Everyone who lived through the darkest day in El Paso's history will for ever have a story to tell about August 3rd. It's likely everyone who witnessed it whether at the scene or at home watching the news will remember where they were when they heard about the tragedy.
One man has a story to tell about Aug.
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Herlinda Ortiz reminded pro-police demonstrators of the sacrifice of her son and El Paso police officer David Ortiz who was murdered in 2016 by a reputed gang member.
The crowd had gathered last week in the parking lot of Officer David Ortiz Park, which was renamed in 2017 in honor of the fallen officer.
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The National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum on Tuesday issued its 2020 Mid-Year Law Enforcement Officer Fatalities Report with preliminary data through June 30, 2020.
The report reveals that 65 law enforcement officers have been killed in the line of duty so far in 2020 -- a 14 percent decrease over the same period last year, which saw 76 deaths.
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Covid-19 has changed the way life and work operate on a daily basis. The El Paso Police Department is no different, nor immune to the challenges brought on by the coronavirus.
On Thursday, officials told ABC-7 that five of their recruits in the police academy, as well as six training officers there have tested positive for Covid-19. EPPD became aware the outbreak at the academy in early July.
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The city of El Paso has provided data on COVID-19 cases within the El Paso Police Department and El Paso Fire Department.
According to the city, 128 members of EPPD have been quarantined and 100 have been tested for COVID-19. Of those tested, 14 tests came back positive.
City officials said 25 of those quarantined remain out of work and 97 have returned to work.
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The need for police body cameras has been more prevalent now than ever before, following recent deaths in police custody.
The El Paso Police Department currently has 34 body cameras; 17 of those are issued to the Driving While Intoxicated unit and the other 17 are issued to the Crisis Intervention Team.
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A Fort Bliss soldier allegedly opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle through a door when El Paso police rang his home's doorbell, according to court documents.
Documents obtained by the El Paso Times revealed new details in Monday's violence resulting in an officer shot and wounded and two others barely escaping injury.
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El Pasoan Darlene Henderson wanted to do something nice - thank El Paso police Sgt. Ron Martin publicly for changing her car's flat tire.
Henderson was surprised to see her Facebook post was shared by more than 850 people and gained 65,000 views in three days.
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The Sun City landed near the top of a new study that ranks the safest cities in the United States.
According to Advisor-Smith, the study titled “Safest Cities in America” ranked El Paso fifth in the largest safest city category — cities with populations larger than 300,000.
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El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Peter Herrera, who was killed in the line of duty, will be honored Tuesday as part of the national E.O.W. Ride to Remember event.
The E.O.W. Ride to Remember is a nonprofit organization whose members travel across the country to cities in which a law enforcement officer died in the line of duty the previous year.
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The El Paso Police Department broke down what they believe happened during both Sundays and Tuesdays George Floyd protests in El Paso. They will present their findings during Monday’s virtual City Council meeting.
In the presentation, police describe what happened as the sun went down, and tensions escalated in Memorial Park on Sunday.
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The El Paso Police Department said two officers were injured during the protest on Sunday.
As we reported, thousands of El Pasoans marched from Memorial Park to El Paso Police Headquarters and while some said the protest was peaceful, tensions did rise.
“I do believe that El Paso did represent ourselves in a good way yesterday.
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El Paso police officers just defused the situation by taking a knee with protesters.
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The City of El Paso is moving forward with its plans to build the El Paso Police Department's Eastside Regional Command Center.
City council is expected to discuss and vote on offering the design contract to MNK Architects, Inc. for $2,379,046.48 Tuesday morning.
In total, the project will cost $38,600,000 and be paid for through the 2019 Public Safety Bonds.
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El Paso Police were involved in three crashes in 11 hours Friday night into Saturday morning.
The first crash happened when a wrong-way driver got on I-10 heading east in the westbound lanes of traffic near Artcraft just before 11 p.m. Friday night. The driver hit a marked EPPD unit, causing a complete closure of all westbound lanes of traffic on I-10 at Redd Road.
