EASTVALE, Calif. — Riverside County sheriff’s deputies found themselves pinned under heavy fire and needing to be rescued during an unknown trouble call in Eastvale early Saturday morning, Nov. 14.

While exchanging gunfire with the armed suspect, deputies put out a priority call for emergency assistance, at which time a half-dozen area law enforcement agencies responded to the scene to help the deputies “away from the suspect’s line of fire …and… from harm’s way,” officials later reported in a social media post thanking the involved agencies.

Deputies from the Jurupa Valley Sheriff’s Station were dispatched to the 14000 block of Alpaca Court, in the City of Eastvale, [...]

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. — The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is mourning the loss of one of their own this week after the on-duty death of 48-year-old, Sergeant Harry Cohen, who was assigned to the Special Enforcement Bureau’s (SWAT) K9 Unit at the time of his passing.

Cohen’s career with the sheriff’s department spanned more than 24-years, with many of those years spent on the Sheriff’s K9 team, which he was a supervisor over. He was a well-respected handler and was widely admired and looked up to by all those he worked with.

Cohen was training with the department’s SWAT K9 Team when he apparently suffered a heart attack Sunday, Oct. 18. He was rushed to [...]