that could save their lives.
Something is not right.
858. Police Officer in England September 9, 2010, officer was shot in head by
suspect during execution of warrant fo drugs. The officer was not wearing a
ballistic face shield.
859. Police Chief Ralph Painter, 55, December 8, 2010, responded to a cal about
a man causing a disturbance at a car wash. The Chief engaged in a struggle
with the 20 year old suspect, who took the Chief’s weapon and shot him in the
head. The Chief was not wearing a ballistic face shield.
This incident illustrates the concept that there is no call where a gun is not
present: the police officer’s own weapon in its holster is present and can
potentially find its way into the hands of a criminal intent on not being arrested
and or hating police enough to kill.
It argues for the concept that when a police officer responds to a call,
however much it may not be a high risk call and no reported weapons are
involved, when the officer arrives at the scene, he/she should be required or
strongly urged by policy to put on a ballistic face shield before leaving the cruiser,
in the same way that many police departments by policy require officers to put on
a regular non-ballistic uniform hat. (I was required to put on a non ballistic
uniform hat before leaving my cruiser on all calls). So, that if the officer’s gun is
somehow taken from the officer and the criminal holding the gun shoots at the
officer’s face, the bullet will be stopped enabling the officer to retrieve his back-up
firearm and return fire. (For example, my fellow officer from the same district
station as me, Patrolman Donald Miller, 30, left his cruiser to investigate a
suspicious man in a used car lot in the a.m. and put on his regular non-ballistic
uniform hat . The man-cop killer got Donald’s 6 shot revolver from his holster,
secured in the 60’s by a mere single snap on strap, and shot him in the back of
the head as Donald ran toward his cruiser. Perhaps, had Donald been wearing a
ballistic face shield and helmet, the bullet would have been stopped and he
would have been able to retrieve his back-up weapon had he had one (we were
prohibited from carrying one, but we did anyway concealed) and return fire. Who
knows.
860. Police Officer Christopher Matlosz, 27, 1/14/11, Lakewood N.J Police
Department, was sitting in his cruiser during a stop of a man. He was not
wearing a ballistic face shield during the conversation, underdstandably,
because there must not have been any indictation that a firearm or
violence would be used toward him. There probably was not a ballistic
face shield in his cruiser had there been such an indication and he had
had time to put one on. The man stepped back from the cruiser and shot
the officer in the head.
This is one of those situations in which an officer has no indication
there is a danger, so the officer is disarmed by the non-threatening
circumstances and not suspecting imminent danger, and not taking any extra
precautions to be extra alert and very ready for an armed attack on his person.
But this experience with Officer Matlosz reinforces what every officer knows: that
there is really never a “routine situation” in which there is no potential for sudden,
unexpected violence to be directed against a police officer. The only person who
knows that is the person who the officer is talking to.
Had the officer, in such a situation, placed a ballistic face shield on during the
conversation, and nothing happened, and the man left the scene or peacefully
arrested without a problem, the face shield would have not been needed and the
officer would have worn it for nothing. But the officer would still be alive and not
the worse off for having worn it. However, had the man shot the officer in the
face the shield would have stopped the bullet allowing the office an opportunity to
return fire. Having worn it, the officer would probably be alive.
I realize most police officers would not have put on a face shield in Officer
Matlosz’s situation, and they would have a variety of justifications. I can recall
when I was in uniform in Cincinnati, persons would come up to me while I sat
behind the wheel of my cruiser and they looked innocent and non-threatening
and the last thing I expected is that they would draw a firearm and shoot me
somewhere on my body. We had no ballistic face shields, but even I had had
one, in the 60’s, when police officers were not as frequently shot in their cruisers
of heads, I probably would not have put one on in an innocent looking situation.
But, knowing what I know now in 2011, many years later and after 860 police
officers have been shot in the head, and officers have been shot in the head
sitting in their cruiser, like officer in Seattle Washington recently and Officer
Matlosz , I would think more seriously about wearing one in my cruiser, at least
some of the time, but especially when I was talking to a citizen standing next to
me cruiser window. Many officers would rightfully object to doing this partly
because it would offend insult citizens. Yes, they would be initially in the
beginning until the news media would broadcast the policy and the reasons for it.
But, if officers would briefly explain to the citizen who voiced objection the
reasons, the citizen would probably feel better about it.
861. Sgt. Pedro Caines, Hialeah Fla PD, 11/19/92 responded to a complaint
about a man acarrying a GUN WHO REFUSED TO TURN A RADIO
DOWN. He shot the officer in the head.
862. Sheriff Deputy Patrick Behan, on 6.11.91, was doing paperwork in his
patrol car when someone shot him in the head through an open window.
863. Broward, Fla., Sheriff Deputy Phillip Billings was shot in the head during
a security detail.
864. Police Officer Roger Castillo, Miami Dade Police Dept. 1/20/2011, was
serving a warrant for a felon for homicide and he was shot in the head by
the suspect through an open door. Non of the officers in the above four
incidents was wearing a ballistic face shield at the time they were hit in
the head.
865. Police Officer Amenda Haworth, 40, Miami Dade Fla Polixe Depart,
1/20/11, was serving a warrant for a known felon wanted for murder and
when she was told by the suspect’s mother the suspect was coming, the
suspect entered the room and immediately began firing a firearm, hitting
her in the head and Officer Castillo also.
866. Police Officer David Moore, Indianapolis MN PD, 1/24/11, was shot in
the
face during a traffic stop. He was not wearing a ballistic
face shield. If
had he been wearing a shield he would probably
have survived the shot.
867. Police Officer Brian Huff, Detroit Mich PD, May 3, 2010, was shot in the
face when he responded to a report of a burglary and entered through a
front door of the house.
868. Detective John Falcone, 44, Poughkeepsie City, PD, NY, 2/18/2011,
responding to a shots fired call, and when he arrived at the scene he saw a
man holding a child, and the man ran and the officer followed. The officer
rescued the child and handed the child to another person, and he then he
fought with the man, and was shot in the head by the man.
In my opinion, all police officers who respond to situations involving
shots fired should have ballistic face shields and helmets in the passenger area of
the cruiser that they can immediately grab and put on before leaving the cruiser
and before confronting the shooter.
869. K9 Officer Jeffrey Yaslowitz, 39, St. Petersnurg PD< Florida, 1/24/11,
while serving a warrant on suspect wanted for aggravated battery, he
went to the attic where his wife said he was and possibly armed. Officer
Yaslowitz, knowing the suspect was possibly armed, and without wearing
a ballistic face shield and helmet, climbed up through a hole in the dark
attic, exposing his head first, then he climbed all the way in. As he was
putting handcuffs on the suspect, the suspect shot Officer Yaslowitz in the
head twice, in rapid succession, and probably died instantly. Just before
shooting the officer, the suspect told the officers that they had him, and
then he shot the officer in the head twice.
His wife, Lorainne, was interviewed after the shooting and she said: the 8
year old daughter says, “I want my daddy back. I want to kiss him.” Kellan, the 5 year
old son, said he :will miss daddy.” And the Caleb, the oldest son said, “daddy is with
Jesud, he’s there..”
(Stan speaking, how can anyone not cry after hearing children talk like this about
their father?) When the
In my opinion, Officer Yaslowitz, would probably be alive today and with
his family had he had a ballistic face shield and helmet on because they would
have stopped the bullets that hit him in the head, allowing him and his partner,
also in the attic, to return fire on the suspect.
In my opinion, all police police officers who respond to this kind of incident
should have a ballistic face shield and helmet stowed in the passenger area of
the cruiser for instant access, and placed on the head before leaving the cruiser
(officers have been shot in the head leaving their cruiser) and before confronting
the suspect. When a suspect starts shooting, the officer does not have time to
go back to the cruiser for the face shield and helmet. If officers train while
wearing the helmet and face shield at the target range or at home, the weight of
them should be less noticeable in a combat situation. And, in a combat situation,
with adrenaline running high, this too should make the weight less noticeable to
the officer and not alter his shooting ability.
870. Police Officer Alain Schaberger, 42, New York City PD, 3/13/11,
responded to a call of a domestic dispute where a lady told them the
suspect had threatened to kill her and there was an order of protection
against him. When he tried to put a cuff on the suspect, he resisted and
the suspect pushed the officer and the officer fell over a 21 inch railing
and he hit the sidewalk below the stoop on his head and broke his neck
and died. The suspect had 28 prior arrests and was allegedly the
aggressor in 12 previous incidents involving the lady. It is not know by
me whether the officer knew of the suspect’s background or these facts.
But, in my opinion, this kind of person constitutes a high risk situation and
a police officer should wear a ballistic face shield and helmet before
attempting to arrest such a person. Had the officer been wearing them,
maybe he would not have died from the blow to the head. Not wearing
them did not enable the officer to cope better with the suspect to avoid
being pushed off the steps.
871. Deputy U.S. Marshall John Perry, 48, March 8, 2011, went to a home to
arrest a suspect assault on a law enforcement officer and possession of
drugs, when the suspect shot the Marshall in the head. A police officer’s
face was grazed by a bullet. Neither the Marshall nor the officer was
wearing ballistic face shields or helmets. In my opinion, the facts which
were known to police before they attempted to arrest the suspect
constituted a high risk situation and the officers should have worn a
ballistic face shield and helmet before attempting to arrest the suspect. A
football field constitutes an area where there are high risks of sustaining
an injury to the head, and football players wear a helmet to protect
themselves from head injuries. Where a police officer is about to enter an
area where there is a high risk of a head injury from bullets or otherwise,
a ballistic face shield and helmet, like a football helmet, should be worn to
protect the officer’s head, just like the vest is worn to protect him/her from
bullets and other projectiles to that area of the body.
872. Police Officer Arthur Snyder, 29, Metropolitan PD, Dist of Columbia,
2/12/1980, saw a drug transaction, and when the officert approached, the
suspect shot him in the vest which stopped the bullet, but then he was
shot in the head while not wearin a ballistic face shield. He would
probably have lived with a face shield when approaching such a high risk
situation. Drug dealers usually have firearms and they do not want to be
arrested.
873. Patrol Officer James Bennett , 45, stopped a suspect wanted for stealing
a rifle, and when the supect got out of his car, he pointed the rifle at the
officer and told him to put his hands up and when he did the suepct shot
him in the throat while he was not wearing a ballistic face shield. This
was a high rick situation because the suspect was known to have a
firearm and he did not want to be arrested.
874. A police officer with the Police Service of Northern Ireland, March 10,
2011, was responding to ma call for help from a member of the public,
when he was shot in the head by a suspect.
875. Police Officer Floyd Swartz, 33, Pinole Ca PD, 5/3/1980, was trying to
arrest a murder suspect by coaxing him from a hiding spot when the
suspect shot the officer in the throat while not wearing a ballisit cface
shield. This was a risk incident as the officer was trying to arrest a
pwerson who had already killed some and would shoot a police officer to
avoid arrest to avoid being executed.
876. Sgt. Tim Chapin, Chattanooga, Tenn, Police Dept., April 2, 2011,
responding to a robbery in progress was shot in the head by the suspect
who was himself shot numerous times but was saved by a Kelvar vest he
was wearing. The officer was not wearing a ballistic face shield or helmet
at the time he was shot in the head.
The situation was a high risk situation. The police administration knew
these kinds of situations would arise. Ballistic face shields and helmets were not
placed in cruisers for officers to wear in such situations that could save their
lives. Such situations will arise in other police departments where no ballistic
face shields are in the cruisers of police patrol officers.
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Ballistic Helmet Level IIIA
PST SC650 helmet
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Manufacturer: United Shield International
Model Number: PST SC650
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The materials and processes have been improved to increase the content of ballistic material within the shell
without increasing the weight. This means that the helmets are not only lighter than their Military
counterparts, but are able to defeat a wider range of bullets up to and including NIJ IIIA.
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The suspension system has also had a complete make over, with only 4 bolts being required as opposed to
the usual 8, and a new mesh crown pad, which gives excellent load distribution in a highly comfortable and
cooling design.
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when ballistic face shields are used.
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• Velcro adjusted mesh crown pad, to alter helmet height.
• Velcro adjusted head band, to alter head size fit.
• Plastic Tri Glide buckle on the chin strap, to alter back to front tilt.
• Load release clip to release harness under stress
• Two Ladder Lock buckles, to alter the chin strap location.
• Nape strap to ensure stable secure fit
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different IRR requirements but also providing a very tough and durable finish.
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-Standard 4 point fully adjustable suspension system
-Four Helmet sizes Small, Medium, Large, Xl fitting sizes 5½through 8½
-Wider cut around ears for use with various communication systems
-Full Ballistic coverage
-Weight 2.8lbs – 3.2 lbs
-Colors: Black, Olive Drab, Desert Tan
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Fragment FSP Weight Grains V50 m/sec (ft/sec)
17 650 (2150)
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The PST SC650 is designed to offer low velocity impact protection in accordance with EN 397:
Striker Shape Striker Mass Drop Height Residual Force
50mm Hemisphere 5.0 kg 1000mm <5.0kN
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The bolts are also specially designed to comply with the protection offered to the helmet.
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XS/Small 19-22 5½ - 6½ 1.30 2.8
Medium 21-23 6 ½- 7 ¼ 1.35 2.8
Large 22-25 7 - 8 1.40 3.0
X-Large 24-26 7½ - 8½ 1.45 3.2
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Availability Notes: 30 days on receipt of order
MSRP: Call for pricing
Product Dimensions: Size Sm, Med, Lge, XL
Weight: 2.8 lbs - 3.2 lbs
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250 E Front St, 2nd Floor
Traverse City, Michigan 49684
UNITED STATES
Phone: 231-933-1179
Email: pjbanducci@charter.net
Website: www.unitedshield.com
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BALLISTIC FACE SHIELD LEVEL II AND IIIA
Ballistic Face Shield Down
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Manufacturer: United Shield International
Model Number: FSB II AND FSB IIIA
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Weight FSB IIIA 2.8 lbs
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877. Police Officer Amos Cross, 38, Pensacola PD, 9/12/80, responded to a
domestic distrurbance call and was shot in the face by a shot gun when he
approached the door.
878. Police Officer Michael Rivers, 32, Hedwig Village PD, 11/2/1980, was
chasing a burglary suspect, was shot in the head twice by the suspect while
not wearing a ballistic face shield.
879. Police Officer Carl Mertes, North Miami PD, Fl, 11/5/1980, was
handcuffing a suspect under arrest when suspect shot the officer in the
neck while he was not wearing a ballistic face shield covering the neck ,
which would have deflected the bullet.
880. Police Officer Gregory Neupert, 23, New Orleans PD, LA, stopped
suspect in high narcotic area and as he was searching the suspect one
suspect drew a small caliber revolver and shot him in the throat, which a
ballistic face shield would probably have deflected.
881. Special Investigator Thomas Neilan, 24, New York State Office of
Attorney General, NY, 11/9/1980, was abducted at gun point during a
robbery and when the men forced him to another location, he identified
himself an fired at a suspect and the suspects shot him in the neck.
882. Police Officer Johnathan Schmidt, 30, Truman, Arkansas PD, 4/12/2011,
made a traffic stop, when the officer opened the rear door of the car where
the shooter was sitting, the shooter started shooting at the officer, hitting
him in the neck. Officer Schmidt has three children 10, 7 and 8. He saved
another officer by pushing him out of the way and then returned fire while
shot in the neck. The shooter said “Die , expletive)” to the officer he shot.
And, the officer pleaded , “Please do not shoot me” twice. The officer
was not wearing a ballistic face shield.
