Officer Down
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
Sgt. Christopher Philip Rock served the New York State Police for 26 years
Officer Michael Cain Maxheimer, 39, had served in law enforcement for 16 years; he is survived by his girlfriend and three daughters
El Monte Police Department Officer Joseph Santana, 31, and Cpl. Michael Paredes, 42, were ambushed and killed in June of 2022 while responding to a report of a stabbing; they were not told by dispatchers that the suspect had a gun
Trooper Jimmy Cenescar was killed when his vehicle exited the roadway and hit an embankment while he was trying to conduct a traffic stop
Officer Robert Keller was killed while responding to a burglary in 1967
The suspect, accused of killing Officer Breann Leath while she was responding to a domestic violence call, was found to be mentally ill
“When America came under attack on 9/11, changing the world as we knew it and crippling us with fear, Lt. [David] McShane put the safety of New Yorkers and his country ahead of his own,” DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos said
Trooper Joel Popp joined the Michigan State Police in 2020; he is survived by his wife and young daughter
A jury last November found Ryan Phillip Schlesinger guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Deputy Marshal Chase White
Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik was described as “an exemplary law enforcement leader”
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