Officer Jesse Madsen hailed at funeral for seeing everyone as family
Thousands attended services Tuesday for the Tampa police officer, who died saving strangers from a wrong-way driver on I-275.
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Uniformed pallbearers carry away the casket of Master Patrol Officer Jesse Madsen following his funeral Tuesday at Idlewild Baptist Church in Lutz. Madsen, who served in the Marines and Army Reserves, was to be interred at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]
LUTZ â Officer Jesse Madsen considered everyone he met to be family.
He was born to a young mother who loved him but knew she couldnât care for him, so he went home from the hospital with an adoptive family. After a few weeks, the family decided his skin was too dark and he was given up again.
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Tampa Bay area law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty this year will be honored tonight with a procession on the Hillsborough River.
Sixteen law enforcement boats, representing state and local agencies, will meet at 8:15 p.m. on March 16 at the Platt Street Bridge and sail north on the Hillsborough River in memory of
Master Patrol Officer Jesse Madsen of the Tampa Police Department,
Sergeant Brian LaVigne of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, and
Deputy Michael Magli of the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.
Orlando police officers parked an agency vehicle with a memorial wreath in front of the department Tuesday, where OPD Chief Orlando Rolón said members of the public can come to express grief or gratitude for officer Kevin Valencia, who died Monday years after he was shot while responding to a domestic violence call. Rolón remembered Valencia as a hero.
Details released on funeral for Tampa officer killed in wrong-way crash
Those wishing to pay their respects will be admitted at 10 a.m. Tuesday for the 11 a.m. funeral service at Idlewild Baptist Church.
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Tampa police honored Master Police Officer Jesse Madsen during a candlelight vigil in front of Tampa Police headquarters on Thursday. During the ceremony, Madsenâs name was added to the Tampa police memorial monument. [ LUIS SANTANA | Times ]
Updated Mar. 14
TAMPA â Tampa police have released additional details about the funeral Tuesday for Master Patrol Officer Jesse Madsen, who was killed last week trying to stop a wrong-way driver on Interstate 275 in Tampa.
Traffic devices canât cure Florida drivers âmassive stupidityâ | Letters
Hereâs what readers are saying in Saturdayâs letters to the editor.
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Unfortunately, the high rate of wrong way crashes (and killed and injured pedestrians) can be put squarely at the feet of bad, inebriated or distracted drivers. Every day I see poor decisions by drivers, weaving in and out, trying to turn left from the far right lane, texting and talking, all of them ignoring the rules of the road. I, with many others, was stuck on Interstate 275 waiting for the road to clear following Tuesdayâs very tragic wrong-way crash involving a Tampa police officer. While I was stopped, I saw at least two vehicles pull out of the right lane and turn to go down an on-ramp against traffic. No traffic control devices are going to cure massive stupidity, and people like Tampa police Master Patrol Officer Jesse Madsen are going to continue to be killed. My sincerest condolences to Officer