On December 27, 2001, Major Alister C. McGregor, a 43-year-old veteran of the East Providence Police Department, tragically lost his life during a training exercise. The incident occurred while the department's Special Response Team was conducting a mock hostage scenario aboard a school bus. During the drill, Major McGregor was accidentally shot by a fellow officer who had failed to clear his personal rifle of live ammunition before the exercise. The officer, a five-year veteran with prior milit
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