Honoring Fallen Heroes
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As we observe National Police Week and National Peace Officers Memorial Day, we pay tribute to the law enforcement officers nationwide who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty in 2024. Their dedication to protecting our communities will never be forgotten.
Deputy Sheriff Justin Smith
Stone County Sheriff’s Office, AR
EOW: January 2, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Eric
Anthony Minix
Coweta County Sheriff’s
Office, GA
EOW: January 4, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Jeremy Malone
George County Sheriff’s Office, MS
EOW: January 4, 2024
Sergeant William A. Burkel
New York City Police Dept., NY
EOW: January 15, 2024
Detective Herbert Fonseca
New York City Police Dept., NY
EOW: January 21, 2024
Lieutenant David J. McShane
NY State Environmental Conservation Police
EOW: January 23, 2024
Trooper Joel Popp
MI State Police
EOW: January 24, 2024
Sergeant Michael Kurinzi
Elizabeth Police Dept., NJ
EOW: January 27, 2024
Trooper Jimmy Cenescar
GA State Patrol
EOW: January 28, 2024
Trooper Zachary Fink
FL Highway Patrol
EOW: February 2, 2024
Chief Deputy Sheriff Ken Prorok
Moody County Sheriff’s Office, SD
EOW: February 2, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Timothy Tavarus Rivers
Crawford County Sheriff’s
Office, GA
EOW: February 6, 2024
Deputy Sheriff
Christopher Johnson
Harnett County Sheriff’s Office, NC
EOW: February 6, 2024
Trooper Steven A. Tyrrell
NY State Police
EOW: February 7, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Greg McCowan
Blount County Sheriff’s Office, TN
EOW: February 8, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Rondald Bates
Harris County Sheriff’s Office, TX
EOW: February 10, 2024
Patrol Officer Jonah Hernandez
Las Cruces Police Dept., NM
EOW: February 11, 2024
Sergeant Nevada Krinkee
Sheridan Police Dept., WY
EOW: February 13, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Robert
John Leonard
Meigs County Sheriff’s Office, TN
EOW: February 15, 2024
Police Officer Paul Elmstrand
Burnsville Police Dept., MN
EOW: February 18, 2024
Police Officer Matthew
Henke Ruge
Burnsville Police Dept., MN
EOW: February 18, 2024
Trooper First Class Chase Winston Redner
GA State Patrol
EOW: February 20, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Charles Rivette
Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, TX
EOW: February 21, 2024
Police Officer Wisbens Antoine
Knoxville Police Dept., TN
EOW: February 25, 2024
Deputy Sheriff John
Randall McCrary
Lauderdale County Sheriff’s
Office, AL
EOW: February 28, 2024
Police Officer Cody Allen
Independence Police Dept., MO
EOW: February 29, 2024
Trooper Christopher M. Gadd
WA State Patrol
EOW: March 2, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Bryan Sweetman
Harris County Sheriff’s Office, TX
EOW: March 4, 2024
Sergeant Paul R. Hargrove
New York City Police Dept., NY
EOW: March 8, 2024
Border Patrol Agent Christopher Luna
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
EOW: March 8, 2024
Chief of Police William Anthony Anderson Sr.
Northeast Mississippi Community College Police Dept., MS
EOW: March 9, 2024
Sergeant Thomas
A. Sanfratello
Genesee County Sheriff’s
Office, NY
EOW: March 10, 2024
Patrolman Justin Hare
NM State Police
EOW: March 15, 2024
Police Officer Joseph
M. Stillitano
New York City Police Dept., NY
EOW: March 21, 2024
Sergeant Frank Cimmino
New York City Police Dept., NY
EOW: March 23, 2024
Detective Jonathan Diller
New York City Police Dept., NY
EOW: March 25, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Christina Musil
DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, IL
EOW: March 29, 2024
Agent Eliezer Ramos-Velez
Puerto Rico Police Dept., PR
EOW: March 29, 2024
Lead Police Officer Adam Buckner
Tucson Police Dept., AZ
EOW: March 31, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Jermyius O’Marian-D’Nazhray Young
Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, AL
EOW: April 5, 2024
Correctional Sergeant Andrew John Faught
IL Dept. of Corrections
EOW: April 8, 2024
Chief of Police Steven
Allen Singer
Lake Lafayette Police Dept., MO
