Posted: 5/13/2008 7:28:55 PM EDT
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As it is Police Week.. End of Watch Officers Killed in the Line of Duty 2007  First Name Middle Name Last Name Suffix Rank DOD Panel:Line Department HAROLD MICHAEL ALTMAN Deputy Sheriff 1/30/2007 30-W: 26 Jackson County, Florida, S.O. STEPHEN RICHARD ANDERSON Corrections Officer 6/25/2007 33-W: 26 Utah Department of Corrections KENNETH MICHAEL ARMSTRONG Corporal 8/17/2007 31-W: 26 Montgomery, Alabama, P.D. ROBERT LEE BAILEY SR State Constable 5/14/2007 41-W: 26 South Carolina State Constable RYAN ANDREW BALMER Special Agent 6/5/2007 62-W: 26 Office of Special Investigations, Air Force JULIO ENRIQUE BARAY Air Interdiction Agent 9/24/2007 40-W: 26 U.S. Customs and Border Protection WALTER T BARCLAY JR Patrolman 8/19/2007 46-W: 26 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, P.D. WILLIAM DANNY BARNES Police Officer 10/18/2007 64-W: 26 Florence, Mississippi, P.D. LOUIS DIXON BEAM Town Marshal 5/14/2007 36-W: 26 Cayuga, Indiana, Town Marshal Office LISA RENEE BEAULIEU Police Officer 4/27/2007 20-W: 26 Beaumont, Texas, P.D. MARK THOMAS BEDARD Police Officer 11/9/2007 9-W: 26 Minneapolis Park, Minnesota, P.D. SCOTT ERIC BELL Patrol Officer 10/12/2007 23-W: 26 Jacksonville, Florida, S.O. STEPHEN LYNN BOLLINGER Special Deputy 8/5/2007 39-W: 26 Franklin County, Ohio, S.O. GEORGE MICHAEL BRENTAR Police Officer 10/10/2007 23-W: 26 Euclid, Ohio, P. D. DAVID C BRINKERHOFF Trooper 4/25/2007 29-W: 26 New York State Police NORVELLE TARELLE BROWN Police Officer 8/15/2007 20-W: 26 Metropolitan P.D., City of St. Louis, Missouri DANIEL MARTIN BROWNE-SANCHEZ Deputy Sheriff 2/10/2007 19-W: 26 Hawaii Dept. of Public Safety ROBERT TIM BUCKMAN Patrol Officer 5/8/2007 17-W: 26 Macksville, Kansas, P.D. BUCKY E BURKE Deputy Marshal 9/18/2007 38-W: 26 U.S. Marshals Service BARRY LEE BUSH Special Agent 4/5/2007 28-W: 26 Federal Bureau of Investigation DOUGLAS DONALD BYRNE Police Officer 3/26/2007 10-W: 26 Aurora, Colorado, P.D. ERIC N CABRAL Border Patrol Agent 7/26/2007 60-W: 26 U.S. Border Patrol CHARLES JOHNSON ADOCK CALLEMYN Police Officer 2/17/2007 13-W: 26 Durham, North Carolina, P.D. DAVID CAMDEN Police Officer 9/14/2007 27-W: 26 Temple, Texas, P.D. JASON CHRISTIAN CAMPBELL Police Officer 4/14/2007 60-W: 26 Greenville, North Carolina, P.D. SUSAN LOUISE CANFIELD Corrections Officer IV 9/24/2007 25-W: 26 Texas Department of Criminal Justice KEVIN EARL CARPER Deputy Sheriff 2/27/2007 33-W: 26 Spartanburg County, South Carolina, S.O. SERGIO CARRERA JR Police Officer 10/18/2007 34-W: 26 Rialto, California, P.D. GERMAINE FERRIS CASEY Police Officer 8/27/2007 62-W: 26 Rio Rancho, New Mexico, P.D. CHARLES E CASSIDY Police Officer 11/1/2007 50-W: 26 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, P.D. TROY LAMONT CHESLEY SR Detective 1/9/2007 8-W: 26 Baltimore City, Maryland, P.D. SEAN ROBERT CLARK Police Officer 4/1/2007 48-W: 26 Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina, P.D. HARRY JOSEPH COELHO Police Officer 5/20/2007 28-W: 26 Honolulu, Hawaii, P.D. BRIAN KEITH COLEMAN Patrolman First Class 2/21/2007 13-W: 26 Alexandria, Louisiana, P.D. CHARLES MARION COOK Deputy Sheriff 6/28/2007 55-W: 26 Buchanan County, Missouri, S.O. ADRIAN CASTRO CORDOVA Police Officer 11/1/2007 24-W: 26 Calexico, California, P.D. GEORGE