Officer Mario Roberto Jenkins
Canine Officer Mario Jenkins, 29, was killed outside the Citrus Bowl on 9/24/05 at approximately 5:04 p.m. as fans were arriving for a football game that was starting at 6:00 p.m. between the University of Central Florida and Marshall University. Officer Jenkins, a four-year veteran with the University of Central Florida Police Department, was working with […]
Officer John P. Hooks
showed he died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Hooks joined the Sioux City Police Department in 2002. Before that he worked at the North Sioux City Police Department. Hooks had been an award-winning member of K-9 teams since his days with the North Sioux City Police Department. In 2000 he was on a team that won […]
Sgt. Jason Lynn Norton
and a third person was flown to Germany for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries which included burns, scrapes and a head wound. Norton, a patrol and K-9 officer, had been stationed in Alaska since 2002 and worked alongside other police agencies in Anchorage responding to bomb threats against schools and airliners. Norton grew up in Miami, Okla., […]
Sgt. Adam Leigh Cann
Memorial Tribute Size- 3.4 meg Sergeant Adam Leigh Cann, 23, of Davie Florida, died trying to protect his comrades and civilians at a police recruitment center in Ramadi, Iraq at approximately 7:40 a.m. on January 5, 2006. Sergeant Cann, part of the military police, sensed trouble when his police canine Bruno became agitated at the […]
Trooper Sgt. Kathleen Margaret Barrett
Massachusetts State Trooper, Sgt. Kathleen M. Barrett, died March 23, 2006 after a long battle with cancer at the age of 53 after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998. Kathleen Barrett joined the Massachusetts State Police in 1980 and became one of the top canine officers in the region. Kathleen was a Master Trainer […]
Steve A.Vitale
. Lau is also charged with the attempted murder of Vitale’s wife, who was also in the car at the time and is being held without bail. A law suit was filed June 26, 2006 in the amount of $100 million against the city and the NYPD by the widow of Steven Vitale, Mrs. Karen […]
Corporal Brian C. Putman
The accident occurred after 1 p.m. in West Monroe. A white Chevrolet, driven by Billy Battle, 36, of West Monroe, turned left in front of Putman, who was riding a motorcycle on Constitution Drive. Battle was issued a citation for failure to yield while turning left. Battle was not injured in the accident. Corporal Putman […]
Sgt. Darryl Tsujimoto
Sergeant Darryl Tsujimoto, 41, died of a heart attack during K-9 training on 5/1/06 at 9:00 p.m. on Treasure Island. Sergeant Tsujimoto of Alamo had just run a half a mile with a department dog, leading the exercise to track a suspect, when he collapsed. He collapsed at the same point the dog located the […]
Sgt. Rick Elliott
Sgt. Rick Elliot, 50, passed away on May 24, 2006 at his home in Hutchinson, Kansas. Elliott’s wife walked in the bathroom to find her husband dead. He was a Master Trainer, Judge for the Kansas Police Dog Association, head K-9 handler for the Hutchinson Correctional Facility, trainer for Southern Police Canine in North Carolina […]
Detective Michael D. Thomas
Michael D. Thomas, 52, was shot to death on 9/20/06 by a man they who was already being sought in a random shooting in Denver two days earlier. Thomas was on a lunch break during a daylong training exercise when he was shot in the left side while waiting for the light to change on […]
