Larry Henderson gave thirty-seven years to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, retired, and went back to work three days later. He was killed directing traffic at a graduation by a man who had never met him. A friend writes on the deputy he was, and on the bill that carries his name.
Category Archives: Line of Duty
Officers killed and injured on duty, the funerals and processions that follow, and the recognition their service does and does not receive. Written for the other fifty-one weeks of the year.
Police Memorial Week
One day each year, the names of all of the police officers who died in the line of duty in the United States are memorialized on a wall in Washington, D.C. It is part of a week long celebration of the service of police officers But what about the other fifty-one weeks of the year? […]
Paying a final tribute
In a world where anger, rage and political strife are the norm rather than the exception, it is uplifting to see the response to the death of a public safety professional in the line of duty. It is a fitting tribute to a person who has made the ultimate sacrifice to their community but the […]
A fitting tribute
Officer Brian Sicknick became one of only five civilians to lay in state in the Capitol rotunda in what was a fitting salute to a true hero. His remains were moved to a waiting hearse with two lines of Capitol Police officers and hundreds more standing at attention in formation on a cold Washington morning. […]
Is there something wrong with our priorities?
A helicopter crash tragically takes the lives of nine people and the national news spends countless hours covering the story. Not because of the loss of lives, but because a retired professional basketball player was onboard. A police officer dies protecting the life of someone they do not know and the national news coverage is […]
The Visuals tell the story
Law enforcement has always been known as a brotherhood, but a recent example shows the truth of that statement. A Chattanooga, TN. police officer was struck and killed one month after his graduation from the Police Academy. Nicholas Galinger was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio and needed to be transported there for his funeral and burial. […]
Kudos are deserved
There is not a lot of love from the law enforcement community regarding the media, but kudos are due in the coverage of the line of duty death of a suburban Cincinnati, Ohio police officer. Sgt. Dale Woods of the Colerain Township, Ohio Police Department was struck by a truck while directing traffic at a […]
Paying tribute to our heroes
On Friday, three heroes were laid to rest after being shot and killed in the line of duty. One was a Police Commander from Chicago PD and two Westerville, Ohio officers. The interesting part of the story is that two of the three could be at home enjoying drawing their pension, but chose to continue […]
A job well done
Our deep gratitude should go out to the members of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for their professionalism and valor in handling the incident on October 1. There is no training to prepare for an incident of this magnitude. From a command standpoint, a tabletop exercise can prepare them for the aftermath of an […]