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Two Los Angeles police officers are in a critical condition after being shot in what police are calling an ambush.
Video of the incident shows a figure approach the officers' vehicle, before opening fire and running away.
Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva called the act "cowardly". The suspect remains at large.
Almost 40 US police officers were killed in the line of duty in 2020, FBI statistics show eight of them the victims of an ambush.
Protesters shouted anti-police slogans and blocked the entrance to the emergency room where the two officers are being treated, police and witnesses said.
The officers involved have not been named, but have been described as a 31-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man.
"One male deputy and one female deputy were ambushed as they sat in their patrol vehicle. Both sustained multiple gunshot wounds and are in critical condition. They are both currently undergoing surgery. The suspect is still at large," LA County Sheriffs tweeted.
Video of the incident shows a figure approach the officers' vehicle, before opening fire and running away.
Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva called the act "cowardly". The suspect remains at large.
Almost 40 US police officers were killed in the line of duty in 2020, FBI statistics show eight of them the victims of an ambush.
Protesters shouted anti-police slogans and blocked the entrance to the emergency room where the two officers are being treated, police and witnesses said.
The officers involved have not been named, but have been described as a 31-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man.
"One male deputy and one female deputy were ambushed as they sat in their patrol vehicle. Both sustained multiple gunshot wounds and are in critical condition. They are both currently undergoing surgery. The suspect is still at large," LA County Sheriffs tweeted.
Two LA police officers shot in 'ambush'
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At this point both deputies are alive. It's somewhat odd but they've only been out of the academy for 14 months and were paired up on transit patrol. Normally you do custody but that's changing.
At last word a female officer, a 31 year old female with a six-year-old son was in serious condition after taking several rounds to her jaw, her right arm and several to her left arm. Her partner is also in serious condition after taking numerous shots including to the head that did not enter the cranial space.
I have also worn the badge as a Los Angeles area cop. It was my career. We are unique members of society. I mean, who carries a jar of Vicks in their go bag accept a cop? If you have not put on a uniform, run into gun fire, held people as they are dying, done CPR, held a mother as she grieved her dead son... you know what to do... Or heard the sound of a .45 going off and the girlfriend screaming a blood-curdling scream as she runs out of the apartment just as you roll in and you know instantly what just happened. Her man just offed himself. She runs to you for comfort and then beats on your chest and demands to know why? You can't tell her why because you don't know. All you can do is hold them as they slam their fists down onto your chest. Done that and more but didn't always write up every insignificant detail because I didn't want the attention. I seldom say a word. Just like most don't. A simple nod or look in the eyes is all that's necessary. Maybe they pin a metal on your chest and you're thinking to yourself that you were just doing your job. Who needs it and you toss it in a drawer.
You pull doubles all week and fail like so many do at personal relationships. "You're never home. I'm scared. I'm afraid to answer the phone." Some like me drank too much at one time just to get away for a while and by God's grace were able to put it down. Yet the images are locked in your brain and you can often remember each and every step you took as you walked into the situation... when you would pick the little boy or the girl up and take them out of the room.
And now they say defund the police. Get rid of the police. Murder the police because the only good cop is a dead cop. Democrat-run cities and democrat-run states. Even in this case a Democrat Sheriff voted in by the citizens. They want to send a therapist in to a man holding his wife with a knife to her throat. I think of these things each time I watch the news now and hear of a brother or sister that has paid the ultimate price not knowing them but knowing what they've seen and felt. It hurts and you don't even know their name.
Then we have these effing millionaire athletes taking a knee instead of standing for our flag. Writing BLM on their helmets or on their baseball bats. Or giving millions of dollars to them. They are supporting and rewarding criminals. Miscreants that don't deserve to breathe the air that we breathe.
When it comes time to vote, forget your party and vote for your family's safety. Vote your conscience and not your party. No matter what we need to put "us" back in "U.S."
At last word a female officer, a 31 year old female with a six-year-old son was in serious condition after taking several rounds to her jaw, her right arm and several to her left arm. Her partner is also in serious condition after taking numerous shots including to the head that did not enter the cranial space.
I have also worn the badge as a Los Angeles area cop. It was my career. We are unique members of society. I mean, who carries a jar of Vicks in their go bag accept a cop? If you have not put on a uniform, run into gun fire, held people as they are dying, done CPR, held a mother as she grieved her dead son... you know what to do... Or heard the sound of a .45 going off and the girlfriend screaming a blood-curdling scream as she runs out of the apartment just as you roll in and you know instantly what just happened. Her man just offed himself. She runs to you for comfort and then beats on your chest and demands to know why? You can't tell her why because you don't know. All you can do is hold them as they slam their fists down onto your chest. Done that and more but didn't always write up every insignificant detail because I didn't want the attention. I seldom say a word. Just like most don't. A simple nod or look in the eyes is all that's necessary. Maybe they pin a metal on your chest and you're thinking to yourself that you were just doing your job. Who needs it and you toss it in a drawer.
You pull doubles all week and fail like so many do at personal relationships. "You're never home. I'm scared. I'm afraid to answer the phone." Some like me drank too much at one time just to get away for a while and by God's grace were able to put it down. Yet the images are locked in your brain and you can often remember each and every step you took as you walked into the situation... when you would pick the little boy or the girl up and take them out of the room.
And now they say defund the police. Get rid of the police. Murder the police because the only good cop is a dead cop. Democrat-run cities and democrat-run states. Even in this case a Democrat Sheriff voted in by the citizens. They want to send a therapist in to a man holding his wife with a knife to her throat. I think of these things each time I watch the news now and hear of a brother or sister that has paid the ultimate price not knowing them but knowing what they've seen and felt. It hurts and you don't even know their name.
Then we have these effing millionaire athletes taking a knee instead of standing for our flag. Writing BLM on their helmets or on their baseball bats. Or giving millions of dollars to them. They are supporting and rewarding criminals. Miscreants that don't deserve to breathe the air that we breathe.
When it comes time to vote, forget your party and vote for your family's safety. Vote your conscience and not your party. No matter what we need to put "us" back in "U.S."
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COL David Turk
And how about the times you’re called to domestic disputes where the man has beaten the crap out of the woman. You finally get him off her and try to get him under control (cuffs). He’s fighting like hell, and the abused woman decides to start fighting you because she doesn’t want her man arrested.
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SSG Robert Ricci
COL David Turk you are absolutely correct Colonel. If you arrest her man she loses her meal ticket. It's a shame to sound so cynical but it sounds like you know the truth of it. "Don't Take My Man away! He loves me. He won't do it again."
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COL David Turk
SSG Robert Ricci - speaking from experience; payday nights at Fort Dix in the early ‘70’s. DI’s (mostly) getting drunk at the NCO club then going home and beating on their FN wives. Not a lot, but always one or two a month. On one occasion, the wife jumped on the back of the DO as we were taking the perpetrator out (the DO was required to show up). My patrol was there with the patrol Supervisor (senior NCO).
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