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BeWare                    POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Acworth , Georgia , USA |
posted 05-21-2015 10:39 AM
    
There has been a significant increase on homicides against police officers this year. Gee, I wonder why that is? I think you can guess why I think it is.
Kerrie Orozco, the first female officer from Omaha's police department to die in the line of duty, had only recently given birth to a daughter, and also was stepmother to two children ages 6 and 7, according to authorities. She was pronounced dead at Creighton University Medical Center shortly after the 1 p.m. shooting, Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said at a hospital news conference. Schmaderer said the suspect, 26-year-old Marcus Wheeler, also died at the hospital.
Orozco was part of a fugitive task force looking for Wheeler to serve a felony arrest warrant for an earlier Omaha shooting. As they closed in on the suspect Wednesday afternoon, Wheeler opened fire, prompting police to return gunfire, Schmaderer said. Orozco, a seven-year veteran of the department who worked in the gang unit, had delivered a premature baby in February, who is due to go home from an Omaha hospital Thursday. She had postponed her maternity leave until the baby was released. "[The baby] is set to be released from the hospital tomorrow," Schmaderer said, his voice breaking. It's been more than 10 years since an Omaha officer was killed in the line of duty, when Officer Jason "Tye" Pratt was shot and killed in September 2003, while chasing down a fleeing suspect. The suspect, 21-year-old Albert Rucker of Omaha, was in turn shot and killed by another officer. Orozcom, who is survived by her husband, Hector Orozco, coached baseball at an Omaha Boys and Girls Club, was a Special Olympics volunteer and served as president of the Police Officers' Ball to benefit the Special Olympics, the chief said. She also took in rescue dogs and was a Girl Scout mentor. "She was a friend, a popular officer," Schmaderer said. "I just can't even imagine that this has happened. The city of Omaha owes her and her family a debt of gratitude." Dr. Michael Wagner, a trauma critical care surgeon at the hospital, said his team provided "aggressive care" to Orozco, but she could be revived. Gov. Pete Ricketts said Orozco's death is a stark reminder of what police officers face every day they go to work. "[This] tragic news is devastating to the law enforcement community and all Nebraskans," Ricketts said. "We must all ensure that Officer Orozco's sacrifice will never be forgotten."
This message has been edited by BeWare on 05-21-2015 at 10:40 AM |
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BeWare POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Acworth , Georgia , USA |
posted 05-21-2015 10:43 AM
Related Baltimore violence out of control after Freddie Gray riots This message has been edited by BeWare on 05-21-2015 at 10:46 AM |
attyedhall POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:midwest usa |
posted 05-21-2015 11:31 AM
http://www.nleomf.org/facts/officer-fatalities-data/year.html http://www.odmp.org/search/year This message has been edited by attyedhall on 05-21-2015 at 11:34 AM |
padroo POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Chesterton, IN, USA |
posted 05-21-2015 12:19 PM
quote: While there were a lot killed by gunfire, a lot of accidents and heart attacks. If you look at the total number and assume they were by gunfire you would be wrong. Still, it is a dangerous job no matter how you look at it. |
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BeWare POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Acworth , Georgia , USA |
posted 05-21-2015 01:59 PM
FBI satistics In 2012 49 Police Officers were Killed by Homicide Average 4.08 per month In 2013 27 Police Officers were Killed by Homicide In 2014 59 Police Officers were Killed by Homicide And according to the link provided already this year l3 Officers Killed by Homicide. 6 of them were in this month of May 2015. This is what I meant by on the rise. The 13 total killed does not include struck by a vehicle which may or may not have been intentional. The what I refer to as The War On Police started in 2014. This message has been edited by BeWare on 05-21-2015 at 02:00 PM |
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attyedhall POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:midwest usa |
posted 05-21-2015 02:06 PM
2014 The Officer Down Memorial Page reports 127 deaths in the line of duty.[9] The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund counted 126 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers killed.[10] The preliminary count from the FBI is that 51 law enforcement officers were 'feloniously' killed in the line of duty in 2014, and an additional 44 died in accidents (total: 95)[8]
Name Department Cause of Death
Read more: http://www.odmp.org/search/year#ixzz3anlobMpJ This message has been edited by attyedhall on 05-21-2015 at 02:09 PM |
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attyedhall POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:midwest usa |
posted 05-21-2015 02:21 PM
the numbers do NOT support the hypothesis that there is any increase in killings of police....in fact just the opposite is true. if you look at the first link I posted, it shows the numbers of police killed by year...and that number is down significantly from the high in 1978. then in the last link I posted, you can see that during that same time, the number of police grew from 846,000 in 1992 to 1,133,915 in 2008. so the fact is that the number of police killed in felonious acts has dropped while the number of police has actually risen. |
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attyedhall POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:midwest usa |
posted 05-21-2015 02:31 PM
being a cop is not even in the top 10 deadliest professions.... |
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attyedhall POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:midwest usa |
posted 05-21-2015 04:40 PM
just for kicks, I wanted to see how many people are killed by cops each year....get this....no records are kept.....go figure.... http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/09/08/how-many-police-shootings-a-year-no-one-knows/ |
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BeWare POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Acworth , Georgia , USA |
posted 05-27-2015 03:12 PM
I wish there were statistics by year of how many cops were ambushed and/or assassinated. I think this would be a measure as to whether there is a current war on police. See my post today re: Hero K9 in Off Topic |
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