As we reflect on those we’ve lost, please remember the families of our fallen as well. In addition to losing 439 law enforcement professionals in the line of duty this year, there are 214 widows and 589 children who’ve lost a parent.
Officer Antonio Valentine died as a result of the injuries he suffered during the crash, a message from the interim police chief to the rest of the department said.
BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS, Mo. (AP) A police detective and a suspect he was trying to stop have both died in a head-on collision of their vehicles near St. Louis, authorities said. The crash happened Wednesday afternoon after officers with the St.