End of watch, 2012For the year 2012, 60 officers and 6 K-9s were killed by suspects in the line of duty. In respect for their sacrifice to protect their communities, please take a moment and read through the list, and have a moment of silence for the fallen.
January 1 - Ranger Margret Anderson, US Park Service, gunfire
January 1 - Sergeant Abimael Castro-Berrocales, Puerto Rico Police Department, gunfire
January 5 - Agent Jared Francorn, Ogden, Utah Police Department, gunfire
January 8 - Deputy William Coleman, Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff's Department, gunfire
January 14 - Correctional Officer Clarence Tariq Hammond, Michigan Department of Corrections, gunfire
January 18 - Agent Francis Crespo-Mandry, Puerto Rico Police Department, gunfire
January 20 - Corporal Barbara Ester, Arkansas Department of Corrections, stabbed
January 24 - Senior Police Officer Gail Thomas, Atlanta, Georgia Police Department, vehicular assault
January 28 - Master Corporal Sandy Rogers, Aiken, South Carolina Department of Public Safety, gunfire
February 3 - Officer Steven Green, Mobile Alabama Police Department, stabbed
February 16 - Detective David White, Clay County, Florida Sheriff's Office, gunfire
February 23 - Trooper Tony Radulescu, Washington State Highway Patrol, gunfire
March 6 - Deputy Barbara Pill, Brevard County, Florida, Sheriff's Office, gunfire
March 6 - Corrections Officer Britney Meux, Lake County, Indiana Sheriff's Department, vehicular assault
March 18 - Sergeant Ruben Thomas, Florida Department of Corrections, stabbed
April 6 - Senior Officer Jaime De Luna-Padron, Austin, Texas Police Department, gunfire
April 12 - Deputy Robert Paris, Stanislaus, California Sheriff's Department, gunfire
April 12 - Chief Michael Maloney, Greenland, New Hampshire Police Department, gunfire
May 1 - Investigator Michael Walter, Pearl, Mississippi Police Department, gunfire
May 18 - Parole Officer Jeffrey McCoy, Oklahoma Department of Corrections, gunfire
May 28 - Detective Jeremy Bitner, Englewood, Colorado Police Department, gunfire
June 4 - Officer Kevin Ambrose, Springfield, Massachusetts Police Department, gunfire
June 24 - Officer Celena Hollis, Denver, Colorado Police Department, gunfire
June 26 - Agent Victor Soto-Velez, Puerto Rico Police Department, gunfire
July 8 - Officer Brian Lorenzo, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Police Department, vehicular assault
July 16 - K-9 Chase, Lee County, Virginia Sheriff's Office, gunfire
July 17 - Master Officer Jeremiah Goodson, Lumberton, North Carolina Police Department, gunfire
July 18 - Correctional Officer Nikki Bostic-Jones, Cook County, Illinois Department of Corrections, vehicular assault
July 26 - Deputy William Mast, Watagua, North Carolina Sheriff's Office, gunfire
July 26 - K-9 Kilo, Anderson, Indiana Police Department, gunfire
July 28 - Officer Joshua Williams, Waxahachie, Texas Police Department, vehicular assault
August 1 - Deputy Josh Mitchell, Reagan County, Texas Sheriff's Office, gunfire
August 5 - K-9 Creed, Panama, Oklahoma Police Department, gunfire
August 13 - Constable Brian Bachmann, Brazos County, Texas Constable's Office, gunfire
August 14 - Agent Wilfredo Ramos-Nieves, Puerto Rico Police Department, gunfire
August 16 - Deputy Jeremy Triche, St John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana Sheriff's Office, gunfire
August 16 - Deputy Brandon Nielsen, St John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana Sheriff's Office, gunfire
August 18 - Officer Moses Walker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Police Department, gunfire
August 20 - K-9 Magnum, Anderson, Indiana Police Department, gunfire
August 28 - Corporal Marshall Lee Bailey, West Virginia State Police, gunfire
August 28 - Chief Herbert Proffitt, Tompkinsville, Kentucky Police Department, gunfire
August 31 - Trooper Eric Workman, West Virginia State Police, gunfire
September 5 - Officer Kenyon Youngstrom, California Highway Patrol, gunfire
September 8 - Trooper Bobby Demuth, North Carolina Highway Patrol, vehicular assault
September 9 - Officer Patrick O'Rourke, West Bloomfield, Michigan Police Department, gunfire
September 13 - Officer Bradley Fox, Plymouth Township, Pennsylvania Police Department, gunfire
September 24 - Sergeant Mary Ricard, Colorado Department of Corrections, stabbed
September 29 - Officer Colvin Georges, Virgin Islands Police Department, gunfire
October 5 - Patrolman Jonathan Molina, El Paso, Texas Police Department, assault
October 11 - Correctional Officer, Larry Stell, Georgia Department of Corrections, stabbed
October 23 - Officer Arthur Lopez, Nassau County, New York, Police Department, gunfire
November 7 - Agent Wilfredo Ramos-Nieves, Puerto Rico Police Deparment, gunfire
November 12 - Officer Elgin Daniel, Henry County, Georgia Police Department, vehicular assault
November 14 - Deputy Anthony Rakes, Marion County, Kentucky Sheriff's Office, gunfire
November 23 - Deputy Scott Ward, Baldwin County, Alabama Sheriff's Office, gunfire
November 29 - Officer Tom Decker, Cold Spring, Minnesota Police Department, gunfire
December 2 - Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III, US Coast Guard, vehicular assault
December 11 - K-9 Nash, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, gunfire
December 12 - K-9 Ivan, Tuscon, Arizona Police Department, gunfire
December 14 - Patrolman Martoiya Lang, Memphis, Tennessee Police Department, gunfire
December 15 - Deputy Christopher Parsons, Washington County, Missouri Sheriff's Office, gunfire
December 16 - Patrolman Angel Garcia, El Paso, Texas Police Department, vehicular assault
December 16 - Corporal David Gogian, Topeka, Kansas Police Department, gunfire
December 16 - Officer Jeff Atherly, Topeka, Kansas Police Department, gunfire
December 18 - Officer Sean Louis Callahan, Clayton County, Georgia Police Department, gunfire
December 24 - Officer Jennifer Lynn Sebena, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Police Department, gunfire
December 24 - Corporal Jimmie Norman, Bellaire, Texas Police Department, gunfire
May the honored fallen rest in peace.
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