883. Sgt. Eric Stein, 39m Keokuk Sheriff’s Deputy, Iowa, April 4, 2011,
received information about a person who entered and searched a home,
and that he had fired shots at another person’s house, and made a
threatening phone call to a Health Center, when the Sgt arrived with two
other officers, the Sgt. Saw him in a window of his home with a fiearm.
The suspect fired at the officers who retreated to the rear of the Sgt’s car.
The suspect began shooting at the officers and the Sgt returned fire. The
suspect left he house and approached the Sgt’s Car and he fired rounds
through the car and shot the Sgt. In the head killing him instantly. Had the
Sgt. Been wearing a ballistic face shield the round probably would not
have killed him.
The Sgt was the 14 th police officer killed by head shots in 2011. Since a
total of 25 police officers have been killed by firearms this year, 52 per cent of
these officers were killed by head shots while not wearing ballistic faces masks.
This seems to corroborate the following opinion by a Pennsylvania police officer: “Stan,
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the criminals know that all police wear vests and that the only areas that are not protected is
above the vest line (neck and head areas) and around the upper shoulder area, and my opinion
they aim for these areas because there is no protection for officers. If grants are out there maybe
departments should attempt to apply for the grants.
Stan I have 25 years with Allegheny Co. Sheriffs' as a Deputy Sheriff and six years as a
municipal police office before I was a deputy a total of 31 years.” I agree with Sgt. Baker’s
opinion.
884. Police Officer Mark Sawyers, Sterling Heights, Mich, PD, in June 2004, was
sitting in his cruiser writing a report when a suspect walked up to his cruiser and
shot him in the head.
The officer was not wearing a ballistic face shield/helmet. Several officers have
been shot in the head while they were writing reports or looking at a computer and not
watching their surroundings. While it is not a safe practice, to not watch your
surroundings, if it is done, and the officer is not going to watch his surroundings, it would
seem that an officer should at least wear a ballistic face shield/helmet, because if a
suspect does walk up to the cruiser and without warning fires at the officer’s head, if the
face shield/helmet were worn, the bullet could be deflected. I know this is easier said
than done because the weight of the shield/helmet would put a strain on the officer’s
neck.
885. Police officer Eric Zapata, 35, Kalamazoo, Mich, Public Safety Department,
4/18/11, responded to a report of shots fired, and one officer exchanged gunfire
with the suspect, then the suspect fled between two homes and ran into Officer
Zapata and shot the officer in the neck and chest, while the officer was not
wearing a ballistic face shield, which could have deflected the bullet to the neck.
The Chief of Police allowed the officer to respond to a report of shots fired
without wearing a ballistic face shield, which indicated someone had a firearm and was
firing it, knowing in advance that the officer, and other officers would be likely to be
required to respond to such a high risk incidents, with a likelihood the officers would be
fired upon, and did not provide the officer with a ballistic face shield to prevent the kind of
wound to the neck he suffered. Thus, it could be said, that it was reasonably foreseeable
by the Chief and the officer’s city government, that the officer would be probably be killed,
in such a high risk situation while not wearing a ballistic face shield, if he was fired upon,
yet did nothing to provide the face shield to prevent it.
886. Police Officer Chris Kilcullen, 45, Eugene, Or, PD, April 22, 2011, pulled
alongside a driver to stop her for a traffic violation, and the driver shot the officer
in the neck while she was in her car and he was in her car.
Had he had a ballistic face shield (which would have been difficult because he
was on a motorcycle, but if we can go to the moon, we should be able to equip a motor
cycle officer with a ballistic face shield to carry) he could have placed it on his head
before putting himself in her line of fire, and then the bullet would have been deflected
from his head. This could be difficult (putting a face shield on while on a motorcycle, but
it would be less difficult if the maneuver was practiced in a police parking lot just as firing
on the target range. If the maneuver would allow the traffic violator to drive away,
knowing the license plate number would allow the officer to issue a traffic citation to the
registered owner of the car by mail (this is already done by cameras at traffic
intersections). Either way, as a result of placing the face shield on or issuing a citation by
mail, the officer would be alive to go home to his family and work the next shift. Is a
traffic citation issued on the spot worth the cost of a human life? The life of the officer is
lost forever on earth, the violator will probably go through traffic light and eventually be
cited on the spot safely. The violator will be alive, the officer will be alive.
The face shield below could probably have saved the officer’s life.
BALLISTIC FACE SHIELD LEVEL II AND IIIA
887. Deputy Clifton Taylor, 31, Johnson County Sheriff’s Dept, Texas, April 23, 2011,
responded to a domestic disturbance knowing shots had been fired, and when he
opened the door of a shed on the property, the suspect shot him in the neck.
The Sheriff of the Department knew such high risk incidents would arise and that
his deputies would be at risk of being shot in the head and killed. The Sheriff and his
County government did not obtain ballistic face shields/helmets for his deputies to wear in
high risk situations. The U.S. Homeland Security Program and U.S. Bureau of Justice
Assistance have money available for grants to buy such equipment for police officers.
The face shield below could probably have saved the officer’s life.
BALLISTIC FACE SHIELD LEVEL II AND III A
888.
Police Officer Daryl Hall, 34, St. Louis PD, Missouri, 4/24/11, was relaxing in a nightclub,
when he heard gun shots outside. Being a professional police officer, on duty 24 hours a
day, and believing some citizen needed his protection, he left the security of the inside to
go outside not thinking of own safety or life, just someone else’s, and confronted two
gunmen, and exchanged shots and the suspect shot him in the neck, side and back.
Obviously he could not have worn a ballistic face shield, but the information again seems
to confirm the bad guys are aiming for the head (he identified himself as a police officer).
The need is still there for the thin blue line first responders to put a ballistic face shield on
before exposing their bodies in a high risk situation. Maybe, ( some people will laugh at
what I am about to propose, and I do not blame them) if Hall knew before going into the
nightclub he would respond in the way he did if that situation arose, an officer should carry
a box containing a ballistic face shield/helmet (a large box) and put it on before exposing
his body to the situation. It would be troublesome to do so, but, in my opinion, considering
the alternative of not ever seeing your loved ones by not having it on, the price and
inconvenience of doing so seems so very small, compared to the inconvenience of being
taken to a morgue and placed on a metal slab.
889.
Sgt. Joseph LeClaire, Pennsylvania First Judicial District Warrant Unit, Pa., 3/19/2004,
was serving a warrant for failing to appear in court, and when he entered the suspect’s
home, the suspect shot him in the head
890.
Police Officer Rolando Tirado, 37, 5/1/2011, Buckeye PD, Ar, was providing security at a
swap meet dance when he stopped a vehicle drving erratically in a parking lot, the car’s
windows were blacked out, Tirado was talking with the driver (he was not watching a
passend=ger who got out of the vehicle) when a passenger got out of the vehicle , walked
behind Tirado, and shot him in the beack of the head, killing him instantly. Tirado was not
wearing a ballistic face shield. (A device should be invented that when attached to a
police car will sound to the officer inside that someone is approaching from his rear
outside of the vehicle. Such a device may already exist and if not it should be made which
we can if we got to the moon and back). Another officer opened fire and shot and killed
the shooter of Of
891.
Senior Constable Damian Leding, 35, Coomera PD, June 1, 2011, In Australia, was shot
in the face by a robber during a holdup of a tavern when he went to the aid of staff and
patrons. Pictures of the officer and his family are below. His two year old son said I want
my Daddy and he was told Daddy is not coming home. I challenge anyone not to cry.
FAMILY TRAGEDY: Damian Leeding and his loving family - his life support will be
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FAMILY MAN: Shot Gold Coast Senior Constable Damian Leeding with son Hudson.
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UPDATE 4.13pm: THREE people have been charged with murder after a
Queensland cop shot in the head died in hospital today.
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Police say a 37-year-old man, a 38-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman, all from
Nerang and who had all been charged with attempted murder, have now been conjointly
charged with murder.
Detective Senior Constable Damian Leeding died this afternoon after his life support
system was turned off.
Det Leeding was shot in the face on Sunday as he went to the aid of staff and patrons
during an armed robbery at a Gold Coast tavern.
Queensland Police media issued a statement this afternoon saying Detective Leeding
passed away shortly before 1pm this afternoon.
This morning at a media conference, Det-Sen-Constable Leeding's father-in-law Gary
O'Brien fought back tears as the family prepared to turn off the officer's life support.
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The Coomera detective was shot in the head at point-blank range during a botched armed
robbery at the Pacific Pines Tavern on Sunday night.
Mr O'Brien said he and his son-in-law had been having a beer and watching a TV news
report about the Gold Coast's armed robbery epidemic only a couple of weeks ago.
"He said 'Gaz, we're going to get the bastards' .... that hasn't worked out," he said.
Mr O'Brien said Det-Sen-Constable Leeding's two-year-old son Hudson "wants to see his
dadda".
"We said to him last night that he wouldn't be coming home," he said.
"Grace (Det-Sen-Constable Leeding's baby daughter) is ... not really aware of what's
going on."
The Gold Coast's top cop, Assistant Commissioner Paul Wilson, also paid tribute to DetSen-Constable Leeding this morning.
Mr Wilson struggled to hold back tears as he spoke of his officer's courage, and the way
his police mates had tried to help him.
He said police who rushed to the scene performed "beyond the call of duty'' and had
tracked down those now charged with the crime.
Police Union president Ian Leavers said Det-Sen-Constable Leeding's Coomera CIB
colleagues had erected a shrine to their former comrade at his desk, including photos and
a bottle of ginger beer to signify his red hair.
The union is setting up a fund to provide for his widow Sonya, who is also a police
officer, and her two children.
Three days after he was shot in the head at point-blank range while foiling an armed
robbery at a Gold Coast tavern, relatives, friends and colleagues of Det-Sen-Constable
Leeding gathered to say farewell to the much-loved father-of-two.
It is understood the family of Det-Sen-Constable Leeding, 35, will donate the superfit
triathlete's organs to save other lives.
Det-Sen-Constable Leeding's father-in-law Gary O'Brien spoke of the family's grief at
what had happened to a dedicated and loving husband and father.
"Words just fail me. It's the ultimate sacrifice,'' a tearful Mr O'Brien said.
"A great father, just a top bloke. He'd do anything for anybody.''
Mr O'Brien said the family's decision was about what was best for "Damo''.
"The injuries he sustained were quite significant. I think we got to the point on what
would be the benefit to Damo,'' he said.
Det-Sen-Constable Leeding's father is expected to arrive from the United Kingdom
tomorrow.
Damian Leeding
FAMILY TRAGEDY: Damian Leeding and his loving family - his life support will be
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Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson said a funeral service for Sen-Constable Leeding
would likely be held next week and has urged the public to purchase blue ribbons to
support the state’s police officers, particularly those who had lost their lives in the line of
duty.
“There is a sad reality about this,’’ Mr Atkinson told morning radio.
”We expect the funeral service to be held sometime next week.’’
The three people charged with Sen-Constable Leeding's attempted murder appeared in
Southport Magistrates' Court.
Wearing heavy-duty prisoner restraints, Benjamin Ernest Power and Donna Lee
McAvoy, both 37, sat in the dock with co-accused Phillip Graeme Abell, 38.
All three also face charges of armed robbery and seven counts of depravation of liberty
after they allegedly took seven hostages at the Pacific Pines Tavern tavern close to
closing time on Sunday night before the tragic shoot-out.
One of the hostages was believed to have dialled 000 on a mobile phone during the saga
so the operator could listen.
Mr Power and Ms McAvoy shared a kiss before being led away.
Mr Abell's defence lawyer, Neil Lawler, himself a former police officer, said his client
was "shocked and scared" and was carrying wounds from his capture by a police dog.
None of the trio applied for bail and all will reappear in the same court on July 14.
However, they could re-appear in court as early as today if their charges are upgraded to
murder.
892. Deputy Keith Bellar, Dickson County Sherrid Dept., Tenn, 6/6/2011,
stopped to help at what he thought was a car accident. A man had run his
wife off the road in a domestic dispute. When the officer got out of his
cruiser to investigate, thye husband immediately fired at the officer hitting
him in the head before he was able to exit his crusier.
893. Deputy Kurt Wyman, 24, Oneida County Sheriff’s Office, New York,
June
7, 2011, responded to a domestic dispute, when the
suspect fired at the officers, hitting the officer in the neck above the
vest he was wearing. He was not
wearing a ballistic face shield. Had
he had one in the passenger compartment of his cruiser, he could have
placed it on his head before confronting the suspect, and possibly
survived the shot to the neck.
894. Police officer Thomas Lindsey, 32, Utica, NY, PD, 4/12/2007, stopped a
car for a “routine” traffic stop, was shot in the head. He was not wearing
a ballistic face shield.
895. Police Officer Joseph D. Corr, New Hartford, Conn, PD, 2/27/2006, was
chasing a robber on foot when the robber shot the officer in the neck.
896. Police Officer Timothy Warren, Memphis Tenn. Police Department, on
July 3, 2011, was responding to a domestic distrurbance, the report saying
that shots were fired, and the officer was climbing stairs when the suspect
opened a door to the hotel floor, stepped out and immediately shot the
officer in the head and the officer was killed.
The dispatcher who radioed the report to the officer knew that shots had been
fired and the officer knew this when he was climbing the stairs. But, even
knowing this, the officer was not wearing a ballistic face shield and helmet. It is
not known if the Department had issued face shields to police officer first
responders. Had the officer been wearing a face shield, the shield would
probably have stopped the bullet and the officer would have survived and been
able to return fire.
Police first responders in the nation should all be issued ballistic face
shields/helmets to prevent officers like Officer Warren from being shot in the
head and killed in high risk situations like a “shots fired” domestic disturbance
radio dispatch. When such a dispatch is received by an officer, he/she should be
readying (or already have it ready for immediate use) his/her face shield and be
ready to put it on before getting out of his vehicle (some officers are shot in the
head getting out of their cruiser).
JUSTIFICATION FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY FOR BALLISTIC FACE
SHIELDS AND HELMETS FOR ALL POLICE OFFICERS
The following information is submitted to justify purchasing ballistic face shields
for all police officers. The information cited is based on actual experience and facts
collected and compiled by Stanley Cohen, Police Law Services, 3027 N.W. 66 th St.,
Seattle, Wa, Editor of THE PENNSYLVANIA POLICE CRIMINAL LAW BULLETIN,
stancohen1@comcast.net , 206-782-8766, 412-656-3297.
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POLICE OFFICERS MURDERED BY HEAD SHOTS SINCE 1974
Since 1974 a total of 896 police officers have been murdered by head shots while
not wearing a ballistic face shield and helmet. The list showing the names of the officers
and the circumstances of their murders is attached. 92 officers have been shot in the head
and survived while not wearing a ballistic face shield. They are on the same list.
POLICE OFFICERS MURDERED BY HEAD SHOTS IN 2011 WHILE NOT
WEARING BALLISTIC FACE SHIELDS OR HELMETS
This list includes the last names of police officers and the dates of their murders
who have been murdered by head shots in 2011 while not wearing a ballistic face shield
and helmet. These officers are on the attached list 896 police officers who have been
murdered by head shots.
