Joe Durkin Quotations

Make your plans early. Choose a designated driver so you get home safely and avoid the possibility of injuring yourself or others.

She sought refuge, and he came down after, in effect, hunting her.

Fortunately, it's a rare occurrence. You know only criminals are taking the guns, and that gun can be turned around and used not only against you but also a fellow officer.

He goes in right behind him and uses a PIT maneuver, precision immobilization technique, pins the vehicle against the telephone pole.

He makes the mistake of trying to run from the home. And a police K-9 chased him down and tackled him and took him to the ground.

He was in and out of her life.

Law enforcement can't do a search without probable cause or reasonable suspicion.

We don't know if he forced her at gunpoint or if she brought him willingly. It's just a tragic set of circumstances.

A tremendous sense of loss has rippled throughout the department. Juan Serrano was an extremely well-respected detective. He's put 17 dedicated years to protecting this community. He's going to be missed.

Officers did not have a chance to return fire. As soon as the bedroom door started opening, he started to raise the barrel of the gun. The door immediately slammed shut and as the officers backed out to get some cover, shots started ringing out. They never had a chance to stop the threat and shoot the suspect.

Officers deal with bad guys on a daily basis and make literally hundreds of arrests. Fortunately, it's rare that an encounter turns into a deadly force situation.

Officer Lamb's training and experience allowed him to react without hesitation, and possibly saved the lives of his fellow officers.

Once the offer was made for cash, detectives stepped in.

They forced him into his vehicle and drove him to various ATM machines to get him to take out money. They held him for about an hour and tortured him.

There is no update at all. We have had no contact with him and have not heard from anybody about where he is.

It wasn't until the robbery was underway that it appears that he notices the cameras. And at that point, he starts trying to pull down the cameras, and he didn't disable them all.

It's one thing to take a life. But to do it in such a fashion, and then to set the car ablaze so that the remains were unrecognizable, that's horrific.

They look up as they are kneeling down there where they are digging and this car is like eight to ten inches away from them and she keeps moving it towards them. It was so close they could hear the car's engine fan going.

It was just an enormous turnout for the event at the Forum along with the normal morning traffic.

The issue comes up with volume. If we were to lock up everyone with a firecracker, we wouldn't have enough jails.

Investigators listened to the unlicensed radio station almost daily since November 22 and at least two male subjects were heard making announcements including an advertisement for a local nightclub known as Club 112, located at 901 N. Franklin Street in the City of Tampa. In addition, there was both profane and violent language utilized over the air.

He sees that they're crossing into westbound Kennedy Boulevard traffic and he was not going to let a tragedy happen.

He apparently armed himself and drove down here ... to Tampa, in effect hunting her.