EOW: April 8, 2024
Police Officer Alfred
George Williams
New York City Police Dept., NY
EOW: April 8, 2024
Lieutenant Rodney Osborne
OH Dept. of Rehabilitation
and Correction
EOW: April 9, 2024
Special Agent Derek
Sean Baer
U.S. Postal Service —
Office of Inspector General
EOW: April 9, 2024
Police Officer Ross Bartlett
Ceresco Police Dept., NE
EOW: April 12, 2024
Police Officer Joseph
Russell McKinney
Memphis Police Dept., TN
EOW: April 12, 2024
Sergeant William
Marty Jackson II
Winchester Police Dept., KY
EOW: April 14, 2024
Police Officer Michael
E. Jensen
Syracuse Police Dept., NY
EOW: April 14, 2024
Lieutenant Michael Hoosock
Onondaga County Sheriff’s
Office, NY
EOW: April 14, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Fred Fislar
Hendricks County Sheriff’s
Office, IN
EOW: April 16, 2024
Police Officer John Kilpatrick
New York City Police Dept., NY
EOW: April 16, 2024
Investigator Brian Herbert
Osage Nation Police Dept., OK
EOW: April 17, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Alfredo Flores
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept., CA
EOW: April 20, 2024
Police Officer Jordan Wingate
Oakland Police Dept., CA
EOW: April 20, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Tobin Bolter
Ada County Sheriff’s Office, ID
EOW: April 21, 2024
Police Officer Luis M. Huesca
Chicago Police Dept., IL
EOW: April 21, 2024
Investigator John
Hampton Coddou III
Harris County Sheriff’s Office, TX
EOW: April 23, 2024
Police Officer Kyle Hicks
Corpus Christi Police Dept., TX
EOW: April 24, 2024
Sergeant Ian Taylor
Billerica Police Dept., MA
EOW: April 26, 2024
Captain John M. Collins
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Dept., NY
EOW: April 26, 2024
Police Officer Russell Croxton
Dubach Police Dept., LA
EOW: April 27, 2024
Master-at-Arms Lyndon
Joel Cosgriff-Flax
U.S. Navy Security Forces
EOW: April 28, 2024
Police Officer Joshua Eyer
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Dept., NC
EOW: April 29, 2024
Investigator Samuel Poloche
NC Dept. of Adult Correction
EOW: April 29, 2024
Investigator William Elliott
NC Dept. of Adult Correction
EOW: April 29, 2024
Deputy U.S. Marshal
Thomas M. Weeks
U.S. Marshals Service
EOW: April 29, 2024
Assistant Chief Kevin
Linn Palmer
North Richland Hills Police Dept., TX
EOW: May 1, 2024
Trooper II Marcellus E. Bethea
NJ State Police
EOW: May 5, 2024
Sergeant William E.
McLean III
Town of Newburgh Police
Dept., NY
EOW: May 5, 2024
Sergeant Bill Hooser
Santaquin Police Dept., UT
EOW: May 5, 2024
Staff Sergeant Benedicto Albizu Jr.
NY State Police
EOW: May 9, 2024
Chief Gerald Nelson
New York City Police Dept., NY
EOW: May 10, 2024
Police Officer Jacob Derbin
Euclid Police Dept., OH
EOW: May 11, 2024
Police Officer Anthony
J. Mezzacappa Jr.
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Dept., NY
EOW: May 14, 2024
Officer John Dale Leatham
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
EOW: May 17, 2024
Border Patrol Agent
Jesus Anaya
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
EOW: May 23, 2024
Corporal Pricilla Soell Pierson
Ponchatoula Police Dept., LA
EOW: May 28, 2024
Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier
CT State Police
EOW: May 30, 2024
Police Officer Jamal
Mitchell
Minneapolis Police Dept., MN
EOW: May 30, 2024
Agent Davis Geovanni Martinez
MD Dept. of Public Safety and Correctional Services
EOW: May 31, 2024
Police Officer Joshua Briese
Gila River Police Dept., AZ
EOW: June 1, 2024
Senior Police Officer Vicente Ortiz Jr.
Corpus Christi Police Dept., TX
EOW: June 1, 2024
Sergeant Brenda J. Lowery
Cecil County Sheriff’s Office, MD
EOW: June 4, 2024
Constable Philip John Michael
PA State Constable —
Fayette County
EOW: June 6, 2024
Sergeant Floyd H. Miles Jr.
Charles City County Sheriff’s Office, VA
EOW: June 9, 2024
Detective Ryan So
Scottsdale Police Dept., AZ
EOW: June 13, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Bradley J. Reckling
Oakland County Sheriff’s
Office, MI
EOW: June 22, 2024
Agent Luis Algarin De Jesús
Puerto Rico Police Dept., PR
EOW: June 24, 2024
Youth Counselor Corey Proulx
WI Dept. of Corrections
EOW: June 25, 2024
Deputy Sheriff William
Butler Jr.