POLICE WHO CHIEFS HAVE BOUGHT THE BALLISTIC FACE
SHIELD/HELMETS
Chiefs who are buying or who have bought ballistic face shields/helmets for
police officer first responders are as follows: The following Chiefs of Police
have either bought or are in the process of buying ballistic face shields/helmets for
their police officer first responders to wear in high risk situations so they do not die
from a head shot: Chief Frank Monaco, 412-793-7400,
fmonaco@plumboro.com , Chief Kevin McCarthy, 717-354-5593, ext
29, mccarthyk@police.co.lancaster.pa.us , Chief Randy Cox, Somerset Borough
Pa PD, 717-354-5593, police@somersetborough.com , Sgt/OIC Randy Ruediger,
Middlesex Twp. PD, mpd@zoominternet.net , 724-898-3513; Chief Diane
Conrad, Ferguson Twp., PA, Police Department, 814-237-1172,
dconrad@twp.ferguson.pa.us Chief Jerry Garner, Greeley, Co, PD, Chief Paul
Nanfito, 530-527-8282, pnanfito@rbpd.org ,
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INTERVIEW WITH STANLEY COHEN JUSTIFYING BALLISTIC FACE
SHIELDS
In the attached interview, Stanley Cohen discusses the reasons which justify
police first responders wearing ballistic face shields. Stanley Cohen has been tracking
police officers shot in the head and killed since 2005. He was a police officer from 196067, attorney at law, professor of law at Indiana University of Pennsylvania 1967-96,
Editor of the Pennsylvania Police Criminal Law Bulletin 1972-present, a friend to every
police officer patrolling streets anywhere.
897. Police Officer Brent Long, Terre Haute, Indiana, PD, was shot in the head
two times .and killed in the line of duty on July 12, 2011, when he and
other officers arrived at a home to serve a felony warrant. When Officer
Long walked in the door, the suspect started shooting. The officer fired
back at the shooter before he was shot. A fellow officer dragged him from
the scene. His canine partner, Shadow was wounded and is expected to
recover. The shooter was killed by return fire from other officers.
Again, police officers were dispatched to a high risk situation without
being provided ballistic face shields and helmets by their Chief and City
Government to protect against bullets fired at the head. Such situations and rsik
of being shot in the head are reasonably foreseeable. Head shots are
preventable by wearing a ballistic face shield and helmet.
If the current pace of head shots continues this year, and ballistic face shields
are not made available to first responder police officers, another 24 police
officers in the U.S. will be shot in the head and killed.
So far, 24 police officers have been shot in the head and killed and there have
bee 41 firearm deaths of police officers. Thus, 58 per cent of the officers killed
by firearms, have been shot in the head because they were not wearing a
ballistic face shield. It is likely these 24 officers would have survived the shot
to the head if they had been wearing a shield and would be home with their
loved ones or at work with their fellow officers.
Below are the officers last names who have been shot in the head and killed in
2011. And there are chiefs who have bough or are buying face shields for their
officers.
POLICE OFFICERS KILLED BY HEAD SHOTS STABS TO THE HEAD BY
SHARP INSTRUMENTS IN 2011
BY
STANLEY COHEN
THE PENNSYLVANIA POLICE CRIMINALLAW BULLETIN
412-656-3297
STANCOHEN1@COMCAST.NET
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1. Stein 4/14
2. Schmidt 4/12
3. Chapin 4/2
4. Perry 3/8
5. Falcone 2/18
6. Yaslowitz 1/24
7. Haworth 1/20
8. Castillo 1/20
9. hopper 1/11
10. Painter 1/5
11. Hotsinkiller 2/16
12. Schaberger 3/13
13. Moore 1/26
14. Zapata 4/19
15. Matlosz 1/14
16. Taylor 4/24
17. Kilcullen 4/22
18. Hall 4/24
19. Tirado 5/1
20. Damian 6/1
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21. Bellar 6/6
22. Wyman 6/7
23. Warren 7/11
24. Long 7/12
25. Henwood 8/11
26. Lasso 8/11
27. Kotecki 10/11
28. Dryer 12/11
29. Figoski 12/11
30. Szczerba 9/12
31. Crispin 12/22
32. Richardson 12/22
33. Lewis 12/30
34. Schneider 12/30
OFFICERS WOUNDED BY SHOTS OR STABS WITH SHARP
INSTRUMENTS TO THE FACE
35. DelValle 7/18/11
36. Fridlieb 7/18/11
37. Private security guard 7/18/11
38. Police officer in Darlington, England 8/11
39. Slocum 8/23
STATISICS
52 PER CENT OF THE OFFICERS IN 2011 WERE SHOT OR
STABBED TO DEATH TO THE HEAD
52 PER CENT OF THE OFFICERS KILLED OR
WOUNDED IN 2011 WERE SHOT OR STABBED TO THE HEAD
Please buy and wear ballistic face shields/helmets in 2011 and 2012 and beyond
so that the deaths and woundings of these officers will not have been in vain and
stay alive for yourself, your family (especially the kids), colleagues and officers,
and citizens
Stan Cohen
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Several police officers have said to me that they believe the bad guys are
aiming at the heads of police officers because they know they are wearing
vests. I agree. These head shot killings seem to corroborate that belief. If it
is true, then it can be expected that there will be more officers dying from
head shots this year, who would otherwise have been saved had they had
ballistic face shields to wear as first responders in high risk situations.
Once officers begin to wear ballistic face shields, and the bad guys become
aware of this fact, they may tend to lower their shots to the leg area of
officers, which, while very serious and potentially life threatening, are not
as likely to cause death as head shots.
Once the general public is made aware of this information, the general public
will be more accepting of police officers wearing ballistic face shields, just as they
became more accepting of police officers wearing firearms and bullet proof vests
and Tasers.
Police Chiefs in Pennsylvania should contact their District Attorney to see if
forfeited funds are available to buy ballistic face shields/helmets for police officer
first responders to wear in high risk situations.
Police Chiefs in Pennsylvania should apply for grants from the United States
Bureau of Justice Assistance to buy ballistic face shields/helmets for police officer
first responders to wear in high risk situations.
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The following Chiefs of Police have either bought or are in the process of buying ballistic
face shields/helmets for their police officer first responders to wear in high risk
situations so they do not die from a head shot: Chief Frank Monaco, 412-7937400, fmonaco@plumboro.com , Chief Kevin McCarthy, 717-354-5593, ext
29, mccarthyk@police.co.lancaster.pa.us , Chief Randy Cox, Somerset Borough
Pa PD, 717-354-5593, police@somersetborough.com , Sgt/OIC Randy Ruediger,
Middlesex Twp. PD, mpd@zoominternet.net , 724-898-3513; Question to Randy:
“Please tell me if the work I have been doing over the years bringing officer deaths
from head shots and the need to wear ballistic face shields/helmets to all officers'
attention might have had a little to do with your decision to buy them for your
officers? Reply: “I believe so, you are bringing this to light. Although this is going to
be a tuff sell, on high risk calls that are received I would like to have face
shields/helmets to be available for use. This is becoming a military style policing. If
I can get grant monies for purchases of anything I will never pass it up." and,Chief
Paul Nanfito, 530-527-8282, pnanfito@rbpd.org , (Chief Nanfito has already
bought his officers ballistic face shields and helmets and he personally told me that
any police officer who would like information as to how to buy them should contact
him).
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898. Deputy Sheriff Aaron Creel, 41, Jackson County, Fla., July 4, 1963, was
guarding a prisoner in a hospital. The prisoner was serving a life sentence.
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into the enxt room and shot Deputy Creel in the head and killed him.After
he excaped from the hospital, a Trooper, 200 yards away, shot the suspect
in the chest while he held the deputy’s gun to a teeenager’s head. The
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cruiser
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radio
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as
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visualized,
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day
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th
Jeremy
was
the
25
police
officer
to
be
murdered
by
a
head
shot
in
2011
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murdered
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Paul
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Sales
Manager
of
United
Shield
International
(USI),
has
agreed
with
me
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follows:
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every
10
sets
of
his
face
shileds/helmets
I
encourage
police
to
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USI,
he
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will
give
me
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free
set
which
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give
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a
police
department
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active
police
officer,
most
likely
to
be
shot
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head.
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get
no
money
compensation.
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the
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police
patrol
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sets
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at
less
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the
retail
price.
P
lease
forward
this
information
to
your
buying
person
and
get
back
to
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me. If you request it, Paul will forward you an estimate of the cost of your order.
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The
following
is
an
actual
estimate
that
Paul
prepared
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which
I
submitted
to
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department,
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face
shield
and
helmet.
He
is
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me
the
wholesale
price,
and
the
free
sets
to
donate
to
you.
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the
order
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submitted,
would
be
entitled
to
two
free
sets
which
would
mail
to ．
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Department
along
with
the
purchased
sets.
I
get
no
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Officer
Robert
Lasso,
31,
Freemansburg,
Pa,
PD,
on
August
11,
2011,
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George
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Hitcho
pleaded
guilty
to.
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is
no
clear
evidence
that
Officer
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disturbance.
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he
knew
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Hitcho
lived
at
the
address
he
was
responding.
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officer
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involved
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and
that
he
had
two
dogs
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Officer
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believe
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situation
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in
which
there
was
a
likelihood
that
he
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approaching
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to
assume
that
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the
Chief
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officer
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out
a
shotgun
and
fired
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Stan:
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Lasso
knew
Hitcho
lived
at
the
address
he
was
responding
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that
he
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probably
involved
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the
disturbance,
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knew
he
had
arrested
him
for
drug
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shotgun
blast
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When
Hitcho
fired
the
shotgun
at
Lasso
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discharge
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topped
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the
face
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shield
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Lasso
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fire
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home
to
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wife
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two
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Lasso
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first
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Pennsylvania
police
officer,
or
any
officer
in
the
U.S,
to
be
saved
by
a
ballistic
face
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shield.
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902. Police
Officer
Gerald
T.
DiJoseph,
33,
Bridgeport
Police
Department,
11/28/80,
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made
a
traffic
stop,
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suspect
gained
control
of
the
officer’s
service
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weapon
and
shot
him
in
the
head.
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officer
was
not
wearing
a
ballistic
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face
shield
of
the
type
shown
below
when
he
got
out
of
his
cruiser.
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Knowing
what
I
know
now,
if
I
were
a
police
officer
again
in
Cinci
nnati
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put
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shield
on
if．
I sensed
an
attack
during
a．
stop.
Who
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knows,
the
shooter
may
have
given
some
clues
Officer
DiJoseph
missed
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during the pull over. Stay alert safe, Stan
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903. Acting Detective
Constable
Angus
MacKenzie,
Glasgow,
in
Scotland,
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England
,
Police
Department,
December
30,
1969,
stopped
to
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investigate
a
suspiciously
acting
man
(who
had
robbed
a
bank
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earlier
and
the
Constable
was
not
aware
of
it).
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man
shot
the
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officer
in
the
head.
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904. Poilce Constable
Edward
Barnett,
Gl
asgow
Police
Department
,
in
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Scotland,
England,
December
30,
1969,
stopped
to
investigate
a
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．
man
was
acting
suspiciously
(The
officer
did
not ．
know
the
．．
．who
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man
had
a
robbed
a
bank
earlier
in
the
day)
and
the
mans
shot
the
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officer in the head.
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All
Chiefs
who
want
to．．
protect
the
lives
of
their
patrol
officers,
thin
blue
line
and
the backbone of
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a police department, should provide their officers with ballistic face shields/helmets.
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905. Sgt.
Joseph
Szczerba,
44,
New
Castle,
Delaware,
Police
Department,
on．
Sept
ember
16,
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2011,
received
information
that
a．
suspect
being
sought
for
trying
to．．
break
into
cars
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and
had
assaulted
one
of
the
victims,
and
the
Sgt.
Responded
to
the
scene
to
assist
and
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saw
the
suspect,
and
got
out
of
his
cruiser
without
placing
a
ballist
ic
face
shield
on
and
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the
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good
person,
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resisting
suspect
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stabbed
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officer
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have
caused
more
difficulties
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wearing
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scuffle
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scuffles
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way
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target
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practice
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weapon
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person
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high
risk
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opinion, officers would be better able to engage in scuf fles with resisting suspects without the
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worn
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resisting
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feel
good
about
the
loss
of
any
officer
and
this
effort
to
encourage
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police
officers
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wear
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face
shields
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painful
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me,
(905
times
plus
the
loss
of
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fellow
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brother
officer
Patn
Donald
Martin
Ohio),
but
I．
will
not
rest
until
every
police
officer
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first responder in the U.S. has one in their cruiser or my effort stops before then due to death.
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This
face
shield
and
helmet
below
would
probably
have
stopped
the
bullet
that
Officer
Slocum
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neck.
It．
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made
by
United
Shield
International
and
the
wholesale
if．．
bought
through
me
is
$536.
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If．．
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generate
10．．
orders,
USI
has
agreed
with
me．．
to．
give
me
(as
my
only
compensation)
one
free
set
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face
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shield/helmet
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Department
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I have entered and agreement with United Shield Interenational(USI) that for
every 10 sets of ballistic face shields and helmets my efforts result in orders
place by a police department with USI through me, they will donate (as my only
compensation) one set free to the police department. This free set will be
shipped by USI to the police department with the10 sets that are ordered. One
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906. Police Officer David Uribe, Phoenix AR PD, 22 years on the force, May
10, 2005, Officer made a routine traffic stop, he walked up to the car and asked
Christopher M. Wilson, a methamphetamine dealer in his mid 20s for his
license and registration, and Wilson told him his license was suspended. As the
officer was reaching into his shirt pocket for a pen or notepad, Donald
Delahanty, an 18 years old friend in the front passenger seat reached in front of
him and shot the officer several times in the face and neck with a 380-cal semiautomatic. (Had officer Uribe been wearing a ballistic face shield, I probably
would not be adding his nmame to this sad list). The officer dropped straight
back to the ground, unconscious and fatally wounded. He was helped by
numerous passerbys. Wilson and another friend of Delahanty told a jury that
Delahanty had it in meth brain that killing a cop would be a big kick
907. Police Officer Derek Kotecki, 40, Lower Burrell Township PD, on
October 12, 2011, police knew that Charles Post was going to be in a vehicle
and that he was armed and had said he wanted to kill police officers. Officer
Derek and his canine dog Odin approached the vehicle when Post, who was
hiding in the back seat, sat up and fired through the car’s window hitting Officer
Kotecki in the head while he was not wearing a ballistic face shield. No one
told Officer Kotecki not to approach the vehicle without a ballistic face shield
on his head as a precaution in this extremely high risk situation. The face shield
and helmet would have cost about $550. $550 would have probably saved
Derek’s life.
This face shield/helmet below would probably have saved Derek’s life and he
would be with his family and us and Odin today.
ADDITIONAL COMMENT BY STANLEY COHEN
I might get in trouble for saying some of the things I say below, but I am
compelled by the justice in saying them, for Derek who was shot in the eye. I
hope that police officers reading this will forward these comments to Police
Chiefs and other government decision makers.
The above are the facts about Officer Kotecki’s murder as reported by the news
media. But, in my opinion, the whole story as far as I am concerned has not been
told. It is as follows: (1) One very good officer is dead forever and his family,
very especially the innocent kids who never heard of Charles Post, and brother
officers everywhere will suffer mentally forever. Personally, I still feel bad about
losing Officer Donald Martin in the 60's when I was a Cincinnati, Ohio, Cop.
(2) money is more important than the life of one very good police officer. The
citizens involved are more concerned about the cost of ballistic face shields than
they are about one very good police officer being shot in the eye. How barbaric
that is. To trade one very good police officer’s life for money that is saved by not
buying a ballistic face shield that could have stopped the bullet from hitting Derek
in the eye; (3) The decision makers, from the politicians at the federal, state and
local level, down to the Police Chief and other command officers who were
sufficiently forewarned about the risk of one very good police officer being shot in
the eye if he responded to a known potential killer without having a ballistic face
shield to put on before he left his cruiser: A fire Chief would never send his
firefighters into a burning building without oxygen and fire retardant coats and
strong helmets. Yet the citizens and Police Administrators sent crime
fighter Derek into a "burning building" (sent Derek to confront a known killer, just
like fire flames and collapsing buildings), but, unlike fire fighters, without ensuring
that he could put on at the least a ballistic face shield to stop the bullet that
ended the life of Derek and the lives his family members emotion-wise.
