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Woman dead in Salt Lake police shooting

Last updated Wednesday, January 9, 2013 - 5:44pm

SALT LAKE CITY — A woman suspected in an armed robbery has been shot dead in a Salt Lake City neighborhood in a confrontation with police.

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Man carrying pellet gun shot by Murray police

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 9:45am

MURRAY — Authorities say Murray police shot and injured a 37-year-old man who was carrying a pellet gun they initially thought was a handgun.

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Erin Francom, wife of fallen officer Jared Francom, speaks at the ceremony renaming the Francom Public Safety Center in Ogden on Friday, January 4, 2012. (KERA WILLIAMS/Standard-Examiner)

Ogden police building renamed for Officer Francom on one-year anniversary of his slaying

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, January 5, 2013 - 8:05am

OGDEN — On the one-year anniversary of his death, Jared Francom’s home away from home was named after him.

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A video frame grab from a patrol vehicle’s dash-cam footage shows a Morgan County sheriff’s deputy shooting at suspect Kristine Nicole Biggs after a chase through three counties on Nov. 24. Biggs, 41, was shot in the eye in South Ogden, treated at an area hospital and is now in Weber County Jail. The Davis County Attorney’s Office is reviewing the shooting to determine if it was justified. Centerville Assistant Police Chief Paul Child says officers rarely shoot at motorists, but the Top of Utah has seen three such shootings by law enforcement since October. (Courtesy of South Ogden Police Department)

Officials discuss recent police shootings in conflicts with motorists

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, December 26, 2012 - 7:51am

Since October, the Top of Utah has seen three shootings involving an officer and a motorist.

Two of those cases are still under investigation, with the most recent case having happened Dec. 18 in Ogden.

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Officer shoots, kills man in Taylorsville

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 11:01am

TAYLORSVILLE — Officials say a man is dead after an officer-involved shooting in the parking lot of the Department of Workforce Services building in Taylorsville.

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Ogden police look for evidence early Tuesday morning near a patrol car police say was rammed by a motorist at The Gate at Canyon Ridge apartment complex on Valley Drive in Ogden. The driver was fired on by an officer, then led police on a high-speed chase that ended in Logan after the driver’s tires were spiked and the vehicle became stuck. (SCOTT SCHWEBKE/Standard-Examiner)

Police: Man rams Ogden patrol car twice, is shot, rides rims to Logan, surrenders to K-9

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 12:57am

OGDEN — A man shot by an Ogden police officer late Tuesday night, sparking a high-speed chase through three counties, was caught in Logan after law enforcement personnel tracked down his disabled vehicle.

The Weber County Attorney’s Office is investigating the shooting and has not released of the name of the man wounded at The Gate at Canyon Ridge apartment complex on Valley Drive.

Weber County Attorney Dee Smith said Wednesday he has two investigators assigned to the case and will bring in other officers from other agencies in the county to assist.

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Ogden to rename public safety building in honor of slain officer

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 7:42am

OGDEN — Jared Francom’s name will now be a permanent fixture in the city where he served.

On Tuesday night, Ogden city and the city council passed and adopted a joint resolution to rename the Ogden City Public Safety Building the Francom Public Safety Building.

The building at 2186 Lincoln Ave. houses administration for both Ogden’s police and fire departments.

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Man injured after being shot by Enoch police

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 17, 2012 - 10:35am

ENOCH — Police say a 19-year-old man has non-life threatening injuries after being shot by Enoch police in Southern Utah.

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Sunset officer cleared in Oct. shooting

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 14, 2012 - 4:12pm

SUNSET — The Davis County Attorney’s Office has cleared a Sunset police officer in the shooting of a 42-year-old man in October.

Davis County Attorney Troy Rawlings issued a letter on Friday, saying the Oct. 8 shooting of JC Ramirez inside his home was legally justified.

In the letter, Rawlings wrote that the use of deadly force was proper, justified and consistent with the letter and intent of Utah Code ... as well as signifcant cases the Utah States Supreme Court on this issue.

Ramirez has a court hearing set for Thursday before Judge Jerald Jensen.

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Hearing set for woman shot in eye by Morgan deputy

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 4:47pm

FARMINGTON — The 41-year-old woman shot in the eye by a Morgan sheriff’s deputy is scheduled for a court hearing on Monday.

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Member of Matthew Stewart’s defense team disbarred

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 1:06pm

SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake City attorney who is part of Matthew David Stewart’s defense team has been disbarred by the Utah Supreme Court.

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Box Elder deputy cleared in fatal shooting of motorist (video)

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, December 10, 2012 - 11:34pm

CORINNE — A deputy was justified in the fatal shooting of a motorist who tried to run him over with a car, Box Elder County Attorney Stephen R. Hadfield said Friday.

Sheriff’s Deputy Austin Bowcutt felt his life was in danger and his only option was to use deadly force against Troy Clark Burkinshaw, 52, of Sandy, Hadfield said in the five-page report.

The report details what led up to the shooting. About 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26, Bowcutt was driving west on State Road 13 east of Corinne in a marked sheriff’s office truck when he observed Burkinshaw urinating in plain view, just off the westbound lane of the highway, next to a dark blue Volkswagen Jetta.

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Group: Police shoot too many dogs needlessly

Mike Carter The Seattle Times

Last updated Monday, December 3, 2012 - 3:17pm

There has never been a documented case of a dog killing a police officer. The same can’t be said for police killing dogs.

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Survey shows most police now wear body armor

Jessica Lipscomb Naples Daily News

Last updated Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 4:47pm

Policies on bulletproof vests were catapulted into the forefront of local discussion when Cape Coral, Fla., police officer David Wagoner was shot three times during a traffic stop in April 2011.

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A GMC truck driven by Kristine Nicole Biggs, 41, of Whitewater, Colo., sits on two rims, a shredded tire and one intact tire at the Davis County Sheriff’s Office in Farmington, where investigators are processing it after a 32-mile chase Sunday. (Courtesy of Davis County Sheriff’s Office)

Records: Woman shot in eye after chase punched Colo. parks officer last year

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 12:30am

FARMINGTON — The 41-year-old old woman shot in the face by a Morgan sheriff’s deputy on Sunday had punched a Colorado State Parks officer a year ago.

According to Colorado court records, Kristine Nicole Biggs, of Whitewater, Colo., had entered guilty pleas in November 2011 to menacing, resisting arrest and driving under the influence of alcohol. She was placed on three years’ probation Dec. 9, 2011.

As part of the plea agreement, if she completed the probation without any further problems with the law, the convictions would be dismissed.

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