It’s National Police Week in the United States, so I decided not to write-up a typical blog post. Instead I chose to simply list the names of the 126 officers who lost their lives in 2014. These people were not just officers. They were husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters. Their parents remember holding them for the first time, dropping them off for their first day of kindergarten, watching them play little league baseball, and go on their first dates. They had friends, they joked, they cried, they did great things, and they were as fallible as any of us. They were people just like you and me.
Working in law enforcement has, and has always had, challenges few can understand. As of late, things have become particularly difficult as specific actions by some officers have come under heavy scrutiny (sometimes with reason). However, the narrative being promoted by many in and around the media has become irrational and the reflexive responses by some involved in policing has only fanned the flames. Let this week be a time to remember the fallen and to advocate rational analyses of individual police actions for everyone’s benefit.
Here is the list provide by http://www.policeweek.org/roll_call.html:
| Garrett | Jeffrey | 10/27/14 | AL | Dothan Police Department |
| Hart | James | 11/23/14 | AL | Elmore County Sheriff’s Office |
| Kelley | William | 4/18/14 | AL | Covington County Sheriff’s Office |
| Williamson | John | 10/25/14 | AL | Butler County Sheriff’s Office |
| Johnson | Patrick | 5/1/14 | AK | Alaska State Troopers |
| Rich | Gabriel | 5/1/14 | AK | Alaska State Troopers |
| Hobbs | John | 3/3/14 | AZ | Phoenix Police Department |
| Payne | David | 10/31/14 | AZ | Chandler Police Department |
| Stewart | Tyler | 12/27/14 | AZ | Flagstaff Police Department |
| Richardson | Allen “Pete” | 3/17/14 | AE | Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office |
| Corder | Jordan | 9/30/14 | CA | Covina Police Department |
| Cortijo | Christopher | 4/9/14 | CA | Los Angeles Police Department |
| Davis, Jr. | Michael | 10/24/14 | CA | Placer County Sheriff’s Department |
| Del Fiorentino | Ricky | 3/19/14 | CA | Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office |
| Diamond | Shaun | 10/29/14 | CA | Pomona Police Department |
| Gonzalez | Juan | 2/17/14 | CA | California Highway Patrol |
| Hewell | Scott | 6/11/14 | CA | Stockton Police Department |
| Kostiuchenko | Yevhen | 10/28/14 | CA | Ventura County Sheriff’s Office |
| Law | Brian | 2/17/14 | CA | California Highway Patrol |
| Lee | Nicholas | 3/7/14 | CA | Los Angeles Police Department |
| Mitchell | Timothy | 12/30/14 | CA | Avalon Harbor Patrol |
| Oliver | Danny | 10/24/14 | CA | Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department |
| Sanchez | Roberto | 5/3/14 | CA | Los Angeles Police Department |
| Smith, Jr. | Tom | 1/21/14 | CA | Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department |
| Baldwin | David | 1/26/14 | CO | Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office |
| German | Robert | 3/22/14 | FL | Windermere Police Department |
| Horne | Michael | 1/27/09 | FL | Hendry County Sheriff’s Office |
| Kondek, Jr. | Charles | 12/21/14 | FL | Tarpon Springs Police Department |
| Larson | Mark | 3/24/14 | FL | Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office |
| Pine | Jonathan | 2/11/14 | FL | Orange County Sheriff’s Office |
| Richard | Chelsea | 5/3/14 | FL | Florida Highway Patrol |
| Smith | Christopher | 11/22/14 | FL | Leon County Sheriff’s Office |
| Hawk | Noel | 5/4/14 | GA | Eatonton Police Department |
| Jordan | Kevin | 5/31/14 | GA | Griffin Police Department |
| Norris | Michael | 9/14/14 | GA | Monroe County Sheriff’s Office |
| Thomas | Steven | 5/21/14 | GA | Franklin County Sheriff’s Office |
| Morrissy | James | 3/17/14 | IL | Oak Forest Police Department |
| Calvin | Jacob | 6/28/14 | IN | Tipton County Sheriff’s Office |
| Renn | Perry | 7/5/14 | IN | Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department |