If I know Derek, and I never met him, but wish I had, I believe he is forgiving
every one of the above referred to persons who played a role in the bullet that
ended Derek's life on earth.
Let us all pray for Derek, his family and the thin blue line.
Let us pray that decision makers will immediately apply for and obtain grant
money and buy ballistic face shields and helmets for first responder police patrol
officer from the thin blue line
before other officers like Derek lose their life due to a bullet to the head. Let us
pray that the death of Derek, and the deaths of 907 other police officers shot in
the head and killed in the line of duty, will not be in vain and will inspire and
motivate decision makers to get ballistic face shields and helmets into the
cruisers of first responders ready for use in high risk situations like Derek faced.
Stay alert, stay alert, safe,
Stan
OTHER CRIMINAL JUSTICE OFFICIALS SHOT IN THE HEAD
1. Judge Rowland Barnes, Georgia Superior Court, Atlanta, Georgia, March
11, 2005, was sitting inside his court room, when a man entered the court
room with a firearm he stole from a guard he overpowered when she
released his handcuffs before placing him in a cell, pointed the firearm at
the Judge and shot him in the head and killed him. He then pointed the
firearm at a court room worked and shot her in the head and killed her.
I started this new category to show that the bad guys are probably aiming
at the heads of police officers.
When I was a Cincinnati, Ohio Police Officer, acting on special
assignment by Chief Stanley R. Schrotel, as the Police Department Liaison
Officer, in 1966, I was observing police officers in the court room as one of
my duties and I noticed that the police officer who stood beside defendants to
control them whose case was called and who was standing before the judge
and within several feet of others in the court room including police officer
witnesses waiting for their case to be called, this police officer wore his
firearm in a holster secured only by a single strap snap fastened on his left
side, and the defendants, some of whom were charged with murder, etc, were
on the left side of the officer with his hands not handcuffed just inches away
from the officer’s firearm. It was obvious to me that what happened to Judge
Barnes many years later in 2011 could happen to the judge and others in the
court room. I reported this to the Chief and afterward the court officer
controlling defendants did not wear a firearm while standing alongside
defendants. It is sad that supervisors allowed a single guard armed with a
firearm to remove the handcuffs from the suspect without a backup officer to
assist.
908. Private Security Guard Reginald Lanier, 54, a store seurity guard,
11/10/11, Chicago, Ill, confronted two men who entered to rob the
store and he was shot in the head.
909. Constable Edward Flora, Warren County Constable’s Office, KY,
October 26, 1990, Constable Flora was investigating an auto accident
looking for the drive when a juvenile came from behind and shot him
the back of the head.
910. Police Officer John David Dryer, East Washington, Pa, PD, made a
traffic stop December 19, 2011. When the officer learned that the
car was not validly registered and there was no insurance, he told
the driver he was going to tow the car.and asked the driver if he was
armed and he said yes. The officer told the driver to get out of the
car and when he did the driver immediately fired at the officer hitting
him in the groin. He then walked over to the officer who was on the
ground and shot him in the side of the head.
911. Police Officer Peter Figoski, New York City PD, 12/12/2011. he
responded to a burglary in progress, and saw a robbery when he
arrived and was shot in the face by one of the robbers
912. Sgt. David Enzbrenner, Atchinson, Kansas, 12.9.2011, was assisting
a code enforcement officer serve a nuisance order when a man
appeared and shot the officer in the head. The officer did not have a
ballistic face shield/helmet on.
913. Police Officer Arnulfo Crispin, 25, Lakeland, Fl, PD, responded
12/18/11, to report of suspicion males. He asked the males for permission
to pat them down for weapons and drugs and one of the suspects shot
him in the head. The officer was not wearing a ballistic face shield.
Before leaving his cruiser to confront the men by himself, had he put a
ballistic face shield/helmet on his head (assuming he knew facts that
indicated they may have been dealing with narcotics, and that he intended
to pat them down for weapons, which would have constituted a high risk
shot to the head. If an officer suspects a person is armed and dangerous,
this is a high risk situation shot to the head and the officer should put a
face shield on to prevent being shot in the head. If he is wrong and they
do not shoot, nothing has been lost except the inconvenience of putting it
on for several minutes, but if he did not put one on, and he is wrong and
they do shoot him in the head, he has lost more than 70 years of living and
enjoying family, (children) friends, fellow officers. When you weigh the
cost of the inconvenience of putting a face shield/helmet on against the
inconvenience of being shot in the head unprotected by a face shield, it is
obvious which inconvenience is the greater. My hope is that the political
leaders of Lakeland city and the Lakeland Chief of Police immediately find
money and buy every police patrol officer in the Department a ballistic face
shield/helmet to put on in high risk situations, so that Arnulfo’s death was
not in vain. If his death motivates city officials to buy face shields for the
living officers, he will be happy, and if one of the officer’s life is saved by
one of those face shields, he will be even more happy.
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914. Police Officer Scott Richardson, 33, Aiken, SC PD, on
12/22/2011, stopped a car, and a suspect got out and shot the
officer in the face, and shot his partner in the chest who was saved
by his vest. Had Officer Richardson been wearing a ballistic face
shield it is probable that he would have been saved. It is not known
what facts the officers knew before the stop. Richardson lost 33
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living lost by Scott and Arnulfo.
years or more of living.
915. Police Officer Clifton Lewis, 41, Chicago Police Department,
was working while off duty as securtity in a convenience store when
two males entered and attempted to rob the store and one of the
suspects shot the officer in the head and killed him in the line of
duty.
916. Police Officer Shawn Schneider, 32, Lake City, Minn PD, December
26, 2011, responded to a domestic dispute with another officer,
INVOLVING A FIREARM AND WAS SHOT in the face
WHILE NOT WEARING A BALLISTIC
FACE SHIELD BY Alan Sylte, Jr. Sylte, in was reported, was
offered help by the military, but it was not stated for what. If it was for
mental reasons involving a potential for dangerous behavior on his part,
had this been required to be reported to local police for their
information, and had police known he was the person involved, this
information could have been made available to the responding officers
so they could have been extra alert. But, even without such
information, any domestic dispute can be considered high risk for the
potential for involvement of firearms and a ballistic face shield should
be worn by responding officers for the same reason they wear a
sidearm.
The Chief of Police of Lake City Minn PD, and the government
officials of that City, responsible for the safety of its police officers were
aware of or should have been aware of available public information that
since 1974 there have been 26 police officers shot in the head in
domestic dispute dispatches, and other domestic disputes have
resulted in head injuries to officer like Shawn. Notwithstanding this
public information, and the highly dangerous nature of domestic
disputes for first responder police patrol officers, the Chief and
government officials allowed, required, Shawn and the other officer to
respond without providing them with a ballistic face shield that may
have saved the officer from being shot in the head, and if our prayers
are not satisfied, he may die.
Chiefs of police and government officials nationwide are aware of
this information.
Chiefs of Police have no higher duty and obligation, in my opinion,
than to not spare any effort or money that can be sought for and
obtained to ensure the personal safety of the police officers in his/her
police department during the performance of their duty to protect
citizens in high risk situations, so that not only will the lives of innocent
citizens will be saved by first responder police patrol officers, but the
lives of the officers themselves, by buying ballistic face shields and
requiring the officers to wear them in high risk situations (A high risk
situation is one in which the officer knows or information is available
before entering the situation that indicates there is a high probability
that firearms will be or are being used by the suspect to kill or injure
innocent citizens.)
52 PER CENT OF THE OFFICERS IN 2011 WERE SHOT OR
STABBED TO DEATH TO THE HEAD
52 PER CENT OF THE OFFICERS KILLED OR
WOUNDED IN 2011 WERE SHOT OR STABBED TO THE HEAD
Please buy and wear ballistic face shields/helmets in 2011 and 2012 and beyond
so that the deaths and woundings of these officers will not have been in vain and
stay alive for yourself, your family (especially the kids), colleagues and officers,
and citizens
Stan Cohen
The following article was written by Rachel Swaby, a freelance writer in San
Francisco. I do not know how much of the facts she states have a medical basis,
but I felt it compelling and wanted to share it with you with only one sole intent:
That it motivate at least one police officer, hopefully more, to get a ballistic face
shield and that that shield save the officer’s life in a high risk situation.
Stan
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Article by Rachel Swaby
You may or may or may not see it coming, but it doesn't really matter. You're not going to have
time to react. Because a bullet can travel at speeds exceeding 3200 feet per second, which is too
fast to duck or yell or plead. Hang in there. Taking a cap to the dome means that it will be over
faster than a fatal wound anywhere else.
The bullet with your name on it slides past hair, skin and muscle before it smashes into one of
eight cranial bones engineered to keep your brain safe. Unfortunately, it's too late for that now.
Bullets beat bones. The projectile's entrance into your skull makes easy shrapnel of your calcium,
phosphorus, sodium, and collagen case. As a souvenir of the opening, you gain a circular hole
rimmed with abraded skin. Distance matters, too: The closer you are to the bullet, the more the
gun's smoke and powder could burn your flesh.
But enough about the blemish; the real work happens deeper. The connective tissue and fibrous
membranes that act as internal cushioning are split open just before the bullet dives into your
cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid serves as a shock absorber. It, with some other structures, allows
you to ride roller coasters and join mosh pits without injury. But again, because your 3.4-pound
control system is being taken out, this will be your last head bang.
The bullet travels through your brain faster than the speed at which your tissues tear. This means
that it's actually pushing tissues out of the way, stretching them beyond their breaking points.
When high velocity long arms are responsible, bullets traveling at thousands of feet per second
will exit your body before your tissues have a chance to rip.
The ability to process information and solve problems? All gone when the bullet shoves its way
through your prefrontal cortex. Your ability to index memories? Gone with your hippocampus. In
the bullet's wake, a long temporary cavity is left. When the tearing finally does happen, your
tissues will snap back toward the initial opening and overshoot their original position. You know
that back and forth thing that happens when you kick one of those springy door stops? Well that's
what your tissues do when the shock waves kick them.
Then the passage collapses. The high-speed firearm that produced the bullet created a disruption
in your brain 10 times its diameter.
But you're lucky, relatively speaking. If you were shot in the heart, your blood pressure would
quickly drop, but it would take 10 to 15 seconds to lose brain function. In that time you could
draw your gun, utter last words, or spend some time thinking about your unfortunate situation.
But a shot to the brain is different. Your brain stops functioning almost immediately. In just a
fraction of a second, you're gone.
HTU
Rachel Swaby is a freelance writer living in San Francisco.
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Ranger Margaret Anderson, 34, United States Department of Interior, National
Park Service, 1/1/2012, hearing that a suspect in a car broke through a road block set up
in the park to check cars for tire chains, was blocking the road with her cruiser to stop the
suspect. The suspect made a turn upon seeing the Ranger’s vehicle, stopped his car and
got out of his car and fired a firearm at the Ranger striking the windshield and hitting her
in the head. Neither Ranger apparently knew at the time that the suspect had been
involved in a shooting about 100 miles away.
It is difficult to say what if anything many other officers would have done in Margaret’s
situation that could have prevented oneself from being shot and killed in the manner she
was. But, in retrospect, I would like to think that when a person breaks through a road
block, (the killer, one Barnes, may or may not have known it was just to check for tire
chains, but he could have thought it was for the shooting he was involved in 100 miles
away earlier), and then makes a U-turn to avoid the roadblock to avoid capture, the
officer at the road block would or should think the worst about the suspect, (that he is
wanted for murder rather than just breaking through a tire chain check point and is armed
and desperate enough not to be arrested that he would shoot and kill a police officer
trying to arrest him to avoid arrest), and then act accordingly. Had the officer thought
this way, however remote or unlikely it may have been, rather than looking at it as just a
person who broke through a road block because he did not have tire chains on his car, the
officer would have placed a ballistic face shield on his her head, and removed his/her
pistol from the holster, and hold it in the ready position on their lap, and be instantly
ready for anything to happen that might happen if the person was wanted for something
worst then just no tire chains, but for murder or a felonious shooting or crime elsewhere,
even though there were no reports of such a shooting or crime. And, at the first sign that
the suspect was getting into a position of possibly shooting at the officer, like getting out
of his car as Barnes did, the officer would instantly take the defensive action of pointing
her firearm through her windshield at the suspect or taking some other defensive position
behind the cover of her cruiser and be ready to fire at the suspect before the suspect could
fire.
I think that Margaret’s death should not be in vain and that police officers critique it and
condition their minds to react one way or the other when involved in a similar situation
before the situation occurs so there is minimum need to think about how to react
depending on the various facts that could develop.
918 Sgt. Abimael Castro-Berrocales, 40, Puerto Rico police Dept, Puerto Rico,
1/1/2012, stopped a speeding vehicle and when he reached the driver’s side, he
was immediately shot twice in the face. He was a 20 year veteran.
919. Police Officer Edward R. Byrne, 22, New York City PD, 2/26/88, was
assigned to guard a citizen who had reported crimes in the area and threatened
and firebombed. He was sitting in his cruiser when a car pulled up alongside his
and two men got out and one went to the passenger side and knoicked on the
window (to set him up for a head shot murder by a man on the driver’s side).
The man shot Eddie, the officer’s nick name, in the head five times with a 38 cal
pistol (which a ballistic face shield/helmet today would probably have stopped the
bullets and saved his life. Eddie was in a high risk situation in that he knew there
ahd been attempts to use violence to kill the guarded citizen and there was a
probability that further violence would be used either on the citizen or on the
officer.
Officer Byrnes, by being shot in the head and killed, lost
56 years of
living (22 yrs old and life expectancy 78). Had he had a ballistic face
shield/helmet and worn them the entire time (taking them off once in a while for a
break) of his shift, 8 hours, and he had not been shot, he would have been
inconvenienced unnecessarily for 8 hours.) That is very little inconvenience
compared to the inconvenience of unnecessarily losing 56 years of living. If he
had been right to wear them, the shots to the head would probably have been
stopped and he may have had time to return fire. He would be alive today
probably enjoying beautiful grandchildren and a wife. I hope Eddie’s death was
not in vain and police officers obtain and wear ballistic face shields/helmets in
high risk situations. Since the time of his death, numerous other officers have
been shot in the head and killed while sitting in their police cruisers. Officers
should not lower their caution and alertness inside cruisers believing they are
safe inside a cruiser. It just presents a bigger target for killers of police. Money
can be obtained from the federal fund named for Eddie in honor of him. Officers
can further honor him by obtaining and wearing ballistic face shields/helmets in
high risk situations, perhaps with money Chiefs can obtain from Eddie’s federal
fund. Eddie would be pleased in Heaven and smile.
920. Master Cpl. Sandra Rogers, Aiken, SC, PD, 1/28/2012, responded to a
resport of suspicious activity and was shot in the head by the suspect.
921. Police Officer Abimael Castro-Berrocales’, Puerto Rica PD, stopped a car
for speeding and when he got to the car the driver shot him in the face. He
probable had a body vest on, but no ballistic face shield. It is hard for me to
understand why an officer would protect his body against a bullet, but not his
face,, especially since 50 per cent or more of the officers killed by firearms in
2011 were shot in the head.
922. Police Officer Justin Sollohub, 27, Anniston PD, Alabama, 8/24/2011,
Officer Sollohub was on patrol at about 11:00 am on August 23, 2011, when he stopped
his vehicle to make contact with a pedestrian near the intersection of 19th Street and
Moore Avenue. It is not known why the officer decided to talk to the pedestrian.
