Ed,if this is inappropriate,forgive me,but since there are working police officers on this Board,I felt the need to post this somewhere,as another dose of reality.
We are mourning the loss of a brother officer today in Jefferson County Texas.Investigation is ongoing,but so far,this is what we know. At around midnight last night,a Game Warden stopped an intoxicated driver on a busy highway outside of Beaumont. Upon his initial contact with the drunk,male driver,a female passenger told the officer that she was being kidnapped. She exited the vehicle. As the driver began attempting to flee,the officer reached inside of the vehicle,attempting to remove the keys.The suspect took off,dragging the officer who was hung up in the steering wheel. The female got into the officer's vehicle and was following,attempting to radio for help. After some distance,the officer fell free of the suspect's vehicle and was run over by his own vehicle,being driven by the female,as well as by two other motorists. Male suspect fled the scene,but turned himself in to police at 0400hrs.,charges pending. There was no kidnapping,simply a rolling disturbance involving two drunks.
I post this information as a reminder to all of us. It is easy for us to fall into a routine,it is easy to forget our tactics,and it is easy for it to all fall to sh*t on us and it is easy for us to lose our lives out there.
He leaves behind a wife,two young children and many grieving officers.

Renee,
It is always unfortunate that we must mourn fellow LEO's.
With that i must post that New Mexico State Police lost an Officer yesterday. While deploying a spike belt to stop a pursuit the offender drove his car into the officer on the side of the road.
This year seems a bad year.

We all mourn the loss of the officers.

On a little happier note, several months ago an officer in Phoenix was rear ended by a cab doing 130. The patrol car burst in to flames. Fortunatly for the officer a Fire unit was on scene on it's way to another call. They managed to get the officer out alive and he has been in the hospital for the last several months. I heard on the news last night that they expect him to WALK out of the hospital soon. He said "I came in here on a gurney, I won't leave that way."

Kevin is right this has been a bad year. I don't know what the rest of us would do without you and your dedication to the protection of our rights, and more importantly lives.

I am sorry to hear that Kevin. We use the accordian type spikes.Deploying these things doesn't always go like the instructions and video advise,does it?.
I think posting these incidents can be beneficial to others who might read them.We are never too experienced to be reminded of what could happen to any of us,given the right set of circumstances.

The Officer, was Lloyd Aragon, he was also a K-9 Handler. He was a 7 year veteran of the State police and had served as a grants City Policeman (& dog handler) prior to lateralling to NMSP.

I have lost a good friend in the line of duty. I made a website dedicated to him. http://gonebutneverforgotten.homestead.com/Richard.html
It is a very deep pain that never leaves you no matter how long you live. My condolences go to the families.

Renee,
Sorry to hear about the loss of another LEO. It effects not only the family, friends and other LEO's but the entire community. We are still grieving the loss of two wonderful deputies from a department just south of Boise. Both K-9 officers. Killed while exercising a warrant. One of them was only 23 years old. The other left behind a wife and chilren. The only good news from are area in the last few months has been that our local K-9 Basco (Malinois) apprended a serial killer recently. (Cowboy Mike killed several women in washington state.) After a chase that went through two states and countless counties. He finally crashed his truck into a brige and jumped 40 feet into the frigid cold waters of the snake river. Shooting at officers several times through out the chase. When they sent the K-9 in to the water he tried to the drown the dog, dunking him 2-3 times before the dog got a nice arm bit / shoulder bite. The handler then just reeled in the dogs long line. Hopfully this can put a smile on your face. My condolences.