Let us not forget the good guys in uniform
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No offense but when police officers get killed in the line of duty it gets a lot of press coverage.
A lot more LEO’s die by suicide and it seems no one wants to talk about it. Yet these folks have died in the line of duty every bit as much as if they were shot by a deranged Democrat.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/10/03/it-s-time-we-talk-about-police-suicide
Let us not forget the good guys in uniform
Civilization BUMP!
This happened today about 2 miles from my house:
A Louisiana police officer was killed Friday and another was wounded following a vehicle chase in a New Orleans suburb, authorities said. (Mandeville is not a NOLA suburb such as Metairie it is on the other side of the lake,)
Authorities identified Mandeville Police Capt. Vincent “Vinny” Liberto Jr. as the officer who died from his injuries. Liberto had been the department since 1994 and served in the Marine Corps for 10 years.
Capt. Vincent “Vinny” Liberto Jr. died Friday after he was shot by a suspect following a car chase in Louisiana, authorities said.
“He leaves a wife who is grieving, children who are grieving,” Sticker said about Liberto. “We have an agency that hasn’t lost an officer in over 50 years that is grieving. The whole law enforcement community is grieving. We’re a tight-knit community. This is a bad day for Mandeville Police Department.”
Mandeville Police Chief Gerald Sticker said at a news conference that the wounded officer, who’s being treated at Lakeview Regional Medical Center, is expected to survive.
Witnesses said the chase began shortly before 2 p.m. after a traffic stop near State Routes 22 and 190. A suspect got out of the vehicle and allegedly shot at Liberto. Another officer arrived and was shot as well, WVUE-TV reported. It was unclear whether the officers returned fire.
The last time a Mandeville police officer died in the line of duty was in 1958, the station reported.
“The only thing we can do right now is ask for the prayers of the community for the officer that is injured and for the person that is deceased,” Mandeville Mayor Donald Villere said.
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Randy Smith said two suspects are in custody and that a weapon has been recovered. The suspects’ names and the possible charges they face weren’t immediately released.