(Although most officers would not have put a ballistic face shield/helmet on before
exiting his/her cruiser, especially not in a non-high risk shooting situation, in retrospect
had Justin put that on before exiting his vehicle, and had them on when the suspect fired
at his head, the bullet would probably have been deflected and Justin would probably be
alive today). As Officer Sollohub exited his patrol car the man fled on foot. As Officer
Sollohub chased the man around the side of a house he was shot once in the head. (A
former student of mine, FBI Agent Gregory Spinelli, was shot in the head many years
ago as he too rounded a corner chasing a robbery suspect. A fellow police officer of
mine, Donald Martin, was shot in the head and back with his own weapon years ago
when he went into a used car lot to investigate a man who took his weapon and shot him.
Had Donald worn a Ballistic face shield/helmet before he went in, he would probably be
a grandfather like me today) A responding officer located him and immediately began
tending to his wound. He was transported to a local hospital before being flown to
Birmingham. He remained on life support until his organs could be donated.
923. Police Officer Michael Briggs, 35, Manchester, NH, PD, October 16, 2006,
responded to a domestic disturbance involving shots fired. The suspect shot the
officer in the head.
924. Deputy Sheriff Barbara Pill, 52, Brevard County Sherrif’s Dept, March 6, 2012,
stopped a car on a report of stealing furniuture from a motel, and when she
ordered the driver to get out, the driver started shooting hitting the officer in the
head and neck.
925. Police Officer, not yet identified pending notification of family, Austin Texas
Police Department, April 6, 2012, responded as first officer on the scene to a
Wall Mart on report of a drunk man walking through the store. The officer
confronted the man, a fight broke out, and the man produced a gun and shot the
officer in the neck.
926. Police Chief Michael P. Maloney, 48, Greenland, N.H. Police Department, April
12, 2012, was shot in the head by the suspect in the house while assisting in the serving
of a search warrant for drugs. He was scheduled to retire in 8 days. He was not wearing
a ballistic face shield which probably would have saved his life.
The ballistic face shield and helmet below would probably have saved the Chief’s
Life. The cost of both is about $500.00. His life and future retirement, both of which
have been lost, were worth way more than $500.00. If his death could have been
foreseen, the $500.00 could have been found and spent on the ballistic face shield/helmet
and placed on his head before approaching the house, and he would probably be here
with us today.
927. Police Officer Michael Walters, 37, Pearl City Police Department, Mississippi, May 1, 2012,
and other officers were serving an arrest warrant and search warrant on Carnell Gaines, jr., for
sexual battery on a 9 year old child and child pornography, when they found him in a bathtub
and when he resisted they were ready to apply a taser to him when he drew a firearm and shot
Police Officer Michael Walters in the face and murdered him. Gaines cheated Mike’s wife Jeanne
and 9 year old daughter Bailey of having their husband and father for the rest of their lives, as
well as his fellow officers, and citizens.
Before going to the home to serve the warrants, the police knew (or had accessible to
them) the following information about Gaines: He was convicted of resisting arrest,
being a felon in possession of a firearm, burglary of a home, domestic violence, felony
conviction of possession of marijuana, drug crimes. The warrant was for sexual
battery of a 9 years old child.
Knowing this information (or having it accessible to them), the Chief of Police and City
government of Pearl, Mississippi, encouraged and ordered Michael Walters and the several other
officers to go to the house to take Gaines into custody without first making available ballistic
face shields, such as the one shown above and below which would have probably saved Officer
Walters life and enabled him to go home at the end of the shift to his loving Jeanne and Bailey,
and continue to work with his fellow officers. Such information about Gaines was sufficient to
make it foreseeable that Gaines would be highly likely to have a firearm and that he would use
it on Officer Walters to prevent being arrested. Yet, the Chief of Police and Pearl City
Government still ordered and encouraged Police Officer Michael Walters to expose his head to
Gaine’s firearm and the bullet that murdered him without providing and ordering Police Officer
Michael Walters to wear them before arresting Gaines. The cost of providing Officer Michael
Walters the ballistic face shield and helmet shown below would be about $500.00. The value of
Officer Walter’s life was priceless.
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Officer
Jeffrey
McCoy,
32,
Oklahoma
Dept.
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May
18,
2012,
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home,
when
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male
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home,
but
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930. ．
Poilice
Kevin
Ambrose,
36
year
police
veteran,
Springfield,
MA,
PD,
6/4/2012,
responded
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to
a
domestic
call
after
a．
lady
called
911
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that
she
was
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fear
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officer
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saw
the
lady
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man
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front
of
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home
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since
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right
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get
his
clothes
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a
restraini
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order,
the
officer
escorted
the
man
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ladyto
her
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front
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man
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lady
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man
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door
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officer
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932. Police
Offfcer
Gerard
Carter,
NY
PD,
7/26/1998,
was
patrolling
in
his
cruiser
looking
a
a
murder
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suspect and when he approached the suspect, the suspect shot the officer in the head through the
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suspect
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high
risk
of shooting
incident
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police
officer
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especially
approaching
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suspect
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the
shooting
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police
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fficers
have
been
shot
in
the
head
while
in
their
cruisers
in
high
risk
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Deputy
Sheriff
William
Mast,
Jr.,
Watauga
County
Sheriff’s
Off
i．
ce,
July
26,
2012,
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respon
d
ed
to
a
trailer
on
an
open
911
call
and
as
he
approached
th
e
trailer
without
wearing
a
ballistic
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another officer.
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I．learned
that
an．
“open
911
call”
is
when
911
is ．
called
but
no
one
Thus
when
the
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respondi
ng
police
patrol
officer
responded
he/she
does
not
know
who
is．
calling
or．．
why.
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be
entirely
innocent,
in
my
opinion,
SOP
be
that
the
first
responding
police
officer
should
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assume
that
a
firearm
is
involved
and
that
he
will
be
shot
as
he
approaches
the
situation,
as
happened
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to
Deputy
Mast.
Assuming
he
would
have
lived
to
88,
he
lost
64
years
of
life,
during
which
time
he
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Officer
Kenyon
Youngstrom,
37,
California
Patrol,
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officers
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carcass
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shield
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Officer
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signaled
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driver
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pull
in
behind
his
parked
patrol
car.
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the
vehicle
stopped,
Officer
Youngstrom
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with
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driver
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man
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handgun
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shot
him
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head
through
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aimed
at
the
Officer’s
head
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Police
Offcier
Patrick
O/Rourke,
39,
West
Bloomfiield
PD,
Mich,
9/9/12.
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house
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officer
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situation
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involved
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that
he
should
place
a
ballistic
face
shield
before
intervening
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one
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interevening.
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Family
members
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him
that
the
man
inside
may
have
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suicide.
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ballistic
face
shield)
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officers
enterdd
the
house
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before
entering
the
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called
out
his
name.
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man
shot
through
the
door
hitting
O’Rourke
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reminded
of
Sheriff’s
Deputy
Steve
Cox,
King
Coiunty,
Wa,
standing
in．
front
of
a bedroom
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knowing
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shooting
suspect
was
inside
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the
suspect
shot
Deputy
Cox
in
the
head
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killed
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and the suspect shot the officer in the head. Police Officer Bradley Fox, who was at a t saw his killer
pull out into the opposite lane of travel at a traffic jam which is a deperate act for a person to
take. It should have indicated to the officer, in my opinion, that the person was desperate and the
situation was not routine. Had Officer Fox placed a ballistic face shield/helmet on his head (which
he did not have available) as he left his cruiser to chase the suspect (knowing that often suspects
wait in ambush style for the officer to appear and then shoot the unsuspecting officer, FBI Agent
Gregory Spinelli, and other officers, was chasing a robbery suspect when the robber turned and
shot him dead), the bullet that hit him in the head would probably have been deflected and he
would have survived. With practice a face shield/hel can be donned hurriedly while exiting a
cruiser in pursuit of a fleeing suspect.
Police Chiefs should immediately equip their patrol officers and k-9 officer first responders with
life saving ballistic face shields/helmet before another officer is lost.
The following is a statement Chief Frank Monaco, Plum Borough, Pa. Police Department, gave
me at my request and should be weighed very carefully by Chiefs of Police everywhere:
"I recently purchased ballistic helmets and face shields for every officer in my department. I was
able to do this thanks to the efforts of my long time friend, Stan Cohen , who got a wonderful
deal for us. The same deal is available to all other departments.
I had been considering purchasing the helmets for some time. I am somewhat sensitive to the
issue as I lost two officers who worked for me in my previous incarnation in the State Police
(Tpr. Joseph Sepp in 2002 and Cpl. Joseph Pokorny in 2005). I also know a good friend from the
State Police who was permanently disabled in 1998 when shot in the face at a domestic call.
I was finally motivated to move with the tragic death of Officer Derek Kotecki from Lower
Burrell last year. My officers were among the first at the scene and could easily have been
involved had they come upon the scene.
I had some forfeiture money that I had planned n buying other equipment with, but, with the
help of the borough and Stan Cohen’s discount, I was able to purchase helmets for everyone.
I have seen more dead cops and grieving families than anyone should ever have to see and, in
the case of Sepp and Pokorny, have always wondered if there was something I could have done
to prevent such a horrible thing from happening. I sure didn’t want to go to another
funereal knowing that, had I done something else like buying equipment, would have saved a
spuse, child or a parent from such a loss.
Chief Frank Monaco
Plum Borough Police Department
4575 New Texas Rd.
Plum, Pennsylvania
412-793-7400
fmonaco@plumboro.com
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Deputy
Thomas
B. Dunigan,
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County
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responded to active riobbery, tried to arrest suspect and was shot in the head.
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938.
Agent
Ivan
G.
Roman
-Matos,
Puerto
Rico
Police
Department,
Puerto
Rico,
November
7,
2012,
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responded
to
a．．．
robbery
and
pursued
one
of ．
two
suspects
when
the
fired
four
shots
Ivan
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hitting
him
in
the
head
and
neck.
He
was
wearing
a
vest
which
none
of
the
bullets
hit.
In
my
opinion,
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the
suspect,
knowing
the
officer
wore
a．
vest
aimed
at
the
unprotected
vulnerable
head.
Again,
had
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Ivan
placed
a
ballistic
face
shield
on
extending
into
the
neck
area
as
he
left
his
c
ruiser,
the
bullet
would
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．
probably
have
been
stopped
and
he
would
be
My
count
of．
officers
shot
in．．
the
head
on
list
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．this
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shows
that
．．．．．．
． officers everywhere are most often shot responding to robberies and while chasing the
suspect
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939.
Police
Officer
Sean
Louis
Callahan,
24,
Clayton
County,
Ga,
Police
Department,
dec
12,
2012,
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．
． ．．
．
．．．．．．．
．．．．．．．．．
responded
to
a．．
domestic
disturbance
at
a．．
motel
and
tried
to
arrest
a．male
person
who
ran
away
and
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．
the
officer
chased
after
the
man
who
fired
at
the
officer
hitting
him
in
the
head
t
wice.
The
officer
did
not
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out a ballistic face shieid on before confronting dealing with the disturbance. .
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940.
Cpl.
David
Gogian,
50,
Topeka,
KA,
Police
Departmenty,
16,
2012,
Officer
Atherly,
．
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．
．December
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．．．．and
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．．
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．
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．．
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．
．．
responded
to．
a．
grocery
store
parking
lot to．
i．
nvestigate
a．
report
a．
possible
deal
(this
is．．
a．
high
risk
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situation
requiring
the
officer
s
to
place
a
ballis
tic
face
shield
on
theitr
head
s
bef
ore
leaving
their
cruiser
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to
ensure
they
live
)．
when
David
Tiscareno
opened
on
the
officer
s while
Ti
scarena
was
．
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．fire
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．still inside
his car, hitting both officers in the head which were not protected by a ballistic face shield.
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The
officer
s
would
probably
be
alive
today
had
the
Chief
provided
a
ballistic
face
shield
to
the
officer
s
．．．．．．．．
．
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．
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．
and
mandated
they put it on in a high risk situations like a suspected drug deal. Dealers are frequently
．
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．
．
armed.
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．
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．
941.
Polic
e．．
Officer
Atherly,
Topeka,
KA,
Police
December
16,
2012,
and
Officer
．．．
．
．
．
．．
．
．．．．．Jeff
．
．．．
．
．．．
．
．29,
．
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．
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．．
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．
．
．
．．
．．
Gogian,
responded
to
a．
grocery
store
parking
to ．
investigate
a．
report
of．
a．
possible
drug
deal
(this
is
a．
．
．
．．．
．
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．
．
．
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．
．．．
．．
．
high
risk
situation
requiring
the
officer
s
to
place
a
ballis
tic
face
shield
on
their
head
s
bef
ore
leaving
their
．
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．
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．．
．
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．
．
．
．
cruiser
to
ensure
they
live
)
when
David
Ti
scareno
opened
fire
on
the
officer
s
while
Tiscarena
was
still
．
．．
．
．．．
．
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inside his car, hitting the officers in the head which were not protected by a ballistic face shield.
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.942.
Police
Officer
David
Gogian,
Topeka,
KA,
PD,
December
16,
2012,
and
officer
Jeff
Athe
rly,
also
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．
．
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．
．．．．．
．
Topeka
Ka．
PD,
,．
responded
to．．
a．
grocery
store
parking
lot
to ．
investigate
report
of．
a．
possible
drug
deal
．
．
．
．
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David
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head
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officer
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alive
today
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the
Chief
provided
a
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face
shield
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officer
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they put it on in a high risk situations like a suspected drug deal. Dealers are frequently
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943
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California
Highway
Patrol
Officers
Walt
Pence,Jr
(Shot
in．．
the
head)
.,Roger
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George
Alleyn,
(Shot
in ．
the
head)
were
shot
and
ki．lled
April
1970
by．
two
heavily
armed
killers.
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a．
motorist
reported
to police
a．man
had
pointed
a．
firearm
at．
him
after
the
man
made
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turn
cutting
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off
the
motorist
and
a
verbal
exchange
was
made.
Officers
Gore
and
Frago
stopped
the
suspec
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ts
car
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Officer
Alleyn,
arrived
the
scene
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shooting
of
Officers
Frago
and
Gore
after
receiving
a．
broadcast
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Alleyn
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Officer
Pence,
23,
arrived
on
the
scene
of
a
shooting
of
Officers
Gore
and
Frago,
was
behind
his
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cruiser
when
he
was
shot
in
the
leg,
and
was
behind
cruiser
re -loading
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probably
only
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945.
Police
Officer
A.．
Tonn,
35,
Galt
Police
Department
, CA,
1/15/13,
was
investigating
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burglary
at
11:20
am.,,
a
witness
pointed
to
a
man
nearby.
As
Officer
Tonn
approached
the
man,
the
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man
produced
a．
gun
and
fired
a single
shot
Ofrfi
cer
Tonn
in．the
head.
The
Officer
died at a
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hospital a short time later. The man fired at another officer htne committed suicide.
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946.
Sgt.
Lance
Allen
“Lou”
McLean,
38,
Hood
Sheriff;s
Dept.,
6/29/13,
to ．
domestic
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disturbance
c．
all
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A．．
man
was．．
awaiting
trial
for
sexually
assaulting
a．．
juvenile
female
and
he
showed
up
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at
the
juvenile’s
home.
He
was
known
to
police
because
of
a
previous
criminal
trespass
at
the
home.
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The
Sgt.
Was
the
frist ．
officer
to
arrive,
and
the
man
opened
fire
shooti
ng
him
the
head.
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the
Sgt.
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Had
been
wearing
a
ballistic
face
shield
it
may
have
sved
his
life,
as
do
body
vests
when
shot
in
th
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chest.
INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND NECK
(None of the officers was wearing a ballistic face shield)
2. York City police officer responding to loud party complaint went to rear
of building and was questioning persons when someone on second floor
dropped a heavy pot onto the officer’s head.
