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Florida Deputies were attempting to take Rodney Burton (pictured at left) into custody for auto theft in an Orange County gas station when Burton pulled a gun and shots were exchanged between him and the Deputies.

Ironically, Deputy Hope Cieszynski, from the fugitive unit, just happened to be in the store using the ladies room and was on a different radio channel so unaware of the impending arrest inside the store. A bullet went through the wall and either the bullet or shrapnel hit her in the leg. It's unclear who fired that shot.

Cieszynski's injuries were minor, unlike Burton's who was shot in the head or neck. Although he is expected to survive. 

Click here to read the full story from WFTV Florida via Officer.com

Two months ago Framingham Officer Phil Hurton was in a foot chase with a robbery suspect when the suspect stopped and ambushed him.

Hurton was shot twice in the face with a .40 caliber pistol. Hurton said this of the injuries in an Officer.com article, "One of them grazed me and hit my ear. The other one went in my dimple, knocked out my back teeth. It shattered my jaw, and stopped in my neck near the artery and trachea. Doctors couldn't explain why it stopped and didn't do more damage to my throat."

The bullet came within a millimeter of the carotid artery.  

"It was dark. I was off by myself away from my car. I was concerned if I fell down and couldn't get up, they might not find me in time. They would find me, but I didn't know how much time I had. So, I had to make it back to the street, to the car, so somebody could find me," Hurton said. 

Hurton, 32, is recovering faster than doctors expected, and he is eager to get back on the street.

"I feel very lucky. I don't look at it as unlucky. I could look at it one of two ways: I got shot and nearly got killed or I look at it as I got shot and I survived," Hurton said.

Click here to read the full article from TheBostonChannel.com and to see a video interview with Officer Hurton.

Troy Brake will face life in prison when he is sentenced on July 6th due in large part to the excellent work done on the quadruple murder case by Ottawa County Sheriff's Office Deputies and Detectives.

An article from the Grand Rapids Press says that family members of Sharmaine Zimmer and her sons, 17-year-old Tyler and 20-year-old Jeremy, along with his girlfriend and university student 18-year-old Katherine Brown applaud Ottawa County Detectives, who kept pictures of the victims on their desks while investigating the case, for helping bring justice to these victims.

Click here to read the article from the Grand Rapids Press

Showing that it pays to pay attention when on patrol, Kent County Deputy Sal Vitale solved a robbery last weekend before the robbery had even been reported by Marathan Gas Station employees.

According to meda reports, Deputy Vitale was driving by the gas station at 781 68th St. SE at about 4 a.m. Saturday morning when he saw a masked man carrying gun and running away from the store.

Deputy Vitale was able to take the man into custody as employees called 911 to report the robbery.

Saturday September 26th, 2009 at Grand Haven Golf Club

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Event will be limited to first 18 teams.

 Leave mesaage for David Prout for more info or registration paperwork.

The set of statistics below comes from Ohio Trainer Robert Borsch who is a proponent of single officer entry on active shooter incidents when that is all that is available. These statistics were published in the latest edition of the Force Science Newsletter:

From reviewing close to 100 active-killer outbursts, Borsch has found (in rounded figures) that: 

• 98% of the offenders act alone 
• 90% commit suicide, usually on-site (with most exceptions seeming to occur in cases with domestic-violence overtones)
• 80% use a long gun (rifle, shotgun, or carbine of pistol caliber)
• 75% bring multiple weapons to the scene, sometimes with hundreds of rounds of ammunition
• the offenders typically are "preoccupied with a high-body-count plan, racing to complete it and avoid police"
• increasingly, they are wearing body armor
• they almost never take hostages and do not negotiate
• they are "dynamic and quick," finishing their slaughter in a post-Columbine average of 8 minutes. 

Click here to download the School Shooter: Quick Reference Guide from the FBI

Hit the "Read More" link for the full article from the Force Science Research Center.