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Legislation to automatically pay federal death benefits to first responders who die of the coronavirus unanimously passed the U.S. Senate Thursday.
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An El Paso Police Department police officer was involved in a crash in El Paso's Lower Valley Tuesday
An alert sent out by the police department indicated that the officer was trying to pull over a vehicle who was speeding along Loop 375.
As he followed the vehicle, the officer's vehicle struck debris on the roadway and crashed near the Padres Exit.
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The City of El Paso reported eight new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of positive cases in El Paso to 1,348. There were no additional deaths reported Monday, keeping the number of fatalities at 33.
There are currently 80 patients hospitalized, 34 of whom are in ICU and 19 of those are on ventilators.
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Harris County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Raymond Scholwinski died Wednesday after a weeks-long battle with COVID-19, becoming one of the first known coronavirus-related fatalities among Houston-area law enforcement agencies. Scholwinski, 70, was among thousands of first responders nationwide in mid-March to be sickened by the virus. His symptoms had worsened when he was hospitalized March 29.
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The FBI has released its report on active shooter incidents in 2019.
According to the bureau’s report, 28 shootings were designated as active shooter incidents, an increase of one from the previous year.
In total, there were 97 fatalities and 150 wounded, not including the shooters. The report found that 30 shooters carried out the 28 incidents, up from 27 shooters in 2018.
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The El Paso Municipal Police Officers' Association extends its deepest condolences to the family, loved ones, colleagues and friends of El Paso Fire Department FST Eduardo Ramirez.
Fire Suppression Technician Ramirez died on Tuesday evening, April 21, 2020, after he collapsed while taking part in a daily workout at Fire Station No. 8.
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An El Paso Police officer was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash Tuesday morning.
The officer’s injuries are considered serious but non-life threatening, a news release from the El Paso Police Department said.
The crash happened at about 8:59 a.m. at the intersection North Mesa Street and South Desert Boulevard.
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A man who killed one Texas police officer and wounded two others before killing himself was wearing body armor and waiting to ambush them when they arrived at his home in response to a domestic violence call, authorities said Sunday.
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Mayor of El Paso Dee Margo, through a generous donation to the Paso Del Norte Community Foundation, donated about 3,000 face masks to the El Paso Police Department Friday morning.
“These masks will ensure the safety and wellness of officers while responding to our public safety needs as we battle the spread of COVID-19,” said Margo.
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The Trump administration has announced that law enforcement officers and other first responders who die of COVID-19 will be eligible for federal death benefits in most cases.
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As of Wednesday, March 31, 2020, there have been fifty (50) confirmed cases of COVID-19 in El Paso County (not including Fort Bliss), and we now have confirmed "community spread," which means the virus is spreading within the local community, as opposed to individuals getting the virus while traveling.
Following "Stay Home, Work Safe" orders is more important than ever.
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In New York City, they've started dismantling basketball hoops to prevent people from gathering in parks and playing. In Lakewood, New Jersey, police broke up a wedding being held in violation of a ban on large gatherings. And in Austin, Texas, officers are encouraging people to call a hotline to snitch on violators of the city's orders for people to stay home.
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El Paso Mayor Dee Margo, County Judge Ricardo Samaniego and Dr. Hector Ocaranza agonized over the historic 'stay home, work safe' order for days.
"This decision was not an easy one for me, for the judge, for any of us," Margo said. "We're dealing with lives versus livelihoods.
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After a reserve police officer in San Jose, California, tested positive for coronavirus last week, 20 of his colleagues were quarantined. Another 10 full-time employees from the police department’s family violence unit were also asked to stay home. “You can imagine.
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Get alerted about emergencies and other important community news by signing up for the El Paso’s Emergency Alert System.
This system enables us to provide you with critical information quickly in a variety of situations, such as community events, severe weather, unexpected road closures, missing persons and evacuations of buildings or neighborhoods and other important information.