3. Responding to a fight, officer shot in the jaw.
4. Idaho Trooper Chris Glenn, made traffic stop in December 2006, and was
shot in the neck. He is paralyzed from the chest down.
5. Officer Esh, Glendale, Arizona was shot in neck in February 2007, and
survived.
6. Officer Cruz March 15, 2007, NYPD officer asked suspect to put out
cigarette in subway and suspect stabbed officer in the face with a knife.
7. Officer from NYPD on 2/5, 2007, was hit in the head by a suspect with a
baseball bat while on foot patrol.
7
Sgt. Jon Brough, 49, of the Belleville, Missouri, Police
Department, was shot in the face and survived on November 10,
2006, when he and other officers stormed a house to arrest a man
wanted for killing two persons. The officers survived but lost
sight in both eyes and his sense of smell.
8
Sgt. Enedina Martinez, Laredo Texas, Police, was shot in face by
suspect in shooting incident. May 1, 2007.
9
Officer Walter Gonzalez, Laredo, TX police shot in face at
shooting incident.
10.Officer Raul Medina, Laredo TX Police shot in face by suspect May 1, 2007.
11. Sheriff. Dep Angel Perez, 28, on June 4, 2007, was shot in the mouth during
a drug raid and will survive.
12. Sgt. Pinzer, North Greenbush, NY, on 6/4/07, was hit in the head by a falling
tree during a storm.
13. Chief Deputy Tommy Martin, Douglas County, Ill, was shot in the face when
he responded to an armed robbery and tried to stop the suspect.
14. Deputy Hernandez, Broward County, Fl. Was shot in the head 8/10, 07,
when he stopped a car for a traffic violation.
15. Officer Abel Marquez, Odessa, Tex, while responding to a domestic
disturbance call, was shot in the face by the suspect and survived and is
fighting for his life.
16. Officer Elijah Rodgers was getting out of his cruiser to investigate two men
crouched next to a car when one of them attacked him and punched him in the
head several times.
17. Officer Richard Decoatsworth, 21, Philadelphia PD, Pa. 9/25/07, approached a
motorist driving a car suspiciously, and was shot in the face and chased the
suspect before collapsing. He is expected to survive. The suspect was
arrested. The officer was not wearing a ballistic face shield at the time.
18. Officer Mark Barry, of the Santa Clara, CA PD made a traffic stop of a car
reported as suspicious on September 22, 2007. and was sprayed in the face
while he was talking to person in the car. The officer was not wearing a
ballistic face shield at the time. The person got out of the car and advanced on
the officer who fired shots at the person, and the person escaped. The
officer’s shooting was approved as in self defense.
19. Deputy Sheriff Lawing, 31, Burk County, N.C. was shot in the neck while
trying to serve involuntary commitment papers to remove a woman from her
home.
20. Officer James Veenstra, 51, of the LAPD, CA, on February 6, 2008, was shot
in the face as he and his partner entered a home to arrest a killer of several
persons. His partner Randy Simmons was shot and killed by a shot to the
neck. Officer Veenstra survived the shooting.
21. Police officer Antonio Duncan, 37, was searching for a man wanted on a
paternity warrant on February 15, 2007, when the suspect shot him grazing his
face. He survived.
22. Officer Nicholas Rodgers, Jacksonville, Fla, 9/10/07, was answering a call
about a suspicious person, possibly armed, sitting on a street corner, chased
the man, and was shot in the mouth by the man during the chase.
23. A sheriff deputy, Kershaw County, SC, was shot in the head and wounded by
a suspect who came from behind him at a stop of two men who were
hitchhinking.
24. Officer Andres Gonzales, 25, New Orleans PD, on May 22, 2006, and his
partner stopped a car for tinted windows, when sa passenger ran from the car
and the officer chased him and the passenger shot the officer in the neck
several times. The officer survived.
25. Capt. Terry, Lehi, Utah, Police Department, stopped a reckless driver in a
parking lot of a service station June 24, 2008, when the female driver
suddenly pulled a gun and shot the officer in the head two times. Additionaol
officers shot the woman when she exited her car still holding the gun. The
officer is expected to recover after surgery.
26. Police Officer Jason Fishburn, 29, Indianapolis Metro PD, was shot in the
line of duty on July 11, 2008, he was shot in the head and take to a hospital
and was operated on. He was serving a arrest warrant when he was shot.
27. Sept 22, 2008, A Miami police officer was confronted by a man at a gas
station and the man hit the officer in the head with a rock. The officer is in
serious condition but expected to be ok.
28. Sept 26, 2006, Officer Houts, 30, Montgomery, Ala, police officer approached
a vehicle during a traffic stop and shot in the face by the suspect.
29. Officer Ryan Chrysler, 34, Columbus, Oh PD, stopped his cruiser to question
three men about a report of shots fired in the area. As he stepped out of the
cruiser, he was shot in the face in the chin at such close range he had powder
burns. He and his partner returned fire and killed the shooter. The officer was
released from the hospital.
30. Police Officer Graham Kunisch, 26, of the Milwaukee Police Department, and
his partner, stopped a bicyclist June 9, 2009, on suspicion and was shot in the
head by the suspect.
31. Police Officer Bryan Norberg, 21, of the Milwukee Police Department, and
his partner, stopped a bicyclist June 9, 2009 on suspicion and was shot in the
head by the suspect.
32. Police Officer Jason Fishburn, Indianapolis PD, one year ago in 2008, was
pursuing a man wanted for several murders, when he was shot in the chest,
which was deflected by his vest, and one in the head. He was not wearing a
ballistic face shield. He has recovered and is working on a limited basis in the
police academy.
33. Police Officer Marc DiNardo, 37, Jersey City, NJ, PD on July 16, 2009 was
watching a car suspected in a robbery and when a person walked toward the
car, officers moved in and the suspect fired hitting the officer in the face. He
is undergoing surgery.
34. Police Officer Michael Camacho, 25, Jersey City, NJ, PD on July 16, 2009
was watching a car suspected in a robbery and when a person walked toward
the car, officers moved in and the suspect fired hitting the officer in the neck.
He is undergoing surgery.
35. Two Newton County, GA, deputies responded to a home of a man who
threatened suicide. On 8/3/09, and as they approached the house, Deputy
James trent, 50, was shot in the lower jaw. He was not wearing a ballistic face
shield.
36. Police Officer Matthew Skradski, Omaha, Nebraska PD, 8/3/09, responded to
a domestic disturbance and confronted a man who punched him in the face
knocking him unconscious.
37. Police Officer Shawn Loontjer, Omaha, Nebraska PD, responded to a
domestic distrurbance and when he tried to use a taser on a man who punched
his partner in the face knocking him unconscious, the man punched Loontjer
in the face and began choking him from behind. Officer Skradski regained
consciouness and used the taser on the man ending the confrontation.
38. A Memphis , Tenn. PD officer,, 3/12/1977, tried to arrest a suspect who had
fired shots at persons and was shot in the face.
39. Trooper Ginger Marshall, Indiana State Police, on August 16, 2009, madea
traffic stop for DUI, and the driver began to run away and the officer tripped
him and got on ehandcuff on him, and he turned around and hit her in the head
with his fist. He then ran away.
40. Police Officer Phil Hurton, 32, Framingham MA PD, on 4/14/09. responded
to an armed robbery, chased the suspect behind a building, was shot in the jaw
and neck by the suspect. The officer, knowing an armed robbery had
occurred, exited his cruiser without a ballistic face shield covering his head
and neck.
41. A Columbus Oh, police officer was shot in the face September 7, 2009, trying
to stop a DUI, who left the car and fired a rifle at the officer and the bullet hit
the officer in the face. The officer was not wearing a ballistic face shield at
the time.
42. Police Officer, Warren, Mich Police Department, Nov 8,2009, responded to a
disturbance at a car wash, and when he netered a home to look for the suspect,
the suspect stabbed in the head several times.
43. A gunman opened fire early Thursday on a SWAT team that burst into a home
during a drug and gun raid, wounding four officiers while spraying bullets
from atop a staircase, authorities said. One officer was critically wounded.
44. A police officer was shot in the head on November 14, 2009, in Basseterre, St.
Kitts,(in the West Indies) when he intervened in an altercation on Frigate Bay
Strip to stop a gang fight among young persons.
45. A police officer was questioning a suspect on August 1, 2006, about a vehicle
when, after the officers took his eyes off the suspect for one second, seeing his
chance pulled weapon and shot the officer in the face, even though the usepoct
had been searched by two officers minutes before.
This was reported by Brian McKenna in Policeone.com.
46. Police Chief Eddie Jaggers, Fayetteville, NC, tried to taser a man during a
chase, the taser did not work, and the man hit the chief in the head.
47. Police Officer Jason Austin, Gunterville, AL, PD, stopped a vehicle in
September 2009, and during a police chase, the suspect shot Officer Austin in
the head. He was not wearing a ballistic face shield.
48. A San Francisco area transit police officer who removed an unruly passenger
from a train suffered cuts and a concussion when heavy-duty glass fell as the
officer attempted to place the man under arrest, authorities said Sunday.
49. Officer Daniel Clark, 28, Winston salem, NC, PD was shot in the neck by a
man he was chasing who was wanted on warrants.
50. Sheriff Depurty Nick Hauser, 43, Pierce County, WA, was shot in the neck
by a suspect while responding to a domestic dispute.
51. During a narcotics investigation, one New York City police officer was shot
in the cheek when a fellow officer shot at an attacking pit bull dog when the
bullet ricocheted.
52. Police Officer Rick Salter, Houston TX PD was erving a drug warrant and
was shot in the face by the suspect after the door was breached. He was not
wearing a ballistic face shield.
53. Police Officer Jim Mullen, Chicago, Ill. PD, on October 16, 1996, was shot
through the cheek and paralyzed by a bad guy. The officer started a company
selling applesauce and his company is doing well.
54. Police Officer Michael Schmitt, Clevelan Oh PD, was shot in the face on duty on
August 8, 2002, when he and his partner got a call that an employee at a business
attacked an employee. The victim declined to sign a complaint and the officers gave the
suspect a ride to catch a bus. After he was dropped off, the suspect high on PCP, grabbed
the officer’s gun and shot the officer in the jaw and into his brain. He survived. The
partner shot and killed the shooter.
55. On January 11, 2010, a police officer in Omaha, Neb, saw a car with expired license
plates and tried to pull the car over. A second vehicle pulled alongside his cruiser amd
swerved toward the cruiser nearly colliding with it. The officer pulled the second vehicle
over and the driver refused to give his driver’s license and refused to get out of his car.
When the officer tried to pull him out, the driver hit the officer in the face several times.
He was arrested. The officer was not wearing a ballistic face shield.
56. An Oxford, AL Dec 30.2009, police officer was shot in the head and
wounded.
57. A police officer was accidentially shocked in the head with a stun gun.
Reported by Canadian doctors.
58. Sheriff Deputy Jeffrey DeGrow, 33, Charleston, SC, January 21, 2010, took a
burglary report, then saw and chased three suspects, and was shot near his eye
and arm. He was not wearing a ballistic face shield during the chase.
59. Sheriff Deputy Joe Buice, Spalding County, GA, January 22, 2010, the deputy
drove up to a house he was responding to concerning an attempted suicide
call. As he drove up the suspect shot the Deputy in the face. He was taken to
a hospital.
60. Police officer Jeremy Esh, Glendale, Ar, PD, December 16, 2009, pursued
three suspects in a car, they ran from the car, the officer chased one, the
suspect turned and fired and shot the officer in the neck. (Editor Note: The
larger, more logical place on the body would have been the chest area of the
officer, but that was protected by a bullet proof vest, which most people know.
Instead, the shot was placed in the unprotected neck area. A ballistic face
shield extending to the bottom of the neck would probably have stopped the
bullet, fired from a hand gun. The officer reported that fractions of an inch to
the left or right and he would have been killed).
61. Officer Brian Hale
Hazelwood (MO) PD
Date of incident: 08-18-98
Incident summary: Officer Hale was assisting a motorist at approximately during the early
morning hours of 08-18-98 when a minor dispute between the motorist and a friend of the
motorist arose. While investigating this incident, Officer Hale became suspicious that the
motorist might be wanted. As Officer Hale attempted to verify the motorist’s identity, he briefly
turned away from him, at which time the motorist drew a .38 revolver from the back of his waist
and shot Officer in the face with it. Officer Hale recovered from his wound, and returned to
work about three months later. The suspect was later arrested, tried, and convicted of first
degree assault on a police officer.
62. Deputy Steven Rankin:
Crisp County (GA) Sheriff’s Department
Date of incident: 02-04-06
Incident Summary: After stopping a motorist for playing his car stereo too loud, Deputy Rankin
approached the car to warn him about the violation. As the deputy stood near just behind the
driver’s door, the motorist turned toward him and shot him in the face. While Deputy Rankin
lay on the ground, the suspect exited his car, and tried to shoot him again, but his gun
jammed. The suspect then began kicking and punching the deputy, and eventually tried to
disarm him. At that point, Deputy Rankin got to his feet, retreated a short distance, drew his
gun, and began firing at the suspect, who by then had returned to his car and was speeding
away. The suspect was later apprehended, tried, and convicted on several felony assault
charges. Deputy Rankin recovered from his wound, and returned to work several months later.
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Police Officer Anthony Diponzio, 22, Rochester, NY PD, jan 31, 2009, was shot in the
back of the head while investigating complaints of drug activity in a Rochester
neighborhood. He underwent brain surgery. Police say DiPonzio and two fellow officers had
questioned a group of people on the street. As they turned to walk away from the group,
shots were fired.
State Trooper Scott Johnson, a 25 year police veteran, WA State Police, 2/13, 2010, was
processing the car of a person arrested for DUI by another officer after midnight, in
downtown Long Beach, Pacific County, when a scruffy man came out of the dark and
mumbled something, and the Trooper acknowledged him. When the Trooper turned his
attention back to the car, the man drew a small caliber pistol and shot the Trooper twice in
the back of the head, once in the ear and ther other in his head. The man ran away and
has not yet been arrested. The Trooper weas taken to the hospital and surgery was
performed.
The Trooper was not wearing a ballistic face shield and helmet at the time.
The four Lakewood WA police officers were recently shot in the head by a man who
entered the coffee shop and pretended to buy coffee, but he turned and shot each officer in the
head as they sat at a table preparing reports on their laptop computers. They were not wearing
ballistic face shields/helmets at the time. Like Trooper Johnson, the officers were involved in
what appeared to be very low risk situations (they were not responding to a domestic dispute
with shots fired or an armed robbery, etc.), yet they were shot killing four and wounding one.
Weeks earlier, a Seattle WA police officer was sitting in his cruiser with another officer, and not
involved in a high risk situation, yet a man pulled alongside the officer’s car and shot him in the
head. These were low risk situations.
The question that arises is : Is there such a thing as a “low risk” situation where police
officers easily identified as police officers by their uniforms are openly exposed in the general
public and anyone who has a gun and an intent to shoot a police officer. 755 police officers
have murdered since 1974 by shots to the head (1975 thru 1985 have not yet been counted, so
the number is probably higher), and many of these were in “low risk” situations.
A strong argument could be made, it seems to me, for police officers wearing a ballistic face
shield/helmet on the entire 8 hour shift while their bodies are exposed to the general public
outside the station (the only time they would be removed would be on entering the station).
The body vest is worn the entire shift, regardless of whether they are involved in high risk or
“low risk” situations. Doing this would result in a number of officers living who would otherwise
be shot in and killed or severely wounded in the head in “low risk” and high risk situations.
