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NYPD: Rookie Shot, Killed By PA Ex-Con, Second Officer Clinging To Life NYPD: Rookie Shot, Killed By PA Ex-Con, Second Officer Clinging To Life
Nypd: Rookie Shot, Killed By PA Ex-Con, Second Officer Clinging To Life A 22-year-old rookie New York City police officer was killed and another officer critically wounded Friday night during what has become one of the most violent periods in the city's recent history. Officer Jason Rivera -- who once wrote that he wanted to join the NYPD to “better the relationship between the community and the police" -- was ambushed with two other officers while responding to a domestic violence call in a Harlem apartment, authorities said. The female caller had said she needed help with her son, city officials said during a solemn news conference at Harlem Hospital. The m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Colorado Police Officer With Morris County Roots Shot, Killed In Line Of Duty Colorado Police Officer With Morris County Roots Shot, Killed In Line Of Duty
Colorado Police Officer With Morris County Roots Shot, Killed In Line Of Duty Several Morris County police departments have shared condolences after former resident and longtime Colorado officer Gordon Beesley was killed in the line of duty Monday afternoon. Beesley, a former resident of Mendham, was responding to a report of a suspicious event at the Arvada Library when he was involved in a shootout and was fatally hit around 1:30 p.m., authorities said. The 51-year-old officer had served on the Arvada Police Department in Colorado for 19 years, authorities said. He spent much of his time working at Oberon Middle School, Lincoln Academy and Excel Academy Charter S…

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by Valerie Musson