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A man faces additional charges after he was shot and wounded by an El Paso police officer in a confrontation last week in the Riverside area, police officials said Monday.
Alexander Scott Maestas allegedly took out a handgun and was shot by a patrol officer who had stopped to check him after a call about a man with a gun near Riverside High School on March 11.
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A veteran El Paso police officer shot and wounded a suspicious man with a gun who was wandering the grounds of Riverside High School, authorities said.
The officer-involved shooting happened shortly after 9:30 a.m. Wednesday near Hockney and Midway in the Lower Valley.
That's where police said they tracked a 23-year-old man who was spotted on the grounds of Riverside a short time earlier.
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Several people were reportedly killed in a shooting at the Milwaukee campus of Molson Coors Beverage Company on February 26. According to initial reports, seven people were killed, including the shooter, making it one of the worst shootings in Wisconsin history. This isn’t the first mass shooting at a U.S.
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The hit-and-run driver that hit Firefighter Armando Lopez while he was assisting at the scene of a crash on February 12, 2020 has been arrested. Special Traffic Investigations (STI) officers traced down the vehicle involved and obtained an arrest warrant for the driver. She had been identified as 46–year old Shiloh Danielle Hutchings.
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Texas is tied with Virginia for the third-lowest union membership rate in the country at 4%, according to a new report from the Center for Public Policy Priorities.
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Results of a new national poll shows support of local police officers, according to an alliance of law enforcement officers.
The United Coalition of Public Safety announced findings Wednesday, saying that 82 percent of those surveyed believe that their local officers are honest and trustworthy.
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A detective with the El Paso Police Department was killed in a crash in Arizona on Sunday.
Officials with El Paso police identified the detective as 51-year-old Richard Allbee.
The two-vehicle crash happened on Sunday around 6:19 p.m. on U.S. 70 near Bylas, Arizona.
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The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial is running out of room for new names.
An average of 337 names are added to the memorial every year, and at this rate, there won't be enough room.
When the memorial was first dedicated in October 1991, it displayed the names of 12,561 officers who died in the line of duty through the end of 1990.
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A former El Paso police officer was convicted Thursday afternoon of raping a woman nearly two years ago that he first met while on duty.
The jury deliberated for just over four hours before delivering the guilty verdict against William Alexander.
Alexander was arrested and charged with the sexual assault in May 2018.
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A deputy killed in the line of duty will have his name displayed on the National Law Enforcement Memorial.
The Texas Ford Dealers donated $25,000 to Sheriff Richard Wiles and the Sheriff’s Office Foundation to show their support of local law enforcement on Monday.
Deputy Peter Herrera died in the hospital March 24, 2019, following a shooting during a traffic stop in San Elizario.
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The U.S. Border Patrol and other agencies gathered at the Abundant Living Faith Center Wednesday morning to say their final goodbyes to one of their own.
A K-9, Bulder, was killed in the line of duty last month.
The Border Patrol, CBP, El Paso police, El Paso Mayor Dee Margo and many other agencies came to pay their respects to Bulder Wednesday morning.
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The El Paso Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety are now accepting applications for the law enforcement citizens academy.
The program is free and open to anyone 18-years of age and up, and the applications will be open until Jan.17.
According to a release, the academy will begin on Feb. 4, and classes will meet from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays, and 9 p.m. to 12 p.m.
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A record number of current or former law enforcement officers died by suicide in 2019, according to Blue H.E.L.P., a nonprofit that works to reduce the stigma around mental health issues in law enforcement.
According to figures announced by Blue H.E.L.P. on Thursday, 228 current or former officers died by suicide, compared with 172 in 2018.
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Some El Paso area schools will receive decommissioned police vehicles from the El Paso Police Department. The cars will be used for law enforcement training programs and will offer students a chance to gain exposure to "real-world" scenarios.
El Paso City Council District 7 Rep. Henry Rivera passed the item at City Council last month.
