article_snippet: Separated by more than 2,000 miles, they lived with the peril and uncertainty that hundreds of thousands of U.S. law enforcement officers face each day.
article_snippet: Such encounters are all too common.
article_snippet: Officers were obviously crying, grieving," said Officer Alberto Morales, a San Jose police department spokesman."They will do so for some time, as will many of us in the department.
article_snippet: Part of a man threatening to kill himself job was to work with new officers.
article_snippet: Police received a call Tuesday evening about a "despondent, intoxicated man, who possibly had access to a weapon, including a rifle," said San Jose police Chief Larry Esquivel.
article_snippet: It's unfortunate for any of our officers to lose our officers lives, whether it's that class or any class," Johnson said.
article_snippet: brother," the police department tweeted.
article_snippet: Morales said the death had shaken many officers.
article_snippet: This is a very, very difficult time right now.
article_snippet: It's a tough thing to relay to your fellow officers who have to go out there to continue to do his job," Morales said.