Hillsdale County Sheriff’s
Office, MI
EOW: June 27, 2024
Chief of Patrol Kevin Canavan
Nassau County Police Dept., NY
EOW: June 30, 2024
Police Officer Jamieson Ritter
Cleveland Division of Police, OH
EOW: July 4, 2024
Probationary Police Officer Edgar Ordonez
New York City Police Dept., NY
EOW: July 10, 2024
Police Officer
Matthew Bowen
Vacaville Police Dept., CA
EOW: July 11, 2024
Deputy Sheriff
Fernando Esqueda
Harris County Sheriff’s Office, TX
EOW: July 11, 2024
Corporal Robert William Sumner
OK Dept. of Corrections
EOW: July 14, 2024
Corporal Mohamed Said
Melvindale Police Dept., MI
EOW: July 21, 2024
Correctional Officer
Hunter Scott Miller
KY Dept. of Corrections
EOW: July 25, 2024
Senior Corporal
Segus R. Jolivette
Lafayette Police Dept., LA
EOW: July 25, 2024
Detective Kenneth B. Campbell
New York City Police Dept., NY
EOW: July 25, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Rafael Wordlaw
Cook County Sheriff’s Office — Dept. of Corrections, IL
EOW: July 30, 2024
Police Officer Demetrice Lavelle Johnson
Memphis Police Dept., TN
EOW: August 2, 2024
Master Deputy Sheriff Bradley Michael Link
Lake County Sheriff’s Office, FL
EOW: August 3, 2024
Patrolman Troy Floyd
Summit Police Dept., MS
EOW: August 8, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Hunter Reedy
Smyth County Sheriff’s Office, VA
EOW: August 9, 2024
Sergeant Billy Randolph
Fort Worth Police Dept., TX
EOW: August 12, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Brandon
Tyler Cunningham
Paulding County Sheriff’s
Office, GA
EOW: August 17, 2024
Patrolman James Crowley
Chicago Police Dept., IL
EOW: August 22, 2024
Trooper Steven P. Bilodeau
NY State Police
EOW: August 22, 2024
Investigator Taylor
Jaimeson Bristow
Carroll County Sheriff’s
Office, GA
EOW: August 23, 2024
Police Officer Austin Machitar
San Diego Police Dept., CA
EOW: August 26, 2024
Investigator Wayne Ellis David
Metropolitan Police Dept., DC
EOW: August 28, 2024
Police Officer Darron
Lee Burks
Dallas Police Dept., TX
EOW: August 29, 2024
Police Officer Phylicia Carson
Osage Beach Police Dept., MO
EOW: August 31, 2024
Constable Shane R. Eyre
Vienna Town Constable’s
Office, NY
EOW: September 1, 2024
Corporal Raymond Kuuchi
U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Police Services
EOW: September 2, 2024
Officer First Class
Mark Reynolds
SC State Transport Police
EOW: September 4, 2024
Police Officer Zane
Tristan Coolidge
Phoenix Police Dept., AZ
EOW: September 6, 2024
Police Officer Jeremy Boykins
West Palm Beach Police Dept., FL
EOW: September 10, 2024
Police Officer Jaime
Junior Roman
Philadelphia Police Dept., PA
EOW: September 10, 2024
Corporal Brandon Schreiber
Newton County Sheriff’s Dept., IN
EOW: September 11, 2024
Trooper Enrique Delgado-Garcia
MA State Police
EOW: September 13, 2024
Motor Carrier Officer Daniel Kerstetter
MI State Police
EOW: September 15, 2024
Deputy Sheriff
Joshua C. Phipps
Russell County Sheriff’s
Office, KY
EOW: September 16, 2024
Police Officer David Lee
St. Louis Metropolitan
Police Dept., MO
EOW: September 22, 2024
Trooper Kevin Alexis
Ramirez-Vasquez
TX Dept. of Public Safety — Highway Patrol
EOW: September 24, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Cailee Campbell
Oswego County Sheriff’s
Office, NY
EOW: September 25, 2024
Patrol Officer Dale Coski
Denver Police Dept., CO
EOW: September 26, 2024
Major Michelle Lynn Quintero
Madison County Sheriff’s
Office, NC
EOW: September 27, 2024
Court Officer Charles
James Lau
Macon County Sheriff’s
Office, NC
EOW: September 28, 2024
Deputy Constable Ruben Garcia
Cameron County Constable’s Office — Precinct 1, TX
EOW: September 30, 2024
Detective Clarence E.
