Mark Anthony Estrada, 21, the man arrested in the Wednesday shooting death of Hayward police Sgt. Scott Lunger after a traffic stop, has been booked into Santa Rita Jail, according to KRON 4. Sgt. J.D. Nelson of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said Estrada was taken into custody at roughly 9 p.m. Thursday and will be arraigned Friday at 2 p.m.
For the second time, an employee in the California Department of Justice was caught impersonating as a sworn law enforcement officer. California Attorney General and Democratic Senate candidate Kamala Harris’ office was rocked last month when one of her direct aides was arrested on charges of impersonating a police officer after he took a leading role in setting up a fake police department. Harris has made no comment on either case.
Authorities say a hostile crowd assaulted a Florida police officer while he was trying to arrest a combative man.
Shots fired at approximately 8:25 a.m. Sunday morning that sent one San Diego Police Officer to the hospital were met with responding shots fired at the shooting suspect leaving the man dead at the scene. SDPD officers originally attempted to
A female San Diego Police Officer was shot in the neck Sunday morning at approximately 8:25am in the Kearny Mesa area and has been taken to a local hospital.
The first San Jose police officer to die in the line of duty in 14 years was shot to death on Tuesday night when he responded to a call at 6:48 p.m. from a woman claiming a man was drunk, depressed and could injure others.
A Northern California police officer was shot to death Tuesday after responding to a call about a man threatening to commit suicide.