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Imagine for a moment going to a professional domain that has leaky pipes dripping down on your personal workspace, or security systems that are failing and unreliable. Many of our local police officers operate out of aging retail centers that were repurposed for regional police command centers.
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An El Paso police officer was found not guilty of manslaughter Thursday afternoon in the deadly shooting of a Lower Valley man in the back in 2015.
It was the second trial for Officer Mando Gomez; his first trial earlier this year ended in a mistrial after a prosecutor collapsed in court.
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On Thursday, the City of El Paso will educate voters about the contents of a proposed public safety bond costing hundreds of millions of dollars.
The city will make its case to El Pasoans today for a more than $400 million upgrade to the police and fire departments.
The 2019 Public Safety Bond includes more than $220 million for police and $190 million for fire.
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As the number of fatalities involving pedestrians continue to rise across the city, TxDOT El Paso is making sure those behind the wheel and those crossing the road are aware of their surroundings at all costs.
“A lot of times we get caught up in the fact that we expect the driver to see us or for us to have the right of way no matter what and that is simply not the case.
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The second trial for an El Paso police officer is underway in the 120th District Court.
Mando Kenneth Gomez is facing one manslaughter charge for shooting and killing Erik Salas-Sanchez in 2015.
Gomez was tried in February, but after a prosecutor collapsed in the courtroom, the judge declared a mistrial.
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When he joined the Harris County Sheriff’s Office — and fought for the right to wear his turban and beard — Sandeep Dhaliwal became a trailblazer for Sikhs across North America. NYPD Sgt. Gurvinder Singh, president of the Sikh Officers’ Association, first got to know Dhaliwal in 2016, after hearing about his mission to wear his articles of faith on duty.
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After washing their hands, two El Paso Police officers seemed to take to their temporary jobs behind the counter at Starbucks, pouring on the charm while pouring coffee.
Officer Jared Lamb, who joked that his nickname used to be Cold Brew, had fun calling out names loudly, even though customers were close by.
"Ruben! Thanks a latte," Lamb quipped as a customer picked up his order.
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Officials with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office confirmed to CBS4 that the driver who died in a east El Paso crash on Sunday was a detention officer with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office.
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Officials with the City of El Paso announced Tuesday a series of public meetings where they will be presenting information on the proposed 2019 Public Safety Bond scheduled to be on the November 5, 2019 ballot.
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El Paso Chief of Police Greg Allen spoke to members of the El Paso Central Business Association about his department, his officers and the mass shooting that left 22 dead and more than two dozen injured on August 3.
Allen said shooters look for "soft targets," those areas where people are not expected to or won't fight back.
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A group of first responders made a stop in San Antonio Sunday morning to gather support for El Paso victims and fellow first responders who responded to the deadly shooting that killed more than 20 people.
"We get forgotten, what we go through. We’re not just one event though. We’re many events.
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When 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, wearing ear protection and armed with an AK-47 style rifle, approached the packed Cielo Vista Walmart last Saturday, there wasn’t an armed police officer working security there to stop him.
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The El Paso City Council held a meeting Thursday to provide updates on the El Paso shooting.
Patrick Crucius allegedly opened fire Saturday morning at the Walmart near Cielo Vista. Twenty-two people died, and 27 others were injured.
Officers responded within six minutes.
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Twenty people were killed and more than two dozen were injured when a gunman opened fire Saturday afternoon at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Authorities have yet to release a list identifying those killed or injured in the shooting.
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It’s been almost a month since the death of Deputy Carlos Ramirez.
The El Paso native was serving in Kendall County when he was struck and killed by a passing car during a routine traffic stop on July 2.
Ramirez leaves behind a wife and two children, but today the family had a reason to honor him once again.
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Deputy Carlos Ramirez was laid to rest at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery on Tuesday.
Graveside ceremony for Deputy Carlos Ramirez at Fort Bliss Cemetery
The fallen deputy was an El Paso native who graduated from Burges High School.
Ramirez was a U.S. Army Reserve veteran who served the Kendall County Sheriff's office for three years.
