OMAHA, Neb. —

The Omaha Police Officers Association spoke with KETV days after a shooting at a QuikTrip injured four officers .

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The president of the union said gun violence against police officers is becoming an alarming trend.

"These cops out here are just men and women who took a career to protect the citizens of Omaha. They didn't take a career to take a bullet in the head. They didn't want to come here and get shot. They didn't want it to be the last day that they ever got to kiss their loved ones goodbye. They came to have a career here and make sure the citizens are safe. And it's deplorable that these officers are put to those situations," Patrick Dempsey said.

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In a statement released right after the incident, OPOA said Wednesday's incident wa

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