Word III
New York City Police Dept., NY
EOW: October 1, 2024
Deputy Sheriff
Lex Allen Love
Wise County Sheriff’s Office, TX
EOW: October 2, 2024
Park Ranger Kevin Melvin Grossheim
U.S. Dept. of the Interior — National Park Service
EOW: October 6, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Timothy Wayne Stanley Johns
Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, AL
EOW: October 8, 2024
Detective Maurice Joseph
Norfolk Police Dept., VA
EOW: October 9, 2024
Corrections Officer
Bradford D. McNew
Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, FL
EOW: October 12, 2024
Trooper Corey S. Thompsen
IL State Police
EOW: October 18, 2024
Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Love
U.S. DHS — ICE — Homeland Security Investigations
EOW: October 19, 2024
Senior Investigator
John L. Carey
NY State Police
EOW: October 24, 2024
Police Officer Enrique Martinez
Chicago Police Dept., IL
EOW: November 4, 2024
Police Officer Evan Dunn
Golden Police Dept., CO
EOW: November 6, 2024
Chief Deputy Burl
Wesley Everman
Bath County Sheriff’s Office, KY
EOW: November 9, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Ralph
Waller Jr.
Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, FL
EOW: November 21, 2024
Corporal Luis Paez
Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, FL
EOW: November 21, 2024
Deputy Constable
Katherine Hutson
Harris County Constable’s Office — Precinct 5, TX
EOW: November 22, 2024
Senior Officer Specialist Louis Pepe
U.S. DOJ — Federal
Bureau of Prisons
EOW: November 24, 2024
Deputy Sheriff Ignacio Diaz
Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, FL
EOW: November 25, 2024
Police Officer Cooper Dawson
Greenville Police Dept., TX
EOW: November 26, 2024
Police Officer Jesse Branch
Red Lake Nation Police Dept., MN
EOW: November 27, 2024
Police Officer Philip J. Schifini
Nassau County Police Dept., NY
EOW: November 27, 2024
Detective Allan Reddins
Oak Park Police Dept., IL
EOW: November 29, 2024
Police Officer Jacob Candanoza
Terrell Police Dept., TX
EOW: December 8, 2024
Police Officer II Colton
Dale Pulsipher
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept., NV
EOW: December 12, 2024
Sergeant Rick Finley
McNairy County Sheriff’s Office, TN
EOW: December 14, 2024
Sergeant Elio Diaz
Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, FL
EOW: December 15, 2024
Air Interdiction Agent
Jeffrey Kanas
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
EOW: December 16, 2024
Detention Officer Isaiah Bias
Ellis County Sheriff’s Office, TX
EOW: December 16, 2024
Corporal Dennis Francis Kelly
DE State Police
EOW: December 21, 2024
Trooper Clay M. Carns
IL State Police
EOW: December 23, 2024
Police Officer Michael Horan
Greensboro Police Dept., NC
EOW: December 23, 2024
Correction Officer
Andrew Lansing
OH Dept. of Rehabilitation
and Correction
EOW: December 25, 2024
Major Jeffrey A. Burke
NJ State Police
EOW: December 31, 2024
K-9s
K-9 Nyx
Rockford Police Dept., IL
EOW: January 28, 2024
K-9 Maze
WV Division of Natural Resources — Law Enforcement Section
EOW: February 1, 2024
K-9 Leo
Marion County Sheriff’s Office, FL
EOW: February 20, 2024
K-9 Luca
DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office, MS
EOW: February 21, 2024
K-9 Raiden
Tomah Police Dept., WI
EOW: March 4, 2024
K-9 Rivan
VA Dept. of Corrections
EOW: April 2, 2024
K-9 Dax
Lake County Sheriff’s Office, IL
EOW: April 12, 2024
K-9 Max
Regional Transportation District Transit Police Dept., CO
EOW: May 8, 2024
K-9 Coba
SC Law Enforcement Division
EOW: June 11, 2024
K-9 Wick
Richland County Sheriff’s Dept., SC
EOW: June 20, 2024
K-9 Archer
Madison County Sheriff’s Office, FL
EOW: July 5, 2024
K-9 Vader
Arnold Police Dept., MO
EOW: August 1, 2024
K-9 Odin
Alton Police Dept., IL
EOW: August 22, 2024
K-9 Dolar
Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office, OK
EOW: September 19, 2024
K-9 Mikka
Lee County Sheriff’s Office, SC
EOW: September 20, 2024
K-9 Riddick
Nampa Police Dept., ID
EOW: September 21, 2024
K-9 Kodak
Richland County Sheriff’s Dept., SC
EOW: October 10, 2024
K-9 Draco
Mount Airy Police Dept., NC
EOW: October 16, 2024
K-9 Titan
Coweta County Sheriff’s Office, GA
EOW: November 13, 2024
K-9 Bumi
Richland County Sheriff’s Dept., SC
EOW: December 23, 2024