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El Pasoans may have the chance to vote on a $900 million bond for public safety in November.
City leaders said they conducted a study that found that if residents want better emergency response times, they need better and more facilities.
“We need to make sure that anytime somebody is relying on a police officer to show up that we need to have the resources to (respond) .
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A Kendall County Sheriff’s Deputy killed when he was struck by a passing vehicle on I-10 near Boerne, Texas Tuesday was a 2006 Burges High School grad, according to a local law enforcement source.
Deputy Carlos Ramirez was outside of his unit on I-10 responding to a traffic stop when he was struck and killed.
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Police departments across the state of Texas will now be able to offer recruits student loan repayment assistance. This comes after Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law this week.
Senate Bill 16 allows police departments across Texas to give officers a maximum of $20,000 in state money to pay off their student loans.
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The banning of police escorts for funeral processions in El Paso could become permanent.
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The City of El Paso Police Department, in collaboration with Emergence Health Network and the County of El Paso, took a big step forward recetly in efforts to improve the behavioral health system of care.
The department launched its Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) to serve El Paso residents experiencing a mental health crisis.
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2nd Suspect Charged In Death Of Texas Sheriff's Deputy
Authorities say the girlfriend of a man charged in the fatal shooting of a Texas sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop has also been charged in the officer's death.
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Nearly three dozen local cyclists laced up Saturday morning in support of our community's fallen law enforcement officers.
EP Fitness hosted the inaugural "Thin Blue Line Ride" indoor cycling event at its Lee Trevino location.
The charity ride raised money and awareness for the Chuck Heinrich Memorial Park and the officers it honors.
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The FBI has released the latest statistics on fallen officers who were killed in the line of duty in 2018. According to the report, 106 officers were killed last year. Of the 106 deaths, 55 were felonious acts and 51 were accidents.
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The Texas Department of Transportation is launching their annual Click It or Ticket Campaign on Wednesday, May 8, to reduce the number of drivers and passengers who are killed or seriously injured because they’re not buckled up.
According to TxDOT, wearing a seat belt reduces the risk of dying in a crash by 45% in a passenger vehicle, and up to 60% in a pickup truck.
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The death of a police officer or firefighter is the biggest fear the families of first responders face. The combination of shock, grief, disbelief and anger is overwhelming, especially in the hours following the tragedy. That is when The Borderland 100 Club steps in immediately to help. The club's president is former El Paso police Officer Amanda Walsmith.
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LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — The first SWAT team members to see the horror in the Columbine High School library had to step around bodies and ignore a wounded student's plea for help as they searched for shooters they didn't know had already died by their own hands.
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El Pasoans joined by members of law enforcement spent an emotional Sunday morning remembering loved ones in the community who lost their lives.
The week of April 7th through the 13th is National Crime Victims' Rights Week in the United States.
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An officer was fatally shot while responding to a burglar alarm at a Texas home. According to local news station CBS7, Officer Nathan Heidelberg was shot by the homeowner who believed his house was being broken into.
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The FBI released their Preliminary Semiannual Crime Statistics for 2018 on Monday, reporting an overall crime decline during the first half of last year. The report shows a decline in both violent crime and property crime in 2018 when compared to stats from the first half of 2017. Nearly all offenses in the violent category declined. Robbery decreased by 12.
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Some El Paso police officers took time off from their busy schedule to read to children at Barnes and Noble Saturday.
Dozens of kids showed up to hear officers read and they were joined by McGruff the crime dog.
The purpose of the event was to help build relationships with children, so if they ever need help, they'll feel comfortable enough approaching an officer.
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El Paso law enforcement officers are contradicting President Donald Trump's claims that El Paso was unsafe before the border barrier was built.
The president of the local police officers union told ABC-7 the barrier had nothing to do with making El Paso one of the safest cities in the nation.
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Whether it is a pedestrian investigation on a busy street, taking the report of a crime or placing a person in custody, police officers have physical contact with people throughout their busy work day. With that contact, comes the risk of being exposed to various infections such as hepatitis A.
