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DOJ, Bureau of Prisons leaders honor fallen corrections officers Leaders from the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Prisons gathered on a rainy Tuesday morning in Washington to honor the sacrifice and service of fallen federal correctional officers during National Correctional Officers Week. From May 7 to May 13, correctional officer s and corrections professionals -- more than two-dozen of whom have died in the line of duty -- are honor ed for their service and sacrifice from both federal and state prisons, the Bureau of Prisons said. "We gather together today to honor the memory of those Bureau employees who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty," Bureau of Prisons Director Collete Peters told the group of family members and leaders gathered at the National Law Enforcement Memorial. "We must never forget the tragedies of the past and the corrections professional's lives cut short while ensuring the public's safety and working to prepare those ...

President Joe Biden's dog Commander bit another Secret Service officer on Monday, according to a statement from a Secret Service spokesperson. President Joe Biden's dog Commander bit another Secret Service officer on Monday, according to a statement from a Secret Service spokesperson. Commander, a purebred German shepherd, bit the Secret Service officer around 8 p.m. Monday. The officer was treated by medical personnel, according to a Secret Service spokesperson. This would be the 11th known instance of Commander biting a Secret Service officer and acting aggressive. Commander, the dog of US President Joe Biden, walks on the South of the White House following Biden signing H.R. 4346, the Chips and Science Act of 2022, in Washington, D.C., Aug. 9, 2022. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE MORE: Biden's dog Commander has bitten Secret Service officers 10 times in four months, records show U.S. Secret Service emails obtained by Judicial Watch in July via a Freedom...

“I am confident that the United States and the democracy in this country will prevail,” said the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman. As former President Donald Trump continues to falsely claim he won the last election while he campaigns for the 2024 Republican nomination, outgoing Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley said in a new interview he is not worried about a repeat of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. "You saw what happened on Jan. 6. Are you nervous about that happening again? Can you honestly say you're not nervous about that happening again?" ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz asked the chairman in an interview that aired Sunday. "No, I'm not nervous about it," Milley said. "I don't get nervous about a lot of things. I've seen a lot of combat. So I'm beyond that actually." Raddatz followed up, asking Milley whether he's " confident " what happened that day will not happen...

President Joe Biden is expected to award the Presidential Citizens Medal to officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, multiple sources told ABC News. President Joe Biden on Friday is expected to award the Presidential Citizens Medal -- the nation’s second-highest civilian honor -- to officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, multiple sources told ABC News. Biden will present the awards during a ceremony at the White House. Friday marks the second anniversary of the Capitol attack. Protesters clash with police outside the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The recipients include Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges, Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, Capitol Police Officer Carolyn Edwards, retired Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, and retired Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone. Biden will also bestow the honor posthumously to Brian Sicknick, a C...

Trump and others have been sued by the partner of late Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after defending the Capitol in the Jan. 6 insurrection The partner of one of the Capitol Police officer s who died after being attacked in the Jan. 6 insurrection has filed a wrongful death suit against Donald Trump, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by ABC News The suit, filed in federal court on Thursday by Sandra Garza, the partner of Officer Brian Sicknick, comes nearly two years since the attack -- and accuses Trump of being responsible for Sicknick's death. Along with Trump, the suit also names two men as defendants, Julian Khater and George Tanios, who were charged with assaulting Sicknick with chemical spray. Khater has since pleaded guilty to assaulting police with a dangerous weapon; Tanios pleaded guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building and disorderly or disruptive conduct in that building. Prosecutors said Tanios was the one who bought t...

President Joe Biden on Friday will award the Presidential Citizens Medal to officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. President Joe Biden on Friday will honor police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol, and others who protected democracy, as Washington marks the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack. Biden will award the Presidential Citizens Medal -- the nation's second-highest civilian honor -- to 12 individuals in a White House ceremony, multiple sources told ABC News and a White House official confirmed Thursday. The recipients will include Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges, Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, Capitol Police Officer Carolyn Edwards, retired Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, and retired Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone. Biden will also bestow the honor posthumously to Brian Sicknick, a Capitol Police officer who officials said died of natural causes a day after being assaulted wit...

Over 300 officers were shot in the line of duty in 2022, the Fraternal Order of Police said. On July 6 of this year, Detroit police officer Loren Courts responded to a call for a shooting on Marlowe Street. When police arrived, the 19-year-old suspect shot and killed Courts while he was arriving in his cruiser, according to police. At his memorial service, Courts, whose father was a retired Detroit Police Department officer, was lauded for his work. "He was the person others leaned on and sought for advice. He had a calming influence within the precinct and on the street. I do not ever recall seeing him rattled or not on point," one of his fellow officers said, according to local reports. "He was a consummate professional who was the epitome of what a Detroit police officer should be.". Courts was one of the 323 police officers shot in the line of duty this year, according to statistics released by the National Fraternal Order of Police, one of the largest police u...