Officer Down
Trooper Jerry Adamick was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol for one year
Edgewater Officer David Jewell was purchasing a hot dog at a gas station when an employee left the building, re-entered with a gun and repeatedly shot Jewell from behind
Polk County Deputy Blane Lane, 21, had been on the force just nine months when he was fatally shot by friendly fire after a convicted felon pointed a realistic-looking BB gun at deputies
Palm Beach County Deputy Ignacio Diaz, Cpl. Luis Paez and Deputy Ralph Waller were killed when an SUV struck their motorcycles while they were stopped on the roadside
Benjamin Ritchie was put to death by lethal injection for the 2000 murder of Beech Grove Officer Bill Toney, who was shot during a foot pursuit
Tributes ranged from the Police Unity Tour to K-9 memorial services, with federal and local leaders reaffirming support for law enforcement
“They woke up each and every morning. They put on their uniforms. They said goodbye to their loved ones. And they stepped into the unknown,” Vice President JD Vance said
This year’s honorees include 148 officers killed in the line of duty in 2024, along with 197 who died in previous years
The fallen Rayne Police Department officer has been identified as Lt. Allen “Noochie” Credeur, 49, who was shot and killed while police were searching for a stabbing suspect
“This is absolutely outrageous, to fundraise off the assassination of a law enforcement officer,” said Jay McDonald, president of FOP Ohio
Deputy Larry Henderson recently retired from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office but coninued to work off-duty shifts; he previously served on the bomb squad and dive team
West York Patrolman Andrew W. Duarte was fatally struck by another officer’s gunfire as they shot and killed man who was holding a nurse hostage at gunpoint
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