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Friday, September 14, 2012  Flags are flying half mast as police from across North America join the ranks of officer Partrick O’Rourke’s friends, family and loved ones to celebrate a man who proudly carried out law enforcements oath of honor.

Monday, September 10, 2012  Officer killed in West Bloomfield Township

Monday, March 26, 2012  Ferris State University will honor a Midland native working as a South Dakota police officer killed last year in the line of duty.

Saturday, December 10, 2011  Virginia Tech gunman described as quiet, typical college student who went to small college nearby

Thursday, December 08, 2011  Update: Law enforcement official tells AP that Virginia Tech gunman is believed to be dead.

Friday, October 21, 2011  U.S. flags are waving at half staff Friday as the Michigan police officer who was hit and killed during a bank robbery police chase is laid to rest.

Monday, October 17, 2011  Forty-one-year-old Trevor Slot was run over by an SUV driven by the two suspects, 15 miles northwest of Grand Rapids.

Thursday, August 11, 2011  Funeral and burial for fallen officer in Midland Township.

Monday, August 08, 2011  Retired Flint Police Officer Draike Sparks was killed in a motorcycle crash in Texas.

Saturday, August 06, 2011  The funeral for Officer Ryan McCandless will be held Sunday in South Dakota.

Wednesday, August 03, 2011  Former Midland Police Officer James McCandless was killed during a shootout in South Dakota.

Thursday, June 16, 2011  Gov. Rick Snyder ordered United States flags throughout the state to be lowered to half-staff in honor of Detroit Police Officer Charles Armour on Friday, June 17.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011  Carl Etnrekin, the man who allegedly led police on a high speed chase, that resulted in the roll-over death of Michigan State Police Trooper Jeffrey Werda is out on bond. Poll: If found guilty, should Carl Entrekin face harsher punishments because of the death of Trooper Werda?

Wednesday, May 18, 2011  Carl Entrekin, the man accused in the high speed chase that Trooper Jeffrey Werda was responding to when his car rolled over, will go to trial.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011  “Unfortunately this incident follows an alarming trend nationally in that violence against officers is increasing at an alarming rate,” said one of Public Safety Officer Eric Zapata’s fellow officers during a press conference Tuesday.