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It started as an attempt to serve a search warrant at a suspected drug house and quickly turned into a gun battle that killed two suspects and injured five officers, including four who were shot, Houston's police chief said.
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When East Dundee, a tiny suburb of Chicago, ordered body cameras for its 17 police officers, Terry Mee, the police chief at the time, told local reporters the devices would promote “officer safety” and “positive interaction with the public.
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As the Trump administration and Congress continue to spar over $5 billion in funding for a new border wall, the resulting government shutdown has reached day 26. On Jan. 12, it officially became the longest shutdown in American history, with no indication of an end in sight. Here’s how a government shutdown affects public safety personnel and first responders.
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The El Paso Police Department had 107 vacant positions as of Dec. 16.
The number of police officer jobs being filled across the country is on the decline. In El Paso the number of applications being submitted isn't necessarily the issue. It's the number of people making it through the academy application process.
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Whether it’s braving a house engulfed in flames to save a life or simply buying lunch for a hungry person in need, police officers all over this country are making a difference – big and small – in the lives of countless Americans.
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El Paso Police have arrested a suspect who they believe shot a police officer near Seville and Sambrano in South Central El Paso earlier Tuesday, Dec. 11.
Police apprehended the suspect, who they described as a Hispanic male, at around 8 p.m. at a residence located on the 100 block of North Clark.
Crisis management team made contact with the suspect but he refused to come out.
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KFOX14 Investigates exclusively learns City Manager Tommy Gonzalez could be in for another raise and other perks as the city looks to solidify a new agreement.
The employment agreement comes in the final days of the current council and in advance of his contract renewal, which would happen in June 2019.
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Getting help during an emergency just got simpler.
El Paso County has added Text-to-911 as an additional way to request emergency assistance, according to the El Paso Fire Department.
Officials say the service should only be used when voice calling is not possible or if it would put the caller in danger.
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Chuck Wexler talks to police chiefs frequently, as head of the Police Executive Research Forum think tank in Washington. Recently, he asked a roomful of chiefs to raise their hands if they wanted their children to follow them into a law enforcement career. Not one hand went up, he said. Nationwide, interest in becoming a police officer is down significantly.
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Thanksgiving weekend was a deadly one for law enforcement with four officers killed in the line of duty across four different states. Officer Leann Simpson of the Philadelphia Police Department in Mississippi was killed Saturday in a car collision. Simpson was en route to assist with a traffic stop when her patrol car hit a light pole and rolled.
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A Chicago police officer and two hospital workers were killed Monday by a gunman who carried out a grisly assault at a city hospital. Police identified the fallen officer as Samuel Jimenez, a young cop with less than two years with the department.
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A Florida man with a criminal history and a fervor for President Donald Trump sent at least 13 mail bombs to prominent Democrats, Justice Department officials said, crediting DNA, a fingerprint match and misspellings for the key break in a case that spread fear of election-season violence with little precedent in the U.S.
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An El Paso Police Department officer was arrested months after he allegedly struck a pedestrian on Interstate 10 West and fled the scene, authorities said.
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It's been 30 years since the El Paso Police Department moved into their current headquarters, which was once a Sears department store.
El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen reported to El Paso City Council that the police department is in need of a new headquarters building on Tuesday.
Chief Allen said the efficiency of the building is costing the city money in repairs.
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The El Paso Police Department is hosting a one-day event to introduce the various units of the El Paso Police Department. Static displays and active demonstrations from Community Services, Traffic and Motors, SWAT, Crisis Management Team, Bomb Squad, K-9, COMSAR, Command Post, and Police Explorers to be held throughout the day.
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A $110,000 grant from Andeavor Corporation, THE Cardwell Foundation and the El Paso Community Foundation would allow the City of El Paso to buy body cameras for the El Paso Police Department. The grant will fund body cameras for the EPPD Crisis Intervention Team Unit and the DWI unit, according to a news release by the grant donors.
