INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 1, 2025 /Press Release/ –The National Police Association is asking supporters of law enforcement to email the Connecticut Board of Parole and Pardons. On June 5, 1991, at approximately 3:00 a.m., Connecticut Trooper Russell Bagshaw was conducting a routine patrol and checking on a closed gun store when he was ambushed and fatally Read more »
On July 31, 1995, Arthur Adinolfi, already on probation for a previous robbery spree, was being pursued after breaking into three different stores on the same night. Upon leaving the scene, the defendant disregarded the flashing lights of a responding patrol car and led the police on a high-speed car chase during which he drove Read more »
On June 15th, 1984, Police Officer Juan Andino was shot and killed while questioning a suspect. Officer Andino was walking his beat 3rd Avenue near 149th Street in the Bronx when he was approached by a shopkeeper who informed him of a theft and property damage. As Officer Andino and the storekeeper were walking back Read more »
On Tuesday, June 5, 2007, Abilene, TX Police Officer Jeff McCoy was killed when his patrol car was struck by a drunk driver at 3:40 a.m. While driving east on South 14th Street, an oncoming car crossed into his lane and crashed into the driver’s side of his patrol car. The impact shoved the Read more »
Help stop the parole of the killer of Police Officer Charles D. Burdsall Police Officer Charles Burdsall was shot and killed when he stopped a car he suspected of being involved in an armed robbery at a convenience store minutes earlier. As he approached the vehicle on West McMicken Avenue, he was shot. A 19-year-old Read more »
The tragic case of Officer Anthony Dwyer, a dedicated New York City police officer brutally murdered, underscores why parole for cop killers should be firmly opposed. Eddie Matos, the man responsible for Anthony’s death, is currently serving a sentence of 25 years to life for his role in the crime. Despite this, he has Read more »
On December 3, 2011, David Leonardo was watching his girlfriend’s daughter while his girlfriend was out. Instead of caring for the toddler, he beat two-year-old Priscilla Hernandez to death. An autopsy confirmed she had been abused before. Leonardo was convicted in 2014 and was sentenced to 15 years to life for second-degree murder. However, because Read more »
Video (Fox News) from September 2022 of Washington State Trooper Yasin Anwar being encroached by an agitator who objected to his traffic stop. Questions: Should the public be allowed to encroach on police and distract them while they are working? Or should police be able to carry out their responsibilities without agitators free to Read more »
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Riverside County California Sheriff’s Deputy Isaiah Cordero, 32, was killed in traffic stop by William Shae McKay, a violent criminal who was freed on bail pending sentencing by Judge Cara D. Hutson after being convicted of kidnapping and assault (his third strike) and again after not showing up for his original sentencing date. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Read more »