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Fallen police officers in Maryland and across America will be remembered during National Police Week, which runs from May 9-15 in 2021. (Shutterstock)
MARYLAND The biggest effect the coronavirus pandemic had on National Police Week isn t that activities in Maryland and elsewhere have been postponed, but the number of police officers whose lives and careers were cut short by the virus.
While their names won t be read at the National Police Officers Memorial Service until its Oct. 16 rescheduled date, they will be honored virtually during National Police Week from May 9-16 this year.
The coronavirus has been cited for one police officer line of duty death in Maryland in 2021, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. Nationally, 63 of the 119 police line of duty deaths in 2021 as of May 4, just under 53 percent, have been due to the virus.
CBP Arrests Nebraska man wanted for Nebraska charges of Sexual Assault of a Child Details Written by Border Scope
Sterling, Virginia - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Washington Dulles International Airport arrested a Nebraska man Friday on a warrant related to charges of three counts of first degree sexual assault of a child.
Officers arrested Kokou Domkpo, 42 years old, a Togolese national and United States lawful permanent resident living in Omaha, Nebraska, before he boarded a flight to Ethiopia. Dompko, was wanted by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Omaha.
CBP officers confirmed that the Douglas County warrant remained active and verified Domkpo to be the subject of the arrest warrant.