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The citizens of the Greater Cold Spring area erected the memorial “for Officer Thomas Decker, all the nation’s fallen officers and a big thank you for all officers currently serving”
Part of being a good manager is watching for personal traits, distractions and other concerns that might lead to line-of-duty deaths
A full calendar of events were held from May 10-16; here are scenes from this year’s commemorative events
Deputy Jermyius Young died on April 5 after being injured in a single-vehicle crash two days prior; Young began working at the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office when he was 18 years old
LA County Sheriff James Barton, Deputy Charles Daly and Constables William Little and Charles Baker were honored with a metal plaque on the hill where they were killed in a shootout with a notorious bandit
Attorneys initially sought the death penalty for Elliahs Dorsey, who shot and killed Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Breann Leath
Officer Anthony Varvaro’s family was reportedly denied death benefits after he was killed in a car crash; if passed, the new legislation will extend death benefits to the families of officers killed on the way to work
Tucson Police Department Officer Adam Buckner was responding to a call for service when another driver ran a red light and struck his cruiser
“How many more police officers and their families will have to make the ultimate sacrifice before the city protects them?”
“He was just eager to learn and at the end of the night he would tell everybody he loved us.”
DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Christina Musil served in the corrections and patrol divisions
More than 1,000 people showed up in the rain to attend the vigil, including Jonathan Diller’s fellow NYPD officers, local officers, friends and neighbors, as well as former President Donald Trump and Mayor Eric Adams
After the crash, Peter Simon pulled a knife on another officer before stealing his cruiser
Officer Jonathan Diller, 31, was shot by a man identified as Guy Rivera, previously arrested by the NYPD 21 times according to police sources
Jaremy Smith was captured by Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office following a foot pursuit
Officer Scott Hollingsworth recently marked his one-year anniversary with the Clearwater Police Department; He is survived by a wife, daughter, parents and siblings
Officer Justin Hare was killed early Friday after offering help to a stranded driver, who shot him twice and fled in his patrol car with the officer inside
Officer Justin Hare, 35, was responding to a call early Friday morning when he was fatally shot; the suspect is still at large
The men hid in the basement as Officer Jorge DelRio conducted a drug raid on a home; one man shot DelRio five times as he came down the stairs
The three killed in the crash were: N.Y. National Guard Officers Casey Frankoski, 28, and John Grassia, 30, who was also a state trooper, and Border Patrol Agent Chris Luna, 49
Sgt. Thomas A. Sanfratello, a 32-year veteran of the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office, became unresponsive after a suspect attacked him while he was detaining another person
Holley was shot and killed while sitting in a marked patrol car during an overnight shift; the motive behind the shooting remains unknown, as the defendant did not testify during the trial
Officers Ella French and Carlos Yanez Jr. were shot, and French was killed while performing an August 2021 traffic stop
Officer Jonah Hernandez was attacked by a knife-wielding suspect and stabbed to death; a bystander then shot and killed the suspect
Christopher Gadd, 27, who received the Top Academic Award during his time in the trooper academy, is survived by his wife and daughter
Moody police Lt. Stephen Williams was shot in an ambush attack by two suspects, one of whom was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 2023
The suspect fatally shot court employee Drexel Mack; as officers approached to help Mack, one was shot and wounded while Officer Cody Allen was fatally shot
Neighboring cities have been sending officers and firefighters since the Feb. 18 shooting; correctional officers, medics and dispatchers will join them to allow Burnsville first responders to attend the Feb. 28 funeral
Bridgewater College Officer John Painter and Campus Safety Officer J.J. Jefferson were friends who were known on campus as the “dynamic duo”
The suspect’s vehicle slammed into Officer James Muhlbauer’s patrol car, killing him and his K-9 partner Champ; the impact caused the cruiser to strike and kill Jesse Eckes, a pedestrian
Officers negotiated with the shooter for about 3 1/2 hours before he opened fire, killing Officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge, both 27, and firefighter/paramedic Adam Finseth, 40
Deputy Charles Rivette was killed and another deputy was seriously injured; Deputy Rivette was an 18-year veteran of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office
Detective Anastasios Tsakos was killed in 2021 after Jessica Beauvais, who had a blood alcohol level over twice the legal limit, struck him on an expressway and fled the scene
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