By Police1 Staff
SALEM COUNTY, N.J. — An officer ended his law enforcement career with a tear-jerking moment, FOX 5 reported.
Salem City Police Sgt. Douglas Hogate Sr. called in his final code and the voice on the other end of the radio had him in tears.
“It is my honor to...acknowledge this Code 3 to the greatest man I know,” the voice, belonging to his son, Douglas Hogate Jr., said over the radio.
Hogate Jr. gave his father a final send off that’s gone viral.
“The Salem County 9-1-1 Center would like to wish Sgt. Hogate a Happy Retirement & wish him all the best,” the department wrote in a Facebook post.
The post on Facebook garnered over 20,000 reactions.