Kyle Johnson

WASHINGTON – The death of a Washington state police officer Dec. 28 raised the total law enforcement deaths in 2009 to 125, still the fewest annual fatalities in the line of duty since 1959. The 125 deaths compared to 133 in 2008, the lowest since 108 a half-century ago, according to the annual report of [...]

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputy Roy B. (Bruce) Sutton, 35, of Hanover, was killed late Friday night in a one-vehicle crash while responding to a 911 call near Madison, Indiana. Deputy Sutton was found dead at the scene of the accident, according to authorities. Sutton was one of three Deputies responding to the 911 call reporting [...]