A Texas K9 was awarded a Purple Heart on Tuesday after he
heroically responded to an officer-involved shooting in
November.

Jack, a K9 who works with the Weatherford Police Department,
was attempting to help serve a warrant when the event turned
into a police shootout with a suspect.

Jack was shot in his paw and ear during the exchange of fire,
according to a FOX 4 report.

The department announced last week that Jack is now healed
and would be honored for his efforts.

"K9 Jack has recovered fully from his gunshot wound and is
happy to be back at work," the department wrote on Facebook.

During Tuesday’s ceremony, the K9 received a standing ovation
before he was awarded the medal.

"Jack very selflessly, with bravery and purpose, put himself
between the fugitive and officers," Weatherford Police Chief
Lance Arnold said during the ceremony.

Weatherford’s city council also presented Jack with a goody
basket filled with chew toys and his favorite snack, Cheez
Whiz (below).
(FOX NEWS)

SALEM, Ore. — Gov. Tina Kotek has awarded the Law
Enforcement Medal of Ultimate Sacrifice to fallen Nyssa
police officer Cpl. Joseph Johnson.

The award will be presented to Johnson’s family at his
memorial service today.

Johnson was shot and killed while on patrol last Saturday
night in the eastern Oregon town of Nyssa.

Gov. Tina Kotek

On this day in 1950, the Federal Bureau of Investigation
instituted the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list  in an
effort to publicize particularly dangerous fugitives. The
creation of the program arose out of a wire service news
story in 1949 about the “toughest guys” the FBI wanted
to capture. The story drew so much public attention that
the “Ten Most Wanted” list was given the okay by J. Edgar
Hoover the following year. 

John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972)

On March 11, 1989, Cops, a documentary-style television series
that follows police officers and sheriff’s deputies as they go
about their jobs, debuted on Fox. Cops went on to become one
of the longest-running shows in television history. It went off
the air in 2020.

The show, which was created by John Langley and Malcolm
Barbour, was a pioneer in reality television. Crews with
camcorders followed law enforcement officers on patrol,
tracking down suspects and making arrests. The show was
unscripted, which worked in Langley and Barbour’s favor
when they pitched the original concept to Fox: At the time,
there was a writers’ strike in Hollywood, and the network
needed new programming that wouldn’t require writers.

In 1989, the debut episode of Cops featured the men and
women of the Broward County Sheriff’s Department in
Florida. The show

aired over 1,000 episodes and filmed in 140 U.S. cities, as
well as international locations including London and Hong
Kong. With its widely recognized theme song, “Bad Boys”
by the reggae group Inner Circle, Cops had spawned
numerous imitators in addition to parody shows.

Malcolm Barbour

John Russell Langley
(June 1, 1943 – June 26, 2021