Wildlife officer saluted for valor in West Memphis showdown
Mike Wintroath/Associated Press Wildlife officer Michael Neal (right) speaks with West Memphis Det. Jimmy Evans after a ceremony Thursday in Little Rock in which Neal was presented the state's Medal of Valor for his part in stopping two suspects in the shooting deaths of two West Memphis officers.
The Arkansas wildlife officer who rammed the vehicle carrying the suspected killers of two West Memphis police officers on May 20 described the horrific firefight that left the two gunmen dead.
“I saw the need, and I reacted upon it,” officer Michael K. Neal of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said Thursday.
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe presented Neal with the Medal of Valor on Thursday for his heroism following the fatal shootings of West Memphis police Sgt. Brandon Paudert and officer Bill Evans on Interstate 40.
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Cinder Blocked Cop: “I Love This Job”
A police officer who was brutally injured in an attack that could have ended his life says he’s set to make a full recovery and can’t wait to get back on the job.
“This was an unfortunate incident,” said Detective Carlos Castillo of the Miami Dade Police Department. “But I’m thankful I’m alive and I see myself making a 100% recovery and that encourages me.”
Detective Castillo was released from the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital Thursday, where he’s been since suffering multiple skull fractures, brain and spine injuries, broken ribs, and damage to several internal organs while on the job April 23.
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Dallas detective overpowers cancer that threatened her ability to walk
Four days a week, more than 20 employees of the Dallas Police Department who work out with the CrossFit program at police headquarters run up and down stairs with weights, do box jumps or push Detective Pamela Starr’s car across the parking lot.
But most of them say they’re not nearly as fit as their trainer. And many of them don’t know that four years ago, Starr was told she wouldn’t be able to run again. Starr, 41, had a cancerous tumor in her spinal cord.
“I just don’t talk about it,” Starr said. “One, because it was devastating, but also because it’s just not as big a deal to me anymore. I kind of worked through all of that.”
In 2005, Starr broke her leg during a soccer game. During the rehabilitation process, she experienced pain in her legs, and by the end of the summer, the pain was in her chest.
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Teen apologizes to officer
Late yesterday evening, the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle contacted the Seattle Police Department on behalf of Angel Rosenthal, the 17-year-old teen who was involved in the officer assault incident, Monday, June 14th. The incident was caught on tape and the video has been seen around the world.
The teenager and her legal team, along with Mr. James Kelly, President and CEO of the Urban League approached the Seattle Police Department regarding the young woman’s desire to meet with Officer Walsh and apologize for her role in the unfortunate incident. .
This morning, there was a meeting between Officer Walsh and the 17-year-old girl. At the meeting the young woman apologized to Walsh for her actions and comments during the incident. Officer Walsh accepted the young woman’s apology. This meeting can be credited to President James Kelly. Also present and supporting these efforts were Rich O’Neill, President of the Seattle Police Officer’s Guild, Deputy Chief Nick Metz and Rev. Reggie Witherspoon, Pastor of Mount Calvary Christian Center.
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Wounded Anchorage officer looks forward to patrol return
It began as a traffic shop early in the morning on June 9 by a veteran Anchorage police officer. Then the driver pulled a gun and shot officer Jean Mills twice. The suspect, fresh out of prison and wanted on new charges, fled.
The situation turned so bad so quickly, she never had a chance to draw her gun, Mills said Tuesday, telling her story publicly for the first time. She doesn’t second guess herself. She thinks she did everything by the book.
“I knew something was hinky, but it was just so fast,” she said.
Dozens of police officers sped to the DeBarr Road scene, but the shooter was gone. Then, just before midnight, as police were closing in on him in a Spenard neighborhood, the suspect shot himself dead.
Mixed martial arts now part of El Paso police training
El Paso police are getting additional self-defense training in part because of the popularity of mixed martial arts, officials said Wednesday at the Police Academy.
Mixed martial arts is a combat sport using elements of boxing, kickboxing, wrestling and submission holds. Gyms in El Paso and across the world teach the sport, which has grown in popularity on television and pay-per-view matches.
“The criminal element is watching this and learning this,” said Lew Hicks, president of a self-defense training company contracted by the Police Department.
Hicks has 16 years of experience, and his system is used by police departments across the country. Hicks said criminals trained in mixed martial arts can be particularly dangerous if they are able to drop, grapple with and disarm a police officer.
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Sheriff’s office raising funds for K-9 units
The loss last year of commissioned K-9 officer, Taz, created a big hole in the Payne County Sheriff’s Department. Taz, was killed when struck by a car while on duty in September.
“It was a freak accident,” Taz’s handler, Deputy Paul Fox, said, noting the dog is sorely missed. “He was five and showing no signs of slowing down.”
Now, the PCSD is working to raise enough money to fill that hole with two new K-9 teams.
Fox said the teams are a huge benefit to law enforcement.
“Most people are aware we use them to detect narcotics,” Fox said. “They’re also important for handler protection – what we call a ‘bite dog.’”
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Canine cop in Newburgh comes up big on Day 1
Thanks for sending, BG and Laura. Great story!
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On the Newburgh police force for less than 24 hours, Tank Tebow, a bloodhound, was put to work with his handler, Officer Curtis Hahne, in tracking down and apprehending a suspect on Wednesday afternoon. The dog was donated to the city by an organization called BloodhoundsRus.Times Herald-Record/JEFF GOULDING
A police bloodhound named Tank Tebow began his first shift Wednesday afternoon and began his first search two hours later.
At 4 p.m., Officer Curtis Hahne and Tank headed to the Kenny apartment complex on South William Street where officers were looking for 38-year-old Cornelius Stubbs of Newburgh. Stubbs grew up in the city and had planned to straighten out his life after his brother was shot to death two years ago, but police now wanted him for breaking parole.
Officers had heard Stubbs had fled into an apartment in the Kennys, but when they entered he had already slipped away through a back door.
That’s where Tank came in. He’s a tracking dog, certified by the National Police Bloodhound Association. An organization called BloodhoundsRus donated him to Newburgh, and the City Council had just agreed the night before to put him into service. Tank is trained to find people.
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Beaumont police officer to ride 7,000 miles in fundraiser
A Beaumont police officer will ride his motorcycle 7,000 miles to raise money for the 100 Club of Southeast Texas and the Beaumont Police Officers Association.
Officer Kolin Burmaster will be one of 1,000 riders who will travel from Key West, Fla., to the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. The first person to cross the finish line wins $500,000.
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