| Schultz | Nickolaus | 9/7/14 | IN | Merrillville Police Department |
| Westerfield | Jeffery | 7/6/14 | IN | Gary Police Department |
| Snider | Howard | 6/17/12 | IA | Ames Police Department |
| Harwood | Jason | 9/7/14 | KA | Topeka Police Department |
| Branham | Bobby | 5/14/13 | KY | Louisville Division of Police |
| Bares, Jr. | Allen | 6/23/14 | LA | Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office |
| Foster, Jr. | James | 12/30/14 | LA | Denham Springs Police Department |
| Papillion, Jr. | Carlos | 1/28/14 | LA | St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office |
| Clagett | Jamel | 12/21/14 | MD | Charles County Sheriff’s Office |
| Maloney | Gregory | 4/1/14 | MA | Plymouth Police Department |
| Simmonds | Dennis | 4/10/14 | MA | Boston Police Department |
| Charles | Chad | 5/21/14 | MI | Michigan Department of Corrections |
| Whitaker | Grant | 12/7/14 | MI | Ingham County Sheriff’s Office |
| Patrick | Scott | 7/30/14 | MN | Mendota Heights Police Department |
| Collum | John | 5/9/14 | MS | Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks |
| Street | John | 12/16/14 | MS | George County Sheriff’s Office |
| Chism | Matthew | 11/2/14 | MO | Cedar County Sheriff’s Office |
| Johnson, Jr. | Eddie | 10/20/14 | MO | Alton Police Department |
| Dunn, I | Joseph | 8/14/14 | MT | Cascade County Sheriff’s Office |
| Baker | Amanda | 2/16/14 | NE | Scotts Bluff County Detention Center |
| Hecker | Mark | 8/12/14 | NE | Butler County Sheriff’s Office |
| Beck | Alyn | 6/8/14 | NV | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department |
| Soldo | Igor | 6/8/14 | NV | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department |
| Arkell | Stephen | 5/12/14 | NH | Brentwood Police Department |
| Arocha, Jr. | Reinaldo | 9/16/14 | NJ | Newark Police Department |
| Goodell | Christopher | 7/17/14 | NJ | Waldwick Police Department |
| Petruzzello | Stephen | 12/29/14 | NJ | Cliffside Park Police Department |
| Santiago | Melvin | 7/13/14 | NJ | Jersey City Police Department |
| Haase | Anthony | 10/26/14 | NM | Rio Rancho Police Department |
| Bordonaro | Frank | 7/8/14 | NY | Genesee County Sheriff’s Office |
| Choi | Thomas | 12/29/14 | NY | Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority Police |
| Guerra | Dennis | 4/9/14 | NY | New York City Police Department |
| Liu | Wenjian | 12/20/14 | NY | New York City Police Department |
| Mayville | Douglas | 4/9/14 | NY | Albany Police Department |
| Pierson | Daryl | 9/3/14 | NY | Rochester Police Department |
| Ramos | Rafael | 12/20/14 | NY | New York City Police Department |
| Skinner | Christopher | 5/29/14 | NY | New York State Police |
| Smith, Jr. | David | 3/31/14 | NY | Johnson City Police Department |
| Williams | Michael | 9/21/14 | NY | New York City Police Department |
| Greene | Jeffrey | 11/19/14 | NC | Union County Sheriff’s Office |
| Klingenschmidt | Stanley | 6/15/13 | NC | Southern Pines Police Department |
| Thalmann | Alexander | 3/31/14 | NC | New Bern Police Department |
| Paris, Sr. | Michael | 8/1/12 | OH | Ohio State Highway Patrol |
| Winebrenner | Justin | 11/16/14 | OH | Akron Police Department |
| Beck | Brian | 1/23/14 | OK | Washita County Sheriff’s Office |
| Chase | Kelley | 10/13/12 | OK | Oklahoma City Police Department |
| Fisher | Terry | 1/12/14 | OK | Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office |
| Weeks | Mitchell | 1/6/12 | OK | McAlester Police Department |
| Willhight | Kristian | 1/23/14 | OK | Burns Flat Police Department |
| Champion | Richard | 12/14/14 | PA | Perryopolis Borough Police Department |
| Dickson, II | Bryon | 9/12/14 | PA | Pennsylvania State Police |
| Kedra | David | 9/30/14 | PA | Pennsylvania State Police |
| Pierce | Sheryl | 9/14/13 | PA | South Londonderry Township Police Department |
| Matuskovic | Joseph | 9/8/14 | SC | Charleston County Sheriff’s Office |
| Smith, Jr. | Holmes | 11/5/14 | SC | Clarendon County Sheriff’s Department |