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The police officer accused in the drowning of his 11-month-old son was found not guilty of injury to a child.
On Thursday, the judge dropped two of the three charges he faces.
Judge Susan Larson acquitted Raymond Licon Jr. on charges of abandoning and endangering a child and criminal negligent homicide.
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El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen addresses viral video incident and discusses investigation process and Discipline Review Board.
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On Thursday, July 5th, officers responded to the area of 6700 block of Sambrano on a criminal trespass call. A series of events unfolded while the officers were handling the call and culminated with the situation that was captured on video and posted on social media sites.
The Department’s Internal Affairs Unit is conducting an investigation of the incident.
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Dallas police Officer Crystal Almeida, an El Paso native and Americas High School graduate, is slowly recovering from severe injuries she sustained in a shooting while on duty last week.
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OKLAHOMA CITY — The anxiety and seething anger that followed the disappearance of middle-income jobs in factory towns has helped reshape the American political map and topple longstanding policies on tariffs and immigration. But globalization and automation aren’t the only forces responsible for the loss of those reliable paychecks.
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One police officer has died and another was critically wounded in a shooting Tuesday by a gunman inside a Home Depot store in northeast Dallas, which set off a five-hour manhunt that ended with the chase and arrest of the suspected shooter.
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Like many law enforcement agencies, the Utah Highway Patrol has lots of vacancies to fill as officers leave for higher-paying jobs. It also has a lot of competition. Salt Lake City recently announced plans to hire 50 additional officers for its police force.
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Roadside signs might declare friendly driving is the Texas way, but not everyone seems to get the message.
That’s why the El Paso Police Department has been using partially marked vehicles to track down aggressive drivers, said Robert Gomez, public information officer for EPPD. Aggressive driving includes speeding, changing lanes without signaling and tailgating another vehicle.
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Richardson police responding to a disturbance on Feb. 7 found themselves caught in an ambush with a man armed with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, according to newly released documents in the fatal shooting of a veteran Richardson officer and another man at an apartment complex. "It looked like he was hunting us," police Sgt. Brian Lee Alcorn stated in the affidavits.
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BY BRIAN FRESKOS · @BRIANFRESKOS
Sometimes before authorities know they’re missing.
It was one of the biggest gun heists in recent memory: A band of thieves broke into several trailers parked at a UPS freight lot in Springfield, Missouri, and hauled away more than 650 firearms.
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A man dressed in black tactical-style gear and armed with an assault rifle opened fire inside a church in a small South Texas community on Sunday, killing 26 people and wounding about 20 in what the governor called the deadliest mass shooting in the state’s history. The dead ranged in age from 5 to 72 years old.
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The body of the Texas Tech police officer killed returns home to El Paso Saturday. Police say 19-year-old student Hollis Daniels shot and killed Floyd East Jr. in Lubbock earlier this month during an attempted arrest.
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A Texas Tech University student confessed to killing a campus police officer who had been booking him on a drug possession charge, telling detectives he had done "something illogical" and that "he was the one that shot their friend," an investigator said. In an affidavit released Tuesday, Det.
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At Least 50 Killed As Gunman Opens Fire At Las Vegas Concert
A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 50 people as tens of thousands of concertgoers screamed and ran for their lives, officials said Monday. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
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El Pasoans deployed to assist in Hurricane Harvey relief efforts said they found a welcoming spirit amid the destruction caused by floods in the Houston region.
An El Paso Fire Department rescue boat evacuated people in flooded neighborhoods while El Paso law enforcement officers backed up Houston police.
“What stands out is the devastation of all the homes," said Lt.
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The massive facility was opened Tuesday night and can house up to 10,000 evacuees, according to Houston media. As many as 1,030 people had arrived there as of early Wednesday morning.
The department sent 31 officers, four sergeants and one lieutenant more than 500 miles to support the local law enforcement in Houston.
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City Council Tuesday voted down an agenda item that would ask the El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association to return a $10,000 donation by former District 4 City Representative Carl Robinson.
