The Officer.com Honoring the Fallen channel is where we memorialize and recognize those officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty.
New Mexico State Police Officer Justin Hare was shot and killed in March 2024 when he was ambushed by Jaremy Smith after Hare stopped to help Smith with a flat tire.
Dawson County Sheriff's Deputy Jesse Perez was conducting a traffic stop in Lamesa when debris from a passing commercial vehicle struck him, and he later died at the hospital....
Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield was found dead in his home, and Maj. Lorenzo Aguilar was unanimously appointed to serve out the remainder of Merrifield's term, which...
Knox, one of six Roanoke police K-9s trained to apprehend suspects, was struck by a cruiser while pursuing a driver who fled on foot when his allegedly stolen vehicle broke down...
South Fulton Police Lt. Helio Garcia was driving his cruiser when another driver veered into his lane and struck him, becoming the department's first officer to die in the line...
Seattle Police Det. Bryan Van Brunt was an accomplished undercover investigator for the department, but the stress and trauma of juggling lies that could cost his life took their...
Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death after he ambushed and executed Orangeburg Department of Public Safety Capt. James Myers during a 2004 five-state crime spree that also left ...
Wood County Sheriff's Deputy Melissa Pollard, who had been with the agency since 2016, was involved in a crash with a tractor-trailer between Quitman and Winnsboro.
“Our city mourns the tragic loss of an 18th District Chicago Police officer. Our hearts are shattered and broken over this tragedy," said Mayor Brandon Johnson.
The names of 345 law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty to be honored and officially added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
Walton County Sheriff's Deputy William May was struck multiple times but was still able to return fire and fatally shoot an armed suspect in a violent gunfight outside a Mossy...
“In my professional opinion, the gentleman should never have been out of jail. And yet here we are," said Marysville's police chief after a convicted felon shot and killed Officer...
Marysville Police Officer Osmar Rodarte was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire at an Olivehurst home, and his line-of-duty death is the first for the small department in...
"It's a chief's worst nightmare … suffering the loss of one of your own, and it's devastating. You're never prepared for it," said King City's police chief after the unexpected...
