A traffic crash brought Deputy Sheriff Devin Jaramillo to work that afternoon, as ordinary and urgent as so many calls answered by public servants. Instead of helping the people involved reach safety, he was shot and killed. He was 27 years old. On November 7, 2025, the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office lost a deputy, and the people who knew and loved him lost a life that should have continued far beyond that day.… Read more
Roger Smith spent three decades in public safety, helping protect people through two North Carolina police agencies. On November 8, 2025, that life was taken by gunfire inside a hospital emergency department—a place associated with treatment, urgency, and the effort to save lives. He was 59 years old. For the people who knew him through WakeMed Campus Police & Public Safety Department and the Knightdale Police Department, Officer Smith was more than… Read more
Marc Tyler Brock was 25 years old when his life was taken by gunfire while he was serving a warrant at a residence in Vivian, Louisiana. His end of watch came on November 14, 2025—a date that now carries the unbearable finality of a young public servant who should have had far more years ahead of him. For six years, Officer Brock served with the Vivian Police Department. The facts available are… Read more
Sergeant Terri Jean Sweeting-Mashkow gave 25 years to the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office. On November 21, 2025, that long record of service ended in gunfire while she was carrying out an eviction notice in Vero Beach. She was 47 years old. The loss is difficult to hold in a single sentence. A public servant went to perform a duty that communities depend on, and she did not come home. Another deputy… Read more
At 20, Specialist Sarah Diane Beckstrom had already given two years and five months to service. On November 27, 2025, that service ended when she succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained while on patrol in Washington, D.C. Her death leaves behind more than a uniform, a rank, or a line in a record. It leaves the unbearable fact of a young life cut short while she was doing work meant to protect others.… Read more
Detective Timothy Jones was 34 when his life ended on December 3, 2025. His death left behind a father, a mother, and a sister—and a community forced to reckon with how much one act of violence can take from a family, a police department, and everyone who believed a public servant should be able