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Seminole County Florida Sheriff Honors Fallen Reserve Deputy on December 29 Remembrance
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #VolunteerDeputy #ReserveDeputy #SeminoleSO #InMemoriam #ServeAndProtect #AlwaysRemembered #LawEnforcementFamily #PublicSafetyHeroes #LODD December 29 marked a somber anniversary in the history of the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office as the agency remembered Volunteer Deputy Sheriff George Pfeil, who was fatally ambushed on that day 1977. A retired New York City Police Department officer who continued his service a
2 days ago
LET Radio special episode: From Business to Badge: Colorado Reserve Deputy Shares Unfiltered Police Reality
#VLEOA #VolunteerLawEnforcementOfficerAlliance #PoliceReserve #LODD #LETRadioShow #LawEnforcementTalkRadioShow #COPS #ReserveDeputy #DouglasCountySheriffsOffice #DouglasCounty #DouglasCountyColorado #Colorado In a special episode of the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast, Colorado Reserve Deputy Len Herstein shares unvarnished insights into what life behind the badge is really like - far removed from the high-speed, glamorous portrayals of Hollywood. Herstein, who jo
Dec 20, 2025
Ex-Belleville, Illinois lawyer sentenced after stealing from children of fallen Auxiliary Police Officer
#VLEOA #LODD #AuxiliaryOfficer #WashingtonParkIllinois #WashingtonParkIL #WashingtonParkPolice #Belleville #BellevilleIllinois #BellevilleIL #StLouis #StLouisMissouri #StLouisMO #Missouri #Illinois #JusticeServed #PoliceFamily #Embezzlement #LawyerFraud #PublicTrust #InMemory #Accountability A former Belleville attorney, Jason R. Caraway, has been sentenced to 90 months in federal prison after admitting to embezzling more than $1 million from his clients—including two childre
Nov 22, 2025
Haileyville, Okla. reserve police officer among 3 killed in 2 separate incidents at a drag racing event.
#VLEOA #LODD #ReserveOfficer #Haileyville #HaileyvilleOklahoma #HaileyvilleOK #HaileyvilleOkla #HaileyvillePolice #Hartshorne #HartshorneOk #HartshorneOkla #HartshorneOklahoma #Alderson #AldersonOk #AldersonOkla #AldersonOklahoma #Pittsburg #PittsburgCounty #PittsburgCountyOklahoma #Oklahoma Two tragic incidents linked to the annual “H‑Town Throwdown” drag-racing event in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, have resulted in the deaths of a volunteer and two first responders: on October 31
Nov 5, 2025
Reserve Officer Steven E. Clark’s LODD in 1956 was forgotten about by the San Mateo, CA Police Department for 66 years, despite 15 years of dedicated service, with 9 years as a reserve officer.
#LODD #LineOfDutyDeath #OfficerDown #SanMateo #SanMateoCA #SanMateoCalifornia #SanMateoPolice #CA #SMPD #California...
May 25, 2025
Rayne, LA Police Department Lt. who was killed in a friendly fire incident while executing a warrant to locate a suspect in a recent stabbing incident, started career as a reserve officer in 2003.
#LODD #LineOfDutyDeath #Rayne #RayneLA #RayneLouisiana #Louisiana #RaynePolice #RaynePoliceDepartment #LouisianaStatePolice #LSP...
May 14, 2025
UPDATES: Hamilton County Sheriff identifies deputy killed in alleged vehicular homicide. Funeral plans released by Sheriff. Alleged killer enters plea of not guilty, receives no bond.
#HamiltonCounty #HamiltonCountyOH #HamiltonCountyOhio #HamiltonCountySheriff #HCSO #LODD #OfficerDown #Ohio #SpecialDeputy...
May 6, 2025
Hamilton County, OH Sheriff's Special Deputy who had just retired from full time service in December, struck and killed by vehicle. The driver has been charged with aggravated murder.
#HamiltonCounty #HamiltonCountyOH #HamiltonCountyOhio #HamiltonCountySheriff #HCSO #LODD #OfficerDown #Ohio #SpecialDeputy...
May 3, 2025
Remembrance held by Nyssa, Oregon PD and nearby agencies on 2 year anniversary of Line of Duty Death of Reserve Officer Joseph "JJ" Johnson.
#Nyssa #NyssaOregon #NyssaOR #NyssaPD #Oregon #ReserveOfficer #LODD #LineOfDutyDeath https://elkhornmediagroup.com/nyssa-pd-and-surroundi...
Apr 23, 2025
The 37th Annual National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Candlelight Vigil will be held on Tuesday, May 13.
#NationalLawEnforcementOfficersMemorialFund #NationalLawEnforcementOfficersMemorial #NLEOMF #PoliceWeek #PoliceWeek2025 #PoliceWeek25...
Apr 8, 2025
Unacceptable officer LODD and gunfire injury numbers early in 2025.
#LODD #OfficerDown #Gunfire #LawEnforcementTalkRadio #LawEnforcementTalkRadioShow #LETRadioShow #FOP #NationalFraternalOrderOfPolice #NFOP
Apr 3, 2025
18 years ago, 2 NYPD Auxiliary Officers from PCT6, were killed in the line of duty.
#NYPD #NewYorkCityPoliceDepartment #NYPDA #NYPDAuxiliary #NYPD6PCT #LODD #LineOfDutyDeath #AuxiliaryOfficer #NYC #NY #NewYorkCity...
Mar 14, 2025
LET Radio Show talks to the father of a Reserve Deputy killed in the line of duty.
Multnomah County Sheriff's Reserve Deputy Mark Alan Whitehead and Reserve Sergeant Scott Collins were killed in February '93, when a...
Mar 2, 2025
Bill aims to add volunteer law enforcers to Virginia Line of Duty Act.
The Virginia Line of Duty Act provides benefits to LEOs or their families disabled or killed in the line of duty. The current law...
Jan 13, 2025
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