VALENTINO CORTEZ JR Police Officer 7/27/2007 59-W: 26 Phoenix, Arizona, P.D. THOMAS ALFRED CROWELL Special Agent 11/1/2007 19-W: 26 Office of Special Investigations, Air Force COREY DOUGLAS DAHLEM Lieutenant 4/4/2007 2-W: 26 Gainesville, Florida, P.D. PHILLIP MICHAEL DEESE Corporal 3/9/2007 2-W: 26 Dorchester County, South Carolina, S.O. FRANK CHARLES DENZINGER Deputy Sheriff 6/18/2007 3-W: 26 Floyd County, Indiana, S.O. THOMAS EDWARD DEVLIN JR Patrolman 4/6/2007 26-W: 26 Boston College, Massachusetts, P.D. ROBERT FRANKLIN DICKEY Patrol Officer 6/10/2007 41-W: 26 California Highway Patrol KEITH THOMAS DRESSEL Detective 2/21/2007 22-W: 26 Toledo, Ohio, P.D. THELONIOUS ANTHONY DUKES SR Police Officer IV 11/9/2007 18-W: 26 New Orleans, Louisiana, P.D. NICKI JAMES ERFLE Police Officer 9/18/2007 60-W: 26 Phoenix, Arizona, P.D. ANDREW ALBERT ESPARZA Police Officer 4/13/2007 35-W: 26 Irving, Texas, P.D. MICHAEL ORVILLE ESTES Deputy Sheriff 2/14/2007 18-W: 26 Walla Walla County, Washington, S.O. BRIAN DEWAYNE EVANS Patrolman 12/26/2007 52-W: 26 Mansfield, Ohio, P.D. FRANK FABIANO JR Deputy Sheriff 5/17/2007 18-W: 26 Kenosha County, Wisconsin, S.O. JOSE L FONTANEZ-CORREA Agent 5/23/2007 62-W: 26 Puerto Rico, P.D. TYRON DONTA FRANKLIN Police Officer 1/7/2007 16-W: 26 Paterson, New Jersey, P.D. ELIZABETH GREEN FRANKLIN Corrections Officer 12/7/2007 28-W: 26 Alabama Department of Corrections KELLY JAMES FREDINBURG Deputy Sheriff 6/16/2007 21-W: 26 Marion County, Oregon, S.O. W ERIC FREEMAN Police Officer 12/15/2007 15-W: 26 Huntsville, Alabama, P.D. ARIEL ANTON FRETT Police Officer 2/8/2007 51-W: 26 U.S. Virgin Islands, P.D. JOE BILL GALLOWAY Reserve Deputy 8/20/2007 42-W: 26 Holmes County, Florida, S.O. RAUL VASQUEZ GAMA Deputy Sheriff 5/1/2007 16-W: 26 Los Angeles County, California, S.O. ENRICO AQUINO GARCIA JR Special Deputy 9/23/2007 2-E: 26 Vigo County, Indiana, S.D. JOHN SCOTT GARDNER Corporal 9/8/2007 11-W: 26 Odessa, Texas, P.D. PETER DOUGLAS GARLAND Sergeant 7/18/2007 14-W: 26 Klickitat County, Washington, S.O. RONALD ALAN GILL JR Port Security Officer 3/25/2007 54-W: 26 U.S. Coast Guard RICHARD GOLDSTEIN Border Patrol Agent 5/11/2007 60-W: 26 U.S. Border Patrol ALFRED LOUIS GORDON Police Officer 10/4/2007 7-W: 26 Orlando, Florida, P.D. DAVID ANSON GRAHAM Trooper 10/9/2007 53-W: 26 Montana Highway Patrol DAVID LEON GWIN Deputy Sheriff 6/24/2007 6-W: 26 Macon County, Missouri, S.O. PAUL STEVEN HABELT Deputy Sheriff 5/17/2007 3-W: 26 Henderson County, Texas, S.O. JAMES HEATH HARDIN Sergeant 1/11/2007 48-W: 26 Hope Mills, North Carolina, P.D. D WESTON HARDY Police Officer 7/7/2007 48-W: 26 Plano, Texas, P.D. RONALD HAMLIN HARRISON Sergeant 8/15/2007 44-W: 26 Hillsborough County, Florida, S.O. KENT M HAWS Detective 12/17/2007 35-W: 26 Tulare County, California, S.O. GARY WAYNE HENDERSON Sergeant 10/10/2007 54-W: 26 Shelbyville, Indiana P.D. LUKE TIMOTHY HOFFMAN Police Officer III 4/25/2007 17-W: 26 Montgomery County, Maryland, P.D. DEXTER L HOLCOMB Lieutenant 2/16/2007 25-W: 26 Oxford, Alabama, P.D. JACK PATRICK HOLLAND II Trooper 8/21/2007 23-W: 26 Ohio Highway Patrol ANTHONY JON HOLLY Police Officer 2/19/2007 46-W: 26 Glendale, Arizona, P.D. TODD DYLAN HOLMES Trooper 3/14/2007 47-W: 26 Texas Dept. of Public Safety JERRY WAYNE HUDGINS SR Deputy Sheriff 10/19/2007 51-W: 26 Coahoma County, Mississippi, S.O. JUSTIN