An example: When a police officer sees furtive movements in a car lawfully stopped, courts
rule the officer has reasonable suspicion that the person is armed and dangerous and may
search the passenger area for weapons. Yet, the officer with back up officers, knowing they
have reason to suspect the occupant-s may be armed and dangerous, walk up to the car
without wearing a ballistic face shield, even though one of the occupants may shoot at the
officers from the car and hit one or more of them in the head. This is a high risk situation.
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Sheriff Deputy Christopher Dewey, 26, Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Dept. N.D., February
17, 2010, responded to a “shots fired” call, a high risk situation, and was not wearing a
ballistic face shield, was shot in the head and stomach.
67. Sheriff Deputy Jeffrey DeGrow, Charleston County, 2/18/10, responded to a burglary, a
high risk situation, and was not wearing a ballistic face shield and was shot in the head by a
suspect. He was chasing three men and when he rounded a corner of a mobile home, he was
shot in the head, should and arm
68. A Sheriff’s Deputy, Fresno County, CAL, 2/25/10, responded to assist serving a search
warrant in connection with arsons and shootings, was shot in the head by the suspect, who
also killed a police detective at the scene. The deputy is on life support. He was not wearing
a ballistic face shield in a high risk situation. Everyone pray for this officer and his family. This
is true for all the officers wounded on this list.
69. Deputy Sheriff Jeremy Marcantel, 32, Librty County, TX, 3/9/10, was responding to a
shots fired call, a high risk situation for police officers, wearing only a buulet proof
vest and not wearing a ballistic face shield, was shot and wounded in the head several
times. Anotgher officer was also wounded.
A chief of police once told me that the duty of a chief of police is to ensure that his
police officers stay safe and are able to leave the shift in good health and go home. Since
responding to high risk situations, such as shots fired, involve a high risk of police officers
being shot in the head and other parts of their body, and 770 police officers have been
murdered by shots in the head and 71 have been wounded by shots in the head, police chiefs
should attempt to provide his/her officers with ballistic face shields which are capable of
preventing such deaths and injuries.
70. An officer, Baltimore PD, MD, 3/21/10, his Department not announcing his identity,
stopped a vehicle for a traffic offense, was shot in the face not wearing a ballistic face shield
at the time by a 25 cal bullet, which a ballistic face shield would have stopped.
71. A police officer, Citrus Heights PD CA, 3/20/10, responded to a domestic dispute cal and
received a blunt force trauma injury to the head, while not wearing a ballistic face shield and
helmet at the time, which would have prevented the injury.
72. Sgt. Robert Ralston, 46, Phildelphia PD, 4/5/2010, tried to stop two men on railroad
tracks, one stopped and pointed gun at the officer’s head and the officer immediately hit it
away sustaining a wound in the shoulder.
73. Detroit PD police officer was wounded with shot to the head on February 5, 1999 by
suspect.
74. Police Officer Carlos Castillo, 37, a 15 year veteran, stopped defendant’s car for a traffic
violation, when the officer tried to arrest defendant’s girlfriend, defendant, walked away, And
returned shortly carrying a large cinder block and hit the officer in the back of the head. The
officer was not wearing a ballistic face shield/helmet at the time.
Castillo was working an undercover detail at the time, but a full explanation of what
thy were weatching him for was not released. There was a possible high risk situation known
to the officer before stopping defendant.
Lakewood Patrolman Jonathan Wilson was shot in the face during the raid, and was in
critical but stable condition at a local hospital.
75. May 1, 2010, a Saint Paul MInn, a police officer was hit in the face and receive a
broken nose and broken eye socket by a suspect who shot and killed a police
officer. He was not wearing a ballistic face shield, but probably could not have
one on as he was engaged in a physically fight with the suspect.
76. June 18, 2010, two LA , CA police officers were hit in the head with rocks and
other objects.
77. Mailwaukee police officer was punched in the face and knocked unconscious
Juen 28 2010, at a concert. He was not wearing a ballistic face shield.
78. July 4, 2010, Detective Jami Brown, Muncie, IND was working a detail at
fireworks display and trying to arrest a person for DC when the person, who the
officer wa trying to handcuff, swung the handcuffs and hit the officer in the face.
79. Detective Jon Garcia, Buffalo, NY, PD, 2/1/10, was shot in the ehad while not
wearing a ballistic face shield while negotiating with a hostage-taker.
80. A Georgia Capital police officer was shot in the head July 21, 2010, while
taking a man into custody, who may have been involved in an earlier shooting nearby.
81. Detective James Melson, Fort Smith, Ark PD, 9/18/10, while serving arrest
warrants for rape, was stabbed in the neck by a suspect and was not wearing a ballistic
facr shield at the time.
82. Police Officer Mike Kralicek, Coos Bay, Or, PD, was shot in the head by a hit and
run suspect in 2005.
83. A Nampa, Idaho, police officer, December 16, 2010, was serving a felony
warrant, when he was shot in the head and wounded, while not wearing a ballistic
face shield.
84. Police Officer David Rathband December 17, 2010, in England, was shot in the
eyes by a sawed off shot gun as he sat in his patrol car by a suspect who had killed
two persons shortly before.
85. Police Officer in England November 7, 2009, went to car wash on complaint of
man wiping car windows who refused to leave. When officer entered a home the
cut the officer’s face. The officer was not wearing a ballistic face shield.
86. A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy was shot in the face by a gang member.
He was shot in the right eye. The deputy and a training officer were on “routine”
partrol, (There is really no such thing as “Routine” as long as a police officer is
exposing his/her body to the public). , especially since it was in an area of
repeated gang violence. They saw a man and woman in a car parked in a red
zone. When they got out of their cruiser, the man got out of his car and fired at
the deputies, hitting the one officer in the eye. The training officer shot and killed
the shooter. The officer was not wearing a ballistic face shield before he left his
cruiser or while approaching the car. Since this was an area of repeated gang
violence, which no doubt meant the discharge of firearms, this could be
considered a high risk area (an area with a high risk that shots would be fired at a
police officer.) Yet, the officer’s government and administrators had not issued
any ballistic face shields to the officer, nor made I mandatory they be worn in
high risk situations, such as the one they were in. It was foreseeable that the man
in the car could fire a firearm at the officers. The Police Chief of Red Bluff has
issued ballistic face shields to his police officers. He told me he invites other
police officers to call him for information as to how the face shields were bought.
I have set out information about him as follows:He should be commended as a
police administrator who acts to protect his officers from known dangers.
87. Police Officer John Garcia, Albequerque, NM PD, in 2006, was shot in the head
at a traffic stop. He was not wearing a ballistic face shield.
88. Police officer Josh Otzenberger, Albequerque, NM PD in 2006 was shot in the
head while not wearing a ballistic face shield.
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90. Two police officers, Detroit. MI PD, 1/24/11, were shot in the head inside a police
station by man who walked in and started shooting.
91. Police Officer Tony Howard, Athens Clarke County Georgia Police Department,
March 22, 2011, and another officer, Police Officer Elmer Christian, were searching
for a suspect in a carjacking and kidnapping, a very high risk situation, when the
officer stopped a car involved in the crime. The driver was arrested, but a passenger
got out of the car and shot the officer in the face, wounding him. The officer was not
wearing a ballistic face shield. The shooter then shot another officer in the head as he
sat in his cruiser and murdered him. It is not known if the officert killed in the cruiser
was shot in the head.
Needless to say a person wanted for carjacking and kidnapping, knowing that if
he is arrested, he is likely to go to prison for a long time, is desperate enough to want
to shoot any police officer to prevent him from arresting him. This is a high risk
situation and a police officer knowing this before confronting such a person
should/must protect him/her self from being shot and killed by such a person by
wearing both a bullet proof vest and a ballistic face shield and helmet.
92. Deputy Keith Bellar, 27, Dickson, Tenn, PD, June 6, 2011, stopped to assist a
suspect’s wife during a domestic dispute, and the husband shot the officer in the head
and then killed himself. The suspect had been following his estranged wife, who
works as a 911 dispatcher, in his car and ran her off the road when the deputy stopped.
The deputy thought he was on the scene of a car accident, but then the suspect started
shooting at him.
Lesson for police: a scene is not always what it seems to be, and officer should
always be ready for the worse to develop in one split second. Stay alert safe, Stan
"Service with Integrity"
WELCOME MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF
The Red Bluff Police Department is a full-service Police Department that
is currently staffed with twenty-two sworn police officers and ten
civilian employees. The Department is divided organizationally into two
Divisions. These Divisions are the Operations Division and the Support/
Special Services Division. The Operations Division consists of the
uniformed Patrol Unit and Dispatch Unit. The Support/ Special Services
Division consists of the Investigations Unit, Records Unit and the
Community Service Officer Unit.
The purpose of the Police Department is to provide for the safety and
security of the citizens of Red Bluff. Our goal is to maintain a well
equipped and well trained department that can provide a high level of
service. The Members of the Police Department are committed to
providing “ Service with Integrity .”
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The Red Bluff Police Department remains committed to Community
Oriented Policing. We continue to work with Neighborhood Watch
Groups. Our Police Officers participate in the Random Citizen Contact
(RCC) Program, which is designed to encourage officers to make contact
with citizens in an informal setting. The Department maintains a
Community Field Office Program that allows officers to complete some
of their reports out of the office and within the community.
We remain committed to our Mission Statement, which reads, “ We, the
members of the Red Bluff Police Department, are committed to being
responsive to our community in the delivery of quality
services. Recognizing our responsibility to maintain order, while
affording dignity and respect to every individual, our objective is to
improve the quality of life through a community partnership that
promotes safe, secure neighborhoods throughout our city.”
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Please take the time to spend some time on our website to learn more
about us and the services we provide. Email questions and or
comments to the Chief of Police at pnanfito@rbpd.org .
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Paul Nanfito,
Chief of Police
Added to these officers are the hundreds, thousands of loved ones and millions citizens
who are affected by the death of those officers, which further clearly show the present
need for officers to carry helmets with bullet proof face and neck shields secured in the
front seat of their cruisers and wearing them when confronting citizens in situations in
which there is a risk of being shot in the face or neck, such as routine traffic stops, which
can unpredictably and instantly lead to a shooting in the face or neck
Further evidencing a need wearing such a helmet is an article from the December 21,
2006, Seattle Times. in which it was reported that a rapper convicted of killing two
undercover police officers, “boasts of leaving .45 caliber slugs in the heads of his
enemies.”, apparently referring to police officers.
Response to Lanc.SERT’s comments posted on December 16, 2006
In undertaking the research on head shots and wearing bullet proof face shields, I
personally know and feel the loss of a brother police officer and it is with this personal
feeling in mind that I am trying to suggest a tool that will, in spite of the inconvenience of
wearing it, prevent an officer from losing his/her life and the terrible sadness felt by
brother officers and family members at the loss. In 1963, Patrolman Donald Martin, 27,
who was on the same shift as myself, and whom I knew very well, in District 6,
Cincinnati, Ohio, Police Department, was investigating something he saw in a used car
lot when someone grabbed his service revolver and shot him in the back several times as
he ran toward his cruiser to call for help. In 1963 we did not have issued radios on our
chests. When we arrived at the scene Don was on his back, bleeding from several wounds
and trying to talk but could not get any words out. He died and the suspect has never
been arrested. We conducted an intensive search and investigation of the area but to no
avail. I cried. Still do when I think about him and the fact that he was engaged and
scheduled to marry in three weeks.
In looking at the argument of one of the officers reacting to my idea, he stated that
“There must be balance of armor and mobility to maximize ones mobility.” This is
certainly true. I engaged in many fights in arresting persons and know firsthand the
importance of being able to move quickly in any direction to subdue the person or
persons. There was an analogy made between wearing such a helmet with medieval
knights wearing armor from head to toe which made them incapable of movement. This
is true too. That is, that knights weighted down heavily with 60 or more pounds of steel
and other armor and metal helmets could not move as quickly as officers today need to be
able to move to overcome a person’s resistance to an arrest. But, the comparison is not
exactly accurate because the weight of a helmet with a bullet proof face shield does not
weigh over 60 pounds. I found a helmet with a bullet proof face shield good against 9
millimeter bullets that weighed 5.5 lbs. A photo of this helmet and face shield is below.
It would seem that a police officer in good shape should be pretty mobile and agile with a
5.5 pound helmet with a bullet proof face shield. Conceding the fact that some suspects
might outrun a police officer wearing such a helmet due his/her wearing the helmet, this
price is not as heavy and serious and long lasting as an officer being shot or stabbed in
the face and dieing due to the absence of a bullet proof face shield covering his/her face.
I also found a suitable helmet with face shield, at bulletproofme.com. I posed some
questions to a representative at the Company concerning the shield and he provided some
answers. I have attached my questions and his answers in an email to me to be continued
in Part Two as follows and attached photos of the helmet and face shield. See Part Two
attachment.
92. Sgt. James Kelemen, Conroe, TX, PD, April 2, 2011, responded to a disturbance
knowing the suspect there was threatening violence to persons on the scene. He
was the first officer to arrive and when he confronted the suspect, the suspect
shot the officer in the face and eye. The officer was taken to a hospital and the
suspect was killed by return fire from other officers.
The officer was not wearing a ballistic face shield or helmet. Had he placed one
on his head before leaving the cruiser, the shotgun blast would probably not have
injured his eye. The officer’s eye was removed during surgery.
93. Monterey Park, CA, Police Officer Gilbert Alvarez, 4/25/11, sustained a
grazing wound to the head.
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A car crash and road rage triggered a stabbing and a running gun battle that
ended with the suspect dead and a Monterey Park police officer and three other
people hospitalized, authorities said Monday.
Edgar Battad's gun fight with police began Sunday when he rear-ended a driver
and fled the scene, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Michael Thomas said. The
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man followed the 63-year-old Battad by car to confront him and Battad stabbed
him in the leg before running to his apartment .
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Police were called to the scene in Monterey Park, 10 miles east of Los Angeles,
and gunfire started almost as soon as officers arrived. Battad used a pistol to fire
several rounds through a door and continued firing as he ran through a back
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door, Thomas said.
He was fatally shot by officers during a brief foot chase.
Monterey Park police officer Gilbert Alvarez sustained a grazing wound to the
head, and two bystanders who were struck in the legs by stray bullets were
hospitalized in stable condition on Monday, Thomas said.
94. Cpl Darrell Campbell, 41, Snyder, Texas, 7/12/2011, responded to a shots
fired radio report, and while he was in the front yard speaking with
severalpeople, the suspect shot the officer in the head wounding him. The
suspect was killed by return fire from another officer.
95. Two Chicago, Ill PD, July 18, 2011, police officers were shot in the head
and wounded and are recovering in a hospital, when the officers saw what
they believed to be a drug deal (When drug deal is in the mind of an
officer, he automatically should don Ballistic face shields/helmet. Drugs
and guns are “married”) and when they got out of their crusiers (without a
ballistic face shield on their head) they were both shot in the head.
Were these drug dealers aiming at the heads of the officers? Only the
suspect knows for sure. But, the circumstances indicate they were. One
officer shot in the head could be a lucky chance shot. But a second officer shot
in the head is, in my opinion, pushing too far to think the suspect was not
aiming at the heads. If drug suspects, all of whom know that shooting at the
vest will land them in jail and not freedom, they will aim at the unprotected
head will will more likely result in freedom from arrest and in freedom to
continue to sell drugs. By not wearing a face shield, a police officer who is
shot in the head and prevented from arresting the drug suspect, is prevented
from performing his duty of arresting drug suspects. Same goes for an officer,
who arrives at a home on a domestic dispute call where gunshots were heard
and he knows this, and he hears screaming when he pulls up, and he gets out
of his cruiser without wearing a ballistic face shield, and is shot in the head at
the door, and killing goes on inside. By not wearing the face shield he is
prevented from performing hi duty of saving the lives of innocent citizens.