Robinson, who could not run for re-election because he was termed-out, donated the $10,000, allocated from his office's discretionary funds, to the police union shortly before he left office.
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One man was hospitalized for injuries he allegedly sustained while resisting arrest after a police pursuit, officials said Thursday morning.
The man, who has not been identified, was allegedly speeding on Interstate 10 westbound near Artcraft Road, El Paso Police Department spokesman Sgt. Enrique Carrillo said.
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Some of El Paso's bravest are on an epic run across the state. These police officers are on an important mission for the Special Olympics.
"The kids are counting on us to get there to Arlington. The games will not start until the torch gets there," said Jesus Hernandez. Hernandez is an officer with the El Paso Police Department. He's also one of the runners.
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The 29th Annual Candlelight Vigil at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial honored 394 officers who have died in the line of duty. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly spoke at the event and lead the crowd in the candle lighting. "We mourn these fallen officers. We cannot avoid this dark truth," Sessions said.
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A Juárez police officer was killed and another was wounded in an attack outside a convenience store Wednesday morning just west of downtown, officials said.
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The name of an El Paso police motorcycle officer killed while escorting a funeral will be added to the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial next month after initially being excluded.
Officer Adrian Arellano, 39, was killed when his police motorcycle was hit by a car while working off-duty escorting a funeral procession on March 18, 2015.
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At three years old, Kona has experienced enough pain to last a lifetime. The Shar-pei mix was found on the streets of Juarez, Mexico after being hit by a car. After losing the use of his two front legs, the dog had been dragging himself along so long that bone was exposed. His injuries were so far gone that a vet made the decision to amputate Kona's front legs.
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For many who knew police Officer David Ortiz it's almost unbelievable a year has gone by since he died.
For Ortiz's family the death is still fresh in their hearts.
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The El Paso Municipal Police Officers’ Association sadly announces the passing of retired Detective Alfredo "Freddie" Bonilla #52. He passed away at the age of 80.
(Ret.) Detective Bonilla served the El Paso community as a peace officer for many years.
Funeral Services for (Ret.
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El Paso officials gathered Thursday to discuss how the city will grow within the next 3 years.
Public safety made its way to the front of discussions.
City council, the mayor and the city manager gathered with the heads of all city departments to break down the 20 key projects and goals it has for the next three years.
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A suspect wanted in a federal manhunt opened fire on law enforcement Tuesday. According to MySanAntonio.com, local and state law enforcement joined a federal manhunt for the suspect and attempted to take the man into custody in a restaurant parking lot. The suspect resisted and opened fire on police. One bullet went through a glass pane of the restaurant, but no one was injured.
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The El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association does not back officers who are facing criminal charges, with minor exceptions.
ABC-7 spoke with union President Sgt. Ron Martin after two El Paso police officers were charged with sexual assault.
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For most people, cortisol, the vital hormone that controls stress, increases when they wake up. It’s the body’s way of preparing us for the day.
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A woman accused of driving while intoxicated and injuring an El Paso police officer says she is not guilty.
Sherry Lorraine Rodriguez pleaded not guilty in court on Wednesday.
Rodriguez is accused of crashing into a police vehicle and seriously injuring Officer Andy Rodriguez in December.
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Cops, demonstrators across the US connect during Women's March
On Saturday, millions of people across the nation and abroad gathered together to march for women's rights in one of the largest demonstrations in United States history.
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The El Paso Police Department has been facing a major shortage in officers for several years now, according to the President of the Municipal Police Officers Association Ron Martin.
Martin says the department currently has 1,031 officers. The same amount of officers the department had almost 20-years ago.
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Governor Greg Abbott today announced an effort to strengthen penalties for crimes committed against law enforcement officers – the Police Protection Act.
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The following is a transcript of Bob Schieffer’s weekly commentary from the April 19 broadcast of CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
“The best training to be a reporter or anything else is to work the police beat, because every story you cover is the worst moment in someone’s life.
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