PHILIP HURST State Game Warden 3/17/2007 40-W: 26 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department JEROME JACKSON Deputy Sheriff 6/15/2007 7-W: 26 McDuffie County, Georgia, S.O. CALVIN WAYNE JENKS Trooper 1/6/2007 3-W: 26 Tennessee Department of Safety STEPHEN RICHARD JERABEK Police Officer 2/21/2007 47-W: 26 Metropolitan P.D., City of St. Louis, Missouri RONNIE K JONES Constable 4/2/2007 52-W: 26 Barren County, Kentucky, C.O. ARLIE MILLER JONES Corporal 9/8/2007 11-W: 26 Odessa, Texas, P.D. ROBERT ANTHONY KOZMINSKI Police Officer 7/8/2007 47-W: 26 Grand Rapids, Michigan, P.D. MATTHEW JOSEPH KUGLICS Special Agent 6/5/2007 62-W: 26 Office of Special Investigations, Air Force GARRY RANDY LACY Chief of Police 6/13/2007 41-W: 26 Clay City, Kentucky, P.D. DARRAL KEITH LANE Deputy Sheriff 12/14/2007 36-W: 26 Richland County, South Carolina, S.O. MICHELLE A LAWLESS Police Officer 10/27/2007 57-W: 26 Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission THOMAS M LINDSEY Police Officer 4/12/2007 33-W: 26 Utica, New York, P.D. BRIAN WILLIAM LINN Trooper 11/3/2007 37-W: 26 West Virginia State Police TATE ALLAN LYNCH Sergeant 10/25/2007 55-W: 26 Casa Grande, Arizona, P.D. DONTA J MANUEL SR Deputy Sheriff 11/28/2007 5-W: 26 Palm Beach County, Florida, S.O. ABEL RENTERIA MARQUEZ Corporal 9/12/2007 11-W: 26 Odessa, Texas, P.D. EUGENE MARSHALIK Auxiliary Police Officer 3/14/2007 1-E: 26 NYC Auxiliary, New York, P.D. TOMMY KENT MARTIN Chief Deputy 7/17/2007 45-W: 26 Douglas County, Illinois, S.O. DANIEL CRUZ MARTINEZ Police Officer 3/23/2007 28-W: 26 Fort Smith, Arkansas, P.D. HILERY ALEXANDER MAYO JR Deputy First Class 6/9/2007 42-W: 26 Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana, S.O. GARY DANIEL MCCORMACK Deputy Sheriff 10/6/2007 49-W: 26 Greene County, Missouri, S.O. JEFFREY HOWARD MCCOY Patrol Officer 6/5/2007 9-W: 26 Abilene, Texas, P.D. CHAD NORMAN MCDONALD Deputy Sheriff 12/21/2007 11-W: 26 Bibb County, Georgia, S.O. N BRUCE MCKAY III Corporal 5/11/2007 12-W: 26 Franconia, New Hampshire, P.D. BRIAN CARL MCMILLEN Trooper 10/28/2007 48-W: 26 Illinois State Police ERNEST VALENCIA MENDOZA Chief of Police 1/19/2007 18-W: 26 Needville, Texas, ISD P.D. ADAM JOSEPH MENUEZ Police Officer 7/4/2007 59-W: 26 Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribal P.D. JOHN PAUL MILLER Police Officer 11/16/2007 54-W: 26 California Highway Patrol CHRISTOPHER M MIRABAL Patrolman 6/13/2007 26-W: 26 New Mexico State Police RAHAMY ARDEN MITCHELL Deputy Sheriff 1/7/2007 58-W: 26 Fannin County, Texas, S.O. JASON EDWARD MOONEY Deputy Sheriff 10/19/2007 60-W: 26 Stafford County, Virginia, S.O. MARIO MORENO Detective 9/21/2007 40-W: 26 San Antonio, Texas, P.D. RAMON NEVAREZ JR Border Patrol Agent 3/15/2007 29-W: 26 U.S. Border Patrol LEE STEWART NEWBILL Police Officer 5/20/2007 45-W: 26 Moscow, Idaho, P.D. SHAWN NEWLIN Police Officer 3/4/2007 10-W: 26 Clayton County, Georgia, P.D. VU DINH NGUYEN Detective 12/19/2007 44-W: 26 Sacramento, California, S.D. CHRISTOPHER SHANE NICHOLSON Police Officer 12/19/2007 11-W: 26 Smithsburg, Maryland, P.D. MARK TIMOTHY NIX Sr. Corporal 3/23/2007 43-W: 26 Dallas, Texas, P.D. JASON PATRICK NORLING Deputy Constable 10/1/2007 51-W: 26 Harris County, Texas, C.O., Pct. 5 JOSHUA E NORRIS Deputy Sheriff 7/5/2007 6-W: 26 Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, S.O. TONY