The full spectrum of emotions : Fallen officer honored at North Dakota police memorial service
Grand Forks Police Officer Cody Holte was killed in an exchange of gunfire last year. He is the recipient of the 2020 North Dakota Peace Officer of the Year award. 5:28 pm, May 13, 2021 ×
Dozens of state and local police officers attended a law enforcement memorial service at the North Dakota Capitol on Thursday, May 13, 2021. Michelle Griffith / The Forum
BISMARCK Dozens of fallen law enforcement officers were honored on Thursday, May 13, in Bismarck as part of an afternoon of events to recognize North Dakota officers who have died in the line of duty.
Suspicious activity reports increased in rural Grand Forks in 2020
The Grand Forks County Sheriff s Office has spent the last year trying to patrol the county more proactively to identify suspicious activity. In 2020, calls reporting suspicious activity also increased significantly. One Sheriff s Office captain said he s unsure what s causing the increase. 7:00 am, May 12, 2021 ×
Grand Forks County Sheriff s Office
The Grand Forks County Sheriff s Office reported an increase in suspicious activity and scam phone calls in 2020, according to the department s 2020 annual crime statistics report, released this month.
According to the report, sheriff s deputies received 646 calls reporting suspicious activity – which can range from an unknown person or vehicle to objects out of place – in 2020, up from 373 calls in 2019, and up from 149 in 2017, when the department started tracking those calls.
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Our view: Guns may be part of our culture, but never forget the importance of training
According to various gun-safety websites – including one maintained by the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence – there are approximately 500 accidental shooting deaths across the U.S. each year.
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In Cando, the teen victim died. In Grand Forks, the victim was relatively lucky – a leg wound and a trip to the hospital.
Police determined that both incidents were accidental, occurring while guns were being retrieved from vehicles.
Imagine if one of these life-altering, sad mishaps happened in your family, or to your child.