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National Police Week 2021 arrived in the wake of unprecedented pressure on law enforcement officers. Amid movements to defund police and budget cuts at large, metropolitan departments, Florida is on track for one of the deadliest years for police officers.
Tampa's police chief said a Colorado man accused of speeding in the wrong direction on a highway before crashing and killing an officer was intoxicated and was in the city for less than 12 hours.
City of Tampa lights up in blue to remember fallen Officer Jesse Madsen
Haley Hinds reports
TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Police Department is mourning the loss of one of their own. 45-year-old Officer Jesse Madsen was killed early Tuesday while attempting to stop a wrong-way driver on I-275.
As night fell, bridges, buildings, and the Tampa Riverwalk were illuminated in blue. The color change is honoring a protector of the city, lost. We were really sad about what happened, said Andy Acevedo, who noticed the blue color by the Riverwalk.
Officer remembered for heroism, dedication to family
Lloyd Sowers reports
Tampa Bay area copes with three law enforcement deaths in three months
Tampa Police Officer Jesse Madsen is the third Tampa Bay area law enforcement officer to die in the line of duty since January. https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-hillsborough/tampa-bay-copes-with-three-law-enforcement-deaths-in-three-months
and last updated 2021-03-10 07:45:13-05
TAMPA, Fla. â Tampa Police Officer Jesse Madsen is the third Tampa Bay area law enforcement officer to die in the line of duty since January.
Tuesday morning just before 1 a.m., the Tampa Police Department says Officer Madsen was struck by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 275.
Investigators believe Madsen intentionally veered his patrol car into the wrong-way driverâs vehicle in an effort to protect other drivers on the interstate. The impact killed both Madsen and the wrong-way driver, Joshua Montague of Golden, Colorado.