It is my hope that experiences like this change the attitudes of police officers
and result in wearing ballistic face shields and saving their precious lives for
themselves, their families and their fellow officers, and the citizens they serve.
96. A private security guard, on July 18, 2011, was shot in the eye while
patrolling a building complex, and is expected to recover.
97. Deputy Joe Bruice, Spalding County, Georgia, January 29, 2010, drove up
to a house responding to an attempted suicide call, when the suspect came
out of the house firing an assault rifle and shot the Deputy in the face as he
sat in his cruiser, and he went to a hospital and was in critical condition.
(A ballistic face shield should be kept in the front seat area of a cruiser).
98. A Rapid City, SD, Police Department police officer was shot in the face
during a routine (there is no such thing as a routine stop) by one of four
suspects. Another officer was killed. Non of the officers was wearing a
ballistic face shield.
99. On August 12, 2011, a police officer in Darlington, County Durham,
England, responded to a call that a man was acting suspiciously when the
man suddenly stabbed the officer in the head.
100.
On July 18, 2011, two police officers, Officers Ruben DelValle and
Jeffrey Friedlieb, Chicago Ill PD, saw two men engaged in a drug
transaction in an alley and they stopped and left their cruisers to
investigate. They did not place a ballistic face shield on their head as they
left their police car. When they went to the alley, one of the men pulled a
revolver from his waistband and shot both officers in the head. They were
treated at the hospital and released. Neither officer placerd a ballistic face
shield/helmet on their head before going to the high risk situation (a drug
sale). Drug dealers are often armed with firearms.
101.
On August 23, 2011, Police Officer Jarred Slocum, El Cajon Police
Department was dispatched to investigate a man waving a gun and
shooting the gun. (This was a high risk incident and, in my opinion, the
officer should have been preparing his ballistic face shield/helmet to
immediately put on his head either before arriving (officers have been shot
in the head before they got out of their cruiser) or ariving arriving but
bfore leaving the cruiser. The officer’s exposed face is a target for a bullet)
As the officer approached the house he was fired at and hit in the neck.
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102, Sgt. Howard Cooley, Deputy Sheriff, Trusdale County. TN, responded to a
domestic dispute and was shot in the face by the suspect. The officer was taken
to the hospital and survived. He was not wearing a ballistic face shield.
103. Police Officer, Kevin Brennan, New York City Police zDepartment, February
1, 2012, responded with two other officers to a report of shots fired to a location
and when they arrived they saw three men run from a building. Officer Brennan
followed one of them into a building and the door locked behind him. The
suspect turned and shot Kevin, who was not wearing a ballistic face shield, in the
head wounding him.
Shots fired is a high risk incident for police officers that should require
responding police officers, like Kevin, to place a ballistic face shield on the head,
as much as the body vest they wear, before the officer physically enters the
situation exposing his body and head to suspects. The ballistic face shiled
should be secured in the passenger area to permit officers easy and immediate
access to it and placement on the head. Admittedly, this is a very difficult task
when in the heat of an active chase, but if it is practiced like target shooting in
spare time as part of training, it should be able to be done fast and not interfere
too much with the chase. And, if it does delay getting out of the cruiser a second
or two longer, these several seconds could make the difference between dying
and being dead forever, or getting hit in the shield and living to return fire and
going home to the officer’s family instead of to a morgue. Officers owe
themselves and their family taking steps to ensure they stay alive when keeping
their oath and doing their duty as much as they are obligated to do their duty and
stay loyal to their oath.
104 Police Officer Kasey Burrell was shot in the head in Ogden Utah serving a
warrant for drugs.
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Police Officer Ron Workman, Dallas, Texas,
arrived at a scene in his cruiser, and before he could leave the car the suspect
fired at him hitting his mic on his chest which saved the officer’s life. The bullet
then went into his neck and lodged in his jaw.
106 A Las Vagas NV PD Police Officer, on March 23, 2012, responded to a
Medical Center to investigate the report of a child who was shot in the face as a
result of a domestic disturbance as her home. A shot went through a wall and hit
the child in another room. The officer found blood outside of the home. When
they entered the house, they were met by gunfire, and one officer, who was not
wearing a ballistic face shield or helmet was grazed in his head by a bullet. This
would not have happened probably had he been wearing a ballistic helmet and
face shield. The officer was taken to a hospital an treated.
The officer shot arrived at the house before SWAT. He knew a firearm was
involved and he saw blood outside the house. Still, knowing this, the officer
entered the house without putting on a ballistic face shield and helmet. The
Chief of Police and the City Administration allowed this officer to enter the house
in this high risk situation without ensuring that he was properly equipped with a
ballistic face shield/helmet so that he would not be wounded or killed by a shot to
the head. He no doubt had a bullet proof vest on, but no ballistic face
shield/helmet had been provided to him with SOP requiring them to be worn in
such a high risk shooting situation. This was allowed in spite of the fact that 921
officers have been shot in the head and killed and 106 have been shot in the
head and wounded, a combined total of 1,027 police officers shot in the head,
the greatest majority not being SWAT officers. Ballistic face shields and helmets
should and must be provided to police patrol officers who are not SWAT officers
but who will be the first to arrive at a scene of a high risk shooting situation.
107. Detective Richard Wade, Hopewell, VA, Police Department, April 1, 2012,
was attempting to serve a warrant of arrest for a crime he was on the most
wanted list when the man stabbed the officer in the head and neck, while he was
not wearing a ballistic face shield, which would have probably prevented the
injuries.
108. Police Officer Eder Loor, 28, New York NY PD, April 17, 2012, responded
to an emergency call from a mother about her son, which she said was bipolar
and she wanted him taken to a mental hospital. When Loor and the other officer
told the son his mother wanted him to go to a hospital he said he will go by
himself and walked away. The officers caught up to him and without any warning
the man stabbed Officer Loor in the right temple of his head and the knife
penetrated his brain. He had pled guilty in 2006 to assault with a knife. (It is not
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killed
by
firearms
were
shot
in
the
head
because
they
were
not
wearing
a．
ballistic
face
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shield/helmet.
Numerous
officers
have
been
shot
in
the
body
vest
and
saved.
The
same
would
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happen
if．
the
Chiefs
of
Police
would
equip
their
police
officer
first
responders
and
all
first
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responders
with
a．
ballistic
face
shield.
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very
good
persons
would
be
alive
today
if ．
their
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Chiefs
had
provided
thm
with
a
ballistic
face
shield.
Or,
the
officers
themselves
should
use
their
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own
fu．
nds
and
resources
to
equip
themselves
with
face
shield
to．．
ensure
they
go
home
at the
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end
of
their
shift
,
instead
of
to
a
morgue.
The
cost
of
the
equipment
cannot
compare
in
any
way
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to
the
value
the
officers’
life.
The
cost
would
be ．．
like．
the
blink
of an
eye,
compared
to
eternal
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closing
of
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． the officers’ eyes caused by a bullet to an unprotected head in a high risk shooting
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112. Police
Officer
Matt
Fox,
Indiana,
PD,
27,
2012,
was
trying
to．make
a．
traffic
stop
for
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．．Fortville,
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．
a．
taillight
not．
working,
when
the
driver
refused
to
stop,
then
he
stopped
momentarily,
Officer
．
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．．Fox
told
him
to
stick
his
hands
out
of
the
window,
he
did
not
and
then
the
suspect
sped
away
the
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．
．．．
officer
pursuit.
(In
my
opinion,
when
a．．
suspect
refuses
to．show
his
hands,
th．
is．．
should
．．．．
．
．in
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．be
．．．．．
．．
considered
a
high
risk
shooting
incident
and
a
ballistic
face
shield/helmet
should
be
put
on
by
the
．
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．
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．
officer).
Then
the
suspect
suddenly
stopped
his
car,
immediately
got
out
and
held
a．．
hangun
at
．
．
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．
．
．up
．．．
his
eye
aiming
(he
was
a trained
shooter
aiming
to．
kill
a．
police
officer
with
head
shots)
and
．．
．
．
．
．．level
．
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．
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．
．
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．
．
pointed
it
at
Officer
Fox
while
Fox
was
still
in
his
cruiser,
and
fired
at
Fo
x
hitting
him
in
the
vest
．．．．．．．
．．．．．．．．．．．．
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．．
and
head
.
Fox
gave
description
of
the
suspect’s
vehicle
and
when
other
officers
approached
him
．
．．．．．．
．．．．．
．
．
．
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they shot and killed him after he fired on them.
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In
my
opinion,
Stan
Cohen,
when
the
suspect
first
stopped
and
refused
to
put
his
hands
．．
．．
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．
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．．
out
the
window
as
ordered
by
Officer
Fox,
he
was
trying
to
locate
a
firearm
without
crashing
to
shoot
．
．
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．
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．
．
．
．
．
．
． the
officer
with,
and
this
was
a．
high
risk
shooting
situation
and
the
should
have
placed
a．
ballistic
．
．．．
．．
．
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．
．．officer
．．．．．
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．
．
．
．．．
．．．
．．．
．．．．
．．．
．
facer
shield/helmet
on
before
or
while
in
the
second
pursuit.
Had
he
done
this,
when
the
suspect
got
．．
．．
．．
．
．．．
．．．．．．．．．．．．．
．
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．
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．
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．．
．
．
．
．
．
．
．
out
his．
car
and
began
shooting
the
face
shield
would
have
pr
the head
shot.
Also,
officers
．．．of
．
．
．．
．．．
．．
．
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．
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．
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．
．．．．．
．．
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．evented
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．
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．．
．．
．
．．．．
．
．
．．
．
．．
．
．
．
should
have
their
left
hand
on
their
car
door
as
the
suspect
car
comes
to
a
stop
to
be
ready
to
instantly
．．．．．
．．．．．
．．
．．
．．．．．．．
．
．
．
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．．．
．．．．．
．
．
．．
．
open the door to take a position to fire should the driver get out shooting.
．．．．．．．
．．．．．．．．
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．
．
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To
do
what
I．
suggest
will．．
requir
e．．
officers
to．
train
putting
a．．
face
shield/helmet
on．quickly
．．．．．
．
．
．
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．
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and safely while seated behind the wheel of their cruiser, which may be moving while they do so, and
．．
．
．
．．．．．
．
．．．
．．
．
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．．．．．
．．．．．
．．
．．．．
．
．
while
their
eye
on
the
suspect
and
car.
This
is．
a．
lot
of
in ．
a．
tense
time
b．
ut．
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prevent
the
tragedy
of．．
an
officer
death
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could
be
wishful
thinking,
but
I do
not
think
so.
Professional
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police officers are capable of being trained to do whatever is necessary to survive and get the job done.
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Stay alert safe,
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Stan
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113. Lt.
Brian
Murphy,
51,
Oak
Creek
, Wis.,
PD,
August
5,．
2012,
responded
an．．
active
shooting
a．．
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．
．．．
．．
．．．．
．
and
was
one
of
the
first
officers
to
arrive,
and
he
was
shot
in
the
cheek
and
neck
area
of
the
head,
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while
not
wearing
ballistic
face
shield.
he
placed
a ballistic
face
shield/helmet
on．．
his
head
．．．．．
．．
．
．．．．．a
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such
as
the
one
below
before
exiting
his
cruiser
or
as
he
was
leaving
it,
he
probably
would
not
．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．
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have been wounded in the head.
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114. A
Police
from．
the
Baltimore
MD
Police
Department,
on
8/14/12,
was
cut
on
the．
face
．．
．
．．．．Officer
．．．．．
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．
．when
．．．
he
responded
to
a
burglary
complaint.
The
suspect
was
shot
and
killed
by
another
Officer.
The
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Officer found the man on the third floor and the man lunged at the officer and cut him on the face.
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115
Police
Officer
Matt
Fox,
PD,
Indiana,
Oc
tober
13,
2012,
was
to
make
a．
traffic
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stop,
a．．
pursuit
started,
and
when
．．．．when
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． it ended, the suspect fired through the officer’s windshield
wounding him in the head and wrist.
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116. ．
Sgt,
Robert
Carpenter,
46,
Tucson
Police
Department,
11/19/2012,
responded
to．．
a．
burglary
．
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． in
progress
alarm
and
was
shot
in
the
by
the
suspect
who
escaped.
Sgt. ．
Carpenter
．
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recouperating
from
surgery
at
the
University
of
Arizona
Medical
Center.
A
b
allistic
face
shield
and
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helmet on the officer’s head would probably have prevented the wound to his head.
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117. ．
Deputy
Sheriff
Brent
Beavers,
Madison
Dept,
Ala.,
a．
vehicle
wanted
for
．
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．．County
．．
．．．．Sheriff’s
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．
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．
．．．saw
．．．．
．
．．．．．
．．．．．
．
．
．．．．
earlier
robbery,
The
officer
stopped
the
car
and
the
driver
got
out
and
kneeled
down
an
．．．
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．．
．．．and
．．
．fired
．
．．
．．
AK
47
at
the
officer
in
his
cruiser
hitting
him
in
the
face.
The
officer
was
able
to
back
out
of
the
．
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situation and give a description of the suspect who was later arrested.
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The
officer
knew
this
was
a
high
risk
shooting
incident
before
he
stopped
the
car.
With
training
and
．
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practice,
an
officer,
while
watching
a
training
car
being
brought
to
a
stop,
should
be
able
to
reach
．
．
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for
place
his/her
a．．
ballistic
face
shield
in an
actual
high
risk
situation
whi．
le．
watching
．
．．and
．．．．
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．
．
．on
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．
．．．．．head
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the
suspect’s
car.
Back
up
should
be
called
before
making
the
stop,
then
the
face
shield
shoud
be
．．．．．．．．
．
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．
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．
．
．
．．．
．．
donned
while
seated
in
the
cruiser.
Had
this
been
done,
Deputy
Beavers
probably
would
still
have
．
．．．
．
．．．．．．．．．．
．
．
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．
．．．．．．．
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．．．．
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．
．
received a wound through the face shield which probably could not stop an AK-47 round. But,
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．．．．．
．．．
．
．
．．
．．．．．．．
before
being
shot,
the
officer
did
not
know
a．．
AK
-．
47．
was
going to be used. Had the firearm been a
．．．．
．
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．
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．
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9 mi or 40 cal, the shield would have stopped the round.
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118. Police
Officer
Peter
Laboy,
45,
Alexandria,
PD,
Fe
bruary
27,．
2013,
stopped
a．．
cab
whose
．
．
．
．．
．．
．．．．．
．
．．．
．
．．．．．．
．
．．．
．．．
．
．．．
．
．VA,
．．
．
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driver
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employees.
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POLICE
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TROOPER
BRIAN
KING,
Pennsylvania
State
Police,
July
19,
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responded
to
a
home
where
a
suspect
wanted
for
robbery
was
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barricaded,
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was
shot
in
the
head
by
the
suspect
when
he
entered
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to
arrest
the
suspect.
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ballistic
face
shield
which
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officer
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wearing stopped the bullet and saved his life.
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This
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first
known
incident
since
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shot
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when he was shot in the head, saved his life.
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All
or
a
majority
of
the
946
police
officers
who
were
shot
in
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head
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and
killed
since
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been
tracking
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probably
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and
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many
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face shield when shot in the head.
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Hopefully,
in
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future
all
police
officers,
including
police
patrol
officer
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first
responders,
who
are
shot
in
the
head
will
live
like
Trooper
King
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because they will be wearing a ballistic face.
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The
shield
Trooper
King
was
wearing
shattered
when
hit
injuring
the
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Trooper’s
eye.
Surgery
was
performed
and
he
is．recovering
well.
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The
shield
hit
with
a．．
high
velocity
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