A suspect fleeing from a traffic stop in New Smyrna Beach unknowingly led law enforcement on a high-speed chase — tailed by none other than Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood, himself.

Kern County's first recorded death of a law enforcement officer in the line of duty was Tehachapi Constable William S. Mettler, who was shot and killed near Havilah in 1873 while attempting to serve ...