PRICE OGBURN SR Deputy Sheriff 5/17/2007 37-W: 26 Henderson County, Texas, S.O. MICHAEL STEPHAN PAGE Deputy Sheriff 6/30/2007 5-W: 26 Bowie County, Texas, S.O. TEYRAN MICAH PATTERSON State Game Warden 5/30/2007 36-W: 26 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department NICHOLAS TODD PEKEARO Auxiliary Police Officer 3/14/2007 1-E: 26 NYC Auxiliary, New York, P.D. WAYNE CECIL PITT Police Officer 4/10/2007 49-W: 26 Metropolitan, Washington D.C., P.D. KIMBERLY DEE PLACE Special Agent 8/1/2007 15-W: 26 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives HOWARD JOSEPH PLOUFF II Sergeant 2/23/2007 6-W: 26 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, P.D. DAVID A POLING Probation Officer 5/22/2007 58-W: 26 Gallipolis Municipal Court, Ohio, Probation Dept. NICK SAMUEL POLIZZOTTO Corporal 4/24/2007 36-W: 26 South Bend, Indiana, P.D. TOMMASO POPOLIZIO Sergeant 3/3/2007 35-W: 26 Newark, New Jersey, P.D. WILLIAM JAMES PRESLAR Police Officer 5/14/2007 61-W: 26 Lakewood, New Jersey, P.D. LINDEN ALBERT RAIMER Sergeant 6/13/2007 3-W: 26 Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana, S.O. PAUL REIN Deputy Sheriff 11/7/2007 19-W: 26 Broward County, Florida, S.O. CHRISTOPHER REYKA Sergeant 8/10/2007 4-W: 26 Broward County, Florida, S.O. DAVID EDWARD RICH Master Trooper 7/5/2007 2-E: 26 Indiana State Police DAVID GERALD RICHARD Chief of Police 8/5/2007 52-W: 26 Port Barre, Louisiana, P.D. PHILIP ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ Deputy Sheriff 4/21/2007 12-W: 26 Mohave County, Arizona, S.O. JOSE A ROSADO Trooper 1/24/2007 29-W: 26 New York State Police DOUGLAS SCOTT RUSSELL Police Officer 7/31/2007 27-W: 26 California Highway Patrol JAMES ARNOLD SAAVEDRA Police Officer 12/19/2007 54-W: 26 Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, P.D. JASON LEE SAUNDERS Deputy Sheriff 4/3/2007 52-W: 26 Campbell County, Virginia, S.O. MARVIN JEROME SCARLETT Deputy Sheriff 5/20/2007 42-W: 26 Henry County, Georgia, S.O. NATHAN JOHN SCHULDHEISS Special Agent 11/1/2007 19-W: 26 Office of Special Investigations, Air Force JEFFREY RYAN SHELTON Police Officer 4/1/2007 53-W: 26 Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina, P.D. DALE CLINT SHERRILL Investigator 10/19/2007 53-W: 26 Marion County, Texas, S.O. ERIC MARK SIKES Deputy Sheriff 3/21/2007 3-W: 26 Richmond County, Georgia, S.O. ALAN CHRISTOPHER SILVER Police Officer 5/2/2007 15-W: 26 Rocky Mount, North Carolina, P.D. CECIL ARTHUR SMITH SR Senior Corrections Officer 3/29/2007 43-W: 26 New Jersey Dept. of Law & Public Safety ROBERT FLECK SMITH Agent 5/22/2007 61-W: 26 U.S. Customs and Border Protection JOHN RUSSELL SMITH Sergeant 8/10/2007 30-W: 26 Bastrop, Louisiana, P.D. FRANKIE EUGENE SMITH Sergeant 12/30/2007 63-W: 26 Guam, Police Department JOSE LAZARO SOMOHANO Detective 9/13/2007 46-W: 26 Miami Dade, Florida, P.D. NICHOLAS GEORGE SOTTILE Sergeant 1/12/2007 2-W: 26 Florida Highway Patrol BILL STANFORD Deputy Chief 8/13/2007 44-W: 26 Cheyenne, Wyoming, P.D. MARCUS D STILES Corporal 3/26/2007 29-W: 26 Moncks Corner, South Carolina, P.D. KARL HEINS STROHSAL JR Sergeant 7/14/2007 9-W: 26 Longwood, Florida, P.D. ALEX ROY SUAREZ SR Assistant Chief 5/4/2007 5-W: 26 Boston, Georgia, P.D. DANIEL ANTHONY TALBOT Police Officer 9/29/2007 25-W: 26 Revere, Massachusetts, P.D. ROBIN RENEE TANNER