Area law enforcement agencies prepare for worse case scenarios, as more officers nati

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Area law enforcement agencies prepare for worse case scenarios, as more officers nationally are being shot and killed

10:54 PM, May. 13, 2011 | 26Comments
Purchase Image Members of Winnebago County Sheriff Department's SWAT team retrieve a shooting victim to BearCat during a training at Winnebago County Fairgrounds Thursday, May 12, 2011.


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The fatal shooting of one police officer and the wounding of another in a March 20 standoff Fond du lac has heightened the awareness of law enforcement safety.


Nationally there has been a spike this year in the number of police officers killed by a firearm, which on May 11 stood at 31 — a 41 percent increase over the same period in 2010, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. Shootings surpassed auto accidents as the leading cause of police officer deaths last year and in the first part of 2011.
Although officers being shot are a rare occurrence in northeast Wisconsin, law enforcement officials are keenly aware that it could happen at any time.
"With what has happened in Fond du Lac and in our state and nationally, we are reminded daily about the dangers on the job. No community is immune to it," Oshkosh police chief Scott Greuel said.


Area officers are trained in everything from pre-planned responses to equipment and team tactics.
The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department SWAT team, which takes the lead in standoffs and other situations involving an armed suspect, is equipped with body armor that includes tactical bullet-proof vests, light-weight Kevlar helmets and shields.
Sheriff's department deputy and SWAT team member Timothy Dallenogare, who knows exactly what it is like to be shot at. He is the last deputy in the county to be in the line of fire when a bullet penetrated his helmet during a standoff on Pleasant Street in Oshkosh on April 5, 2006.
The bullet, which he said was shot from a 22 caliber rifle by a man who had shot his wife, left a nearly 4-inch diameter hole in his helmet.

Dallenogare was as the lead officer entering the house where the man was holed up.
He said the impact of the bullet, which came from about 25 feet away, jolted his head backward.
"The helmet saved my life," Dallenogare said. "If the bullet had been 1.5 inches lower it would have struck my forehead.
The man who shot Dallenogare eventually killed himself at the scene.
Dallenogare, who has about 16 hours of SWAT training a month, said the shooting incident left him with the knowledge that a critical situation like a shooting could happen at any time.

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"You might be shot at, but you never think that it will be you, so the training we take is serious business," he said. "Someday, it could save our lives or the life of someone else."

Greuel said intensive training keeps officers in his department focused and ready for any potentially violent situations.
"Officers must be mentally and physically prepared for high risk, low frequency occurrences like shootings that have potential high consequences," he said. "We want to develop habits in our officers so they can survive those types of confrontations and critical incidents. You could pay the ultimate price if you don't do it right."


He said the department uses every bit of information learned from critical situations where officers are dispatched as a learning experience, even for those who were not personally involved.
Greuel said former officer Nate Gallagher is the last policeman from the Oshkosh Police Department to be hit by a bullet. Gallagher was shot in his right arm by an unknown assailant in mid-July of 2004.
More than six years later, police still don't know who pulled the trigger and shot Gallagher.
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I fell it's unfear that LEO"S have to take on more to proteact yourselfs all because of cop hates going around killing police for doing thier job. I fell strongly that more of this should be made a ware to the pupicly. How you might ask, well get the TV guys out with you showing what you have to go though ever day and what you give up and miss at home. To be 100% honest with you all. You do not get enough thank yous.

Maybe i am just talking a load of BS here but one can't help how one fell's about thous who do a wonderful job yet get nothing in retune for it. God Bless you all and stay safe out there.


This may give you an ideed of what i am talking about. YouTube - NSW Police Deal With Alcohol Charged Individuals

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People are loosing respect for the police, they feel policing in general is way too aggressive and it's fiscally unsustainable.