Officer Kevin Weber
Kevin Weber died on November 3, 2011 from glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer that he was diagnosed with in April and went out on medical leave. He served his country in the US Navy and was employed at the Baer Field Airport Department of Safety, the Allen County Police Department, and was a police […]
Deputy Tony Howe
Tony Howe, 37, of York, was killed in a one-vehicle accident 1 1/2 miles east of the Waco interchange on Interstate 80 on 1/25/12. Howe was a former officer on the York Police Department and deputy with the York County Sheriff’s Department, and was presently a member of the criminal investigative unit of the Lincoln […]
Sgt. Mark Patrick Day
Retired Renton Police Sergeant Mark Day, 62, died on December 22, 2011, following a fifteen year battle with cancer. At age 38, he made the decision to pursue a career in law enforcement. Sergeant Day graduated first in class overall in 1987 from the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission, Law Enforcement Academy, and joined […]
Deputy Jim St. Pierre
Deputy Jim St Pierre died of a heart attack on the morning of 3/24/12 in Tarin Kowt in southern Afghanistan. He worked for the Pasco Sheriff’s Department in Florida and had worked with a few K9 partners. He worked with his first K9 “Bullet” in 1986 and both responded to an emergency situation at a […]
Officer Jerome “Jerry” Larson
Jerome “Jerry” Larson, 68, died on January 24, 2012, at home after a battle with cancer. He served in the Army, 101st Airborne Division, where he earned both Airborne and Ranger tabs. He had spent much of his life handling and training police dogs, and serving as a mentor to the next generation of handlers. […]
LCpl Abraham Tarwoe
Lance Corporal Abraham Tarwoe was killed on 4/12/12 in Afghanistan during combat operations in Helmand Provence serving with the U.S. Marines when he stepped on an IED. After graduating from West Side High School in Newark N.J., Tarwoe enlisted in the Marine Corps and reported to Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, S.C. on […]
Deputy Sheriff Brian Edward Hayden
Choctaw County Deputy Sheriff Brian Hayden, 47, was killed in a collision with another while both were responding to assist a third officer on 4/19/12. The crash occurred at about 9:30 p.m. on U.S. 70, 3.2 miles west of Soper. Hayden collided with Choctaw tribal police Officer Josiah Moore, 29. Hayden died as a result […]
Ofc. Richard Wayne Johnson
Officer Richard Wayne Johnson, 37, was killed in an off duty car crash on Interstate-20 near mile marker 628 at about 1:13 p.m. on 5/20/12. Johnson was the K-9 unit officer for the Arp Police Department for two years and he was the Arp Independent School District Resource Officer. At the time of the crash, […]
Sgt. Dick Alson Lee Jr.
Military canine handler, Sgt. Dick A. Lee Jr, 31, was killed on April 26, in Afghanistan along with his bomb-detecting dog, a German shepherd named Fibi . Sgt. Dick A. Lee Jr., had been in Afghanistan 23 days and was on his deployment’s first mission. few weeks ago to handle dogs trained to sniff for […]
Ofc. Scott Dietz
Scott Dietz, 60, died of a heart attack. He was a retired police canine handler who worked in the 16th and 20th police districts. He later worked at O’Hare Airport with his trusted bomb-sniffing dog Bart investigating unattended luggage and stalled vehicles. He was a dog handler at O’Hare until his retirement nearly two years […]
