Two police officers get shot at in one week.

WSVN-TV - Local News - Police searching state-wide for the killer of BSO deputy


WSVN-TV - Local News - BSO deputy remains critical as suspected shooter is chargedthis one is in critical condition


WSVN-TV - Local News - Broward deputy fatally shot; 2nd deputy shot in county this weekthis one died


i think this is terribly sad. both of these men had families. and eventhough what I do daily is illegal, I respect the law.
like the "sheriff" said, these tragadies show state of today's youth.

im sorry for the bad news, but I think this is ridiculous.

Well dont know what is goin on but karma is a bitch

lol

"The Broward Sheriff's Office is not going to tolerate thugs in this community that think or imagine that they can assassinate our deputies," Jenne said.

i just don't get it.

man... thats fucked up... its always sad when a cop dies in the line of duty...

That is fucked up but, cops can cause just as much destruction if not more if you didn't notice.

First off I'd like to say, 80% of the cops in my town are drug addicted pricks, and the other 20% are the cocky kids who always acted tough in highschool. And I cant stand a one of them. Its still would never think of shooting them. I think its terrible when an officer is killed on duty, let alone how people now a days resort to guns the way they do. Its such a pussy way out of things.

What kind of destruction are the police causing?

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What kind of destruction are the police causing?

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ummmmmmmmmmmmmm where the fuck have you been? Ever heard of the D.E.A.?

Two dead cops arenâ??t nearly enough to make up for all the problems they have caused. For every problem they fix they cause twice as many, for every good cop there are at least 5 filthy ones. Two cops got popped by one of the students that went to my former high school. Michael Kennedy was his name, and less than a year later another ex-student from my school shot up VA Tech, WESTFIELD REPRESENT! Anyways, all the cops do is take the drugs they confiscate from the rich communities and traffic them back into the poorer neighborhoods. It pisses me off that every time one dies its viewed as a tragedy and that there are problems with todays youth. Then they look at video games and music. Its like that cock sucker peter brimelow and VDARE, they are just searching for scapegoats to deter the attention away from the real problem, themselves. The pigs knew what they were getting into when they took the job. They donâ??t deserve sympathy, and fuck their children, they are guilty by association.

Guess what Raider, you just earned yourself a lil' vacation... I know at least one other mod on here who would vote for a perma on your ass... I'm leaning that way myself.

To say that I am appalled by your post is an understatement. You're PROUD that someone from your school is a psychopath who murdered innocent people in cold blood? You think 2 dead cops isn't ENOUGH?

It's not the cops, it's the law. What have YOU done to change your laws lately? HAve you ever taken a petition around or called your congressman?

No?

Didn't think so.

Hey Raider, although you've lost your opportunity HERE. I really think you should stay talkin to someone about this, maybe a counselor. Sounds like you need a hug. Good luck, and dont kill anybody.

this is very sad but........third time's a charm

WSVN-TV - Local News - Slain deputy is third shot in 10 days in Florida

Slain deputy is third shot in 10 days in Florida

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BRANDON, Fla. (AP) -- The Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy killed early Wednesday became the third Florida deputy to be shot in a 10-day span, a rare spate of gun violence involving officers that advocates say underscores the job's high risks.

More U.S. police officers were killed while on duty in the first six months of 2007 -- 101 -- than during any such period since 1978, according to the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund, which tracks the numbers. That included 39 who were fatally shot -- up from 27 during the same period last year -- and 45 who died in traffic accidents.

"It's the most dangerous profession in America," said Craig W. Floyd, chairman of the Washington-based group. "You never know when the odds are going catch up with you."

Floyd, who learned of Sgt. Ron Harrison's slaying when it was announced at a National Fraternal Order of Police conference in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday morning, said he can't remember three officers shot in the same state in separate incidents in such a short span.

Harrison, 55 and a 20-year veteran deputy, was fatally shot in his car shortly after leaving a drunken driving checkpoint he was manning in this community east of Tampa. The suspected shooter barricaded himself in a house nearby and was fatally shot later by SWAT team officers.

Harrison's slaying came on the heels of Friday's fatal shooting of Broward County sheriff's Sgt. Chris Reyka, 51, 200 miles away in Pompano Beach. Reyka, whose funeral was Wednesday, was looking for stolen vehicles behind a drug store when someone got out of a white car and fired at least five shots at him. His killer is still being sought.

On Aug. 6 in the same South Florida county, off-duty Broward County deputy Maury Hernandez was shot in the head after he pulled over a motorcyclist who had run several red lights. The suspect was arrested moments later at a nearby condominium. Hernandez, 28, remains hospitalized in critical condition.

Floyd called this year's 44 percent increase in fatal police shootings across the country "alarming." The reasons aren't immediately clear, he said, but the numbers are edging up as the violent crime rate rises.

The 101 killed during the first six months of this year compares with 145 officers killed nationally in all of 2006, including nine in Florida. That includes 52 who were shot, 45 who died in traffic crashes, 15 struck by a vehicle and 14 who died from job-related illnesses.

One in 6,000 officers dies in the line of duty every year, Floyd said.

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist called the recent spate of shootings in his state "very sad."

"These people who work in law enforcement -- as well as firefighters -- these first responders put their lives on the line each and every day and it breaks my heart whenever any of them lose their lives," Crist said during a visit to Orlando on Wednesday. "We can never thank them enough and my heart and prayers go out to the family."

Many questions remain in Harrison's slaying.

A witness reported she was driving alongside Harrison's car at about 1 a.m. when she heard shots fired, Sheriff David Gee said. The woman said Harrison's car clipped her vehicle as it passed by with its lights on, then crossed the road and struck a tree.

Harrison, shot in the upper torso, was pronounced dead at a hospital.

"It's unclear if the shooter was in a vehicle or if he ambushed the deputy from the roadside," Gee said.

Around that time, authorities received a call from another woman who said her boyfriend told her that he had been in a shooting with a police officer, and provided his address, Gee said.

Deputies who found the man barricaded in the house determined that he had been involved in Harrison's shooting, Gee said. He was later identified as Michael Allen Phillips, 24.

The man fired from a window twice during the standoff, hitting a deputy's vehicle and another vehicle outside the house, the sheriff's office said. SWAT members shot him through the window.

"The law enforcement community is a very close-knit profession, whether local, state or federal," said Lance Newman, special agent in charge of the Tampa office of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. "When there is a loss in our family, we are all impacted by the senseless death of one of our own. This goes to remind people that law enforcement officers put their lives on the line each and every day to protect our community."