Deputy Sheriff 12/13/2007 38-W: 26 Monroe County, Florida, S.O. DELMAR H TEAGAN Lieutenant 4/13/2007 6-W: 26 Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission ZACHARIAH EARL TEMPLETON Trooper 10/12/2007 12-W: 26 Colorado State Patrol JUSTIN ALAN THOMPSON Corporal 6/20/2007 58-W: 26 Lincoln County, West Virginia, S.O. CLINTON BRADY THRASHER Air Interdiction Agent 4/25/2007 45-W: 26 U.S. Customs and Border Protection MICHAEL WALTER THYSSEN Special Agent 6/9/2007 56-W: 26 Office of Special Investigations, Air Force RUSSEL TIMOSHENKO Police Officer 7/14/2007 16-W: 26 New York City, New York, P.D. DAVID J TOURSCHER Border Patrol Agent 3/16/2007 43-W: 26 U.S. Border Patrol MICHAEL GENE TRIPLETT Deputy Sheriff 11/29/2007 22-W: 26 Washington County, Missouri, S.O. MANUEL VILLEGAS Deputy Sheriff 3/19/2007 38-W: 26 Riverside County, California, S.O. JONATHAN D WALLACE Deputy Sheriff 11/28/2007 30-W: 26 Palm Beach County, Florida, S.O. WILLIAM JOHN WALTERS Deputy Sheriff 7/15/2007 39-W: 26 Kemper County, Mississippi, S.O. LONNIE MICHAEL WELLS SR Police Officer 3/25/2007 32-W: 26 Moncks Corner, South Carolina, P.D. RANDY WELLS Chief of Police 10/29/2007 46-W: 26 Forest Hills, Kentucky, P.D. JASON DANIEL WEST Police Officer 5/26/2007 33-W: 26 Cleveland Heights, Ohio, P.D. SCOTT ALLEN WHEELER Corporal 6/18/2007 35-W: 26 Howard County, Maryland, P.D. DAVID ALAN WIEGER Special Agent 11/1/2007 19-W: 26 Office of Special Investigations, Air Force BENJAMIN WILCHER JR Patrolman 8/12/2007 15-W: 26 Gary, Indiana, P.D. SHAWN JOSHUA DEAN WILLIAMS Police Officer 2/1/2007 53-W: 26 Old Fort, North Carolina, P.D. CHARLES DOUGLAS WILSON JR Sergeant 8/10/2007 38-W: 26 Bastrop, Louisiana, P.D. ROBERT W WINGET Police Officer 4/10/2007 4-W: 26 Ripon, California, P.D. SEAN THOMAS WISSINK Police Officer 2/11/2007 32-W: 26 Des Moines, Iowa, P.D. JOHN T YOUNG Detective 2/19/2007 13-W: 26 New York City, New York, P.D. DAVID R YOUNG Police Officer 5/3/2007 7-W: 26 Florence, Alabama, P.D.
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I Dislike cops, I have been harassed by many also. In that list above I know there were some good ones, Ones that just wanted to go home at the end of shift to see their familys, play with the dog, have a beer, work on the car, Many guys who never got to do that, who instead got cut down for what could be almost nothing .Its a damned shame.
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Well if you didnt focus on one point of what I said maybe it would make more sence. Read the whole thing one more time and try to realise what I had said. It starts off towards the I dont like cops but with the realisiation that there are good ones who do try to do the best they can, and I feel for the familys and the good times that were taken from them by what is usually a senceless or needless act. If you cannot understand this then its not worth trying to explain any further than this. |
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There was another Ft Lewis MP killed the other day: Link I know MP's aren't included on this list, I know of at least 20 that should have made last years list. |
It surprises me that they are not, especially since they are counting Air Force Investigators killed in combat in Iraq. |