| Johnson | David | 1/12/14 | TN | Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office |
| Perritt | Darrell | 11/4/14 | TN | Maury County Sheriff’s Department |
| Petrina | Michael | 5/10/14 | TN | Metro Nashville Police Department |
| Buckles | Paul | 5/30/14 | TX | Potter County Sheriff’s Office |
| Dinwiddie | Charles | 5/11/14 | TX | Killeen Police Department |
| Dixon | Wayland | 6/19/14 | TX | Little River-Academy Police Department |
| Hollis | Jessica | 9/18/14 | TX | Travis County Sheriff’s Office |
| Johnson, Jr. | Cleveland | 8/28/14 | TX | Titus County Constable’s Office |
| Kelley | Marc | 3/14/14 | TX | Trinity University Police Department |
| Martinez, Sr. | Alejandro | 11/21/14 | TX | Willacy County Sheriff’s Office |
| Naylor | Michael | 10/9/14 | TX | Midland County Sheriff’s Office |
| Pimentel | Michael | 8/23/14 | TX | Elmendorf Police Department |
| Valdez, III | Jesse | 10/29/14 | TX | Harris County Sheriff’s Office |
| Wride | Cory | 1/30/14 | UT | Utah County Sheriff’s Office |
| Berger | Bryan | 4/28/14 | VA | Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office |
| House, III | Percy | 1/31/14 | VA | Greensville County Sheriff’s Office |
| Jones | Brian | 5/30/14 | VA | Norfolk Police Department |
| Hansen | Derek | 3/28/14 | WA | Wapato Police Department |
| Seversen | Michael | 4/14/14 | WI | Polk County Sheriff’s Office |
| Albarati-Casana | Osvaldo | 2/26/13 | Federal | U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons |
| Baskett | Michael | 11/26/13 | Federal | U.S. Dept. of Justice – Federal Bureau of Prisons |
| Cabrera | Jair | 5/24/14 | Federal | Salt River Police Department, Tribal Police |
| Crisp | Jason | 3/12/14 | Federal | U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations |
| Feldt | Brian | 12/23/13 | Federal | U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons |
| Giannini | Alexander | 5/28/14 | Federal | U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Border Patrol |
| Holtz | Clinton | 1/17/14 | Federal | U.S. Capitol Police |
| Kountz | Brandon | 3/31/13 | Federal | U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons |
| Mayo | Mark | 3/24/14 | Federal | United States Navy Security Forces |
| McKnight | Frank | 5/29/14 | Federal | U.S. Dept. of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service |
| Montoya, Sr. | Ernest | 11/30/14 | Federal | Navajo Division of Public Safety, Tribal Police |
| Robledo | Tyler | 9/12/14 | Federal | U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Border Patrol |
| Amaro-Fantauzzi | Geniel | 8/25/14 | PR | Puerto Rico Police Department |
| Correa-Ortega | Joaquin | 3/10/14 | PR | Puerto Rico Police Department |
| Morales-Santiago | Marielis | 4/10/14 | PR | Puerto Rico Police Department |
| Mujica de Leon | Francisco | 12/20/10 | PR | Puerto Rico Department of Justice |
| Rivera-Vega | Carlos | 1/21/14 | PR | Puerto Rico Police Department |
| Torres-Marin | Mario | 12/20/10 | PR | Puerto Rico Department of Justice |
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Thank you, Mark.
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Thanks for the reblog, Mike. And thanks for your service.
Had a couple of cases in and around Pittsburgh but most were east of the Susquehanna.
I worked with one of the individuals who was violently killed in the line of duty in 2014. His family has forever lost a son, a brother, a father…his friend will forever grieve. Thank you for recognizing our greater national loss.
I am deeply sorry for your loss. Thank you for the comment and my thoughts are with the families of all those we lost.
Thank you! Same to you.
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Honor the fallen America. Let their deaths and the grief of their family, friends and loved ones not be in vain. God bless them all. We thank them for their service.
God bless you and thank you for your servivce.
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