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We remember fallen #PWCPD Ofc. Mike Pennington. On #ThanksgivingDay, November 22, 1990, he lost his life while attempting to serve a search warrant related to the shooting of a law-enforcement officer.
Dublin Police Services this weekend will recognize a somber anniversary with a memorial tree lighting in honor of John Monego, an Alameda County sheriff's deputy who was killed in the line of duty in Dublin in 1998.
'It’s not lost on the officers that the job they signed up for has become more dangerous.'
Those difficulties affect departments nationwide. According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, since 1920, 404 officers have died by an aircraft accident. Fifteen of those officers are from New Mexico.
A sheriff's deputy was shot and killed Sunday night while chasing a fugitive, the sheriff's office in Wicomico County, Maryland, said.