Officer Down
Pinellas County Sgt. Greg Graff was participating in classroom training at a high school after an active assailant exercise earlier in the day when he collapsed
Aaron O’Neal Shipman Jr., 25, “succumbed to a sudden illness” hours into his first day serving at the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office
Albert Booze pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter after using Deputy Christopher Knight’s TASER and a knife in a 2021 fatal confrontation at Bibb County Jail
Natalie Etheridge-Purcell was just 2 when her father, Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Etheridge, was killed; his colleagues ensure she never faces milestones alone
“[Deputy Nathaniel Ansay] never met a stranger and always had a huge smile on his face,” said Florence County Sheriff T.J. Joye. “He told me often how much he loved being a deputy”
Penn Hills Officer Ryan Kingerski suffered from headaches, dark spots and double vision following his surgery; he left a note for his parents saying he “[couldn’t] do it anymore”
Deputy Daniel V. Chavira, a 2024 academy graduate, came from a family deeply involved in law enforcement, with several relatives actively serving in the LASD
Jimmie K. Nelms and another man were sentenced to serve two life sentences for the aggravated kidnapping and murder of Trooper Conroy O’Brien following a traffic stop
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
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