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from- WWW.NLEOMF.com In 1962, President John F. Kennedy designated May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day, and the calendar week in which May 15 falls as National Police Week. September 13, 1994: President Bill Clinton signed Public Law 103-322 requiring the American flag to be lowered to half-staff each year on May 15, Peace Officers Memorial Day. CRITERIA FOR INCLUSION ON THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL For the purpose of this Memorial, "law enforcement officer" means an individual involved in crime control or reduction and who is directly employed on a full-time basis by a local, county, state or federal law enforcement agency of the United States or its territories, with or without compensation, who is duly sworn and has full arrest powers. A law enforcement agency is a governmental agency or subunit thereof having statutory powers of arrest and involved in crime control or reduction. The agency must employ at least one full-time, duly sworn, trained and certified officer with full arrest powers, or the equivalent in part time officers. Officers serving with private or state colleges and universities, and railroads will also be included, provided they are recognized as having law enforcement status by their employing jurisdiction, are duly sworn, trained and certified, with full arrest powers. In addition, military police officers will be included but only if at the time of their death they were experiencing similar hazards and performing similar duties as those normally experienced and performed by non-military personnel. In such cases, eligibility will be determined after a review of several issues, including but not limited to whether the officer was receiving combat, imminent danger or hazardous pay; job description; whether the officer was responding to a law enforcement violation in their area of jurisdiction; and circumstances of death. Military police officers serving in a combat situation will not be included. Less than full-time law enforcement officers will also be considered. In such cases, eligibility will be determined after a review of several issues, including but not limited to job description, training and circumstances of death. Correctional employees shall be included if they are recognized as having law enforcement status by their employing jurisdiction. Other correctional employees who do not have formal law enforcement status but who do have a primary or limited responsibility for the custody and security of suspected or convicted criminal offenders, and are employed by a local, county, state or federal correctional agency will also be considered. If law enforcement is not a person's primary function (e.g. correctional employee, such as Maintenance Supervisor, Farm Manager, Food Service Instructor, etc.), then that person must be engaged in their law enforcement duties when their fatal injury is sustained. In such cases, eligibility will be determined after a review of several issues, including but not limited to job description, federal, state or local statutes, training and circumstances of death. "Line of duty" means any action which an officer is obligated or authorized by law, rule, regulation, written condition of employment service to perform, or for which the officer is compensated by the public agency he or she serves. 1 The term "killed in the line of duty" means a law enforcement officer has died as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty. This includes victim law enforcement officers who, while in an off-duty capacity, act in response to a law violation. This includes victim law enforcement officers who, while in an off-duty capacity, are actually en route to or from a specific emergency or responding to a particular request for assistance; or the officer is, as required or authorized by law or condition of employment, driving his employer's vehicle to or from work; or when the officer is, as required by law or condition of employment, to drive his own personal vehicle at work and is killed while en route to or from work. Not included under this definition are deaths attributed to natural causes, except when the medical condition arises out of physical exertion, while on duty, that is required by law or condition of employment including but not limited to: (1) running or other types of exercise being performed as part of training programs administered by the employing agency; (2) fitness tests administered by the employing agency; (3) lifting of heavy objects; or (4) a specific stressful response to a violation of law or an emergency situation causing an officer's death immediately or within 24 hours of violation or emergency situation, or causing his/her death during a continuous period of hospitalization immediately following the specific response to the specific stressful response to the violation of law or emergency situation. Stressful responses include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) a physical struggle with a suspected or convicted criminal; (2) performing a search and rescue mission that requires rigorous physical activity; (3) performing or assisting with emergency medical treatment: (4) responding to a violation of the law or emergency situation that involves a serious injury or death; or (5) a situation that requires either a high speed response or pursuit on foot or in a vehicle. Also not included under this definition are deaths attributed to voluntary alcohol or controlled substance abuse, deaths caused by the intentional misconduct of the officer, deaths caused by the officer's intention to bring about his or her own death and deaths attributed to an officer performing his/her duty in a grossly negligent manner at time of death. Each death caused by disease shall be reviewed by the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology or by other medical personnel with similar skill and expertise. If it is determined that the officer died as a result of infectious disease contracted while performing official duties, or by exposure to hazardous materials or conditions while performing official duties, that officer is eligible for inclusion on the Memorial. An officer shall be included if a department states that the officer died in the line of duty and there is no information to believe otherwise. The NLEOMF staff shall exhaust all possible means available to verify an officer’s eligibility status, and the correct spelling of the name. Efforts will include having the name verified by the law enforcement agency of record and a surviving family member. Revised 2005 ETA: I would like to see MP's included, just because they served in a Military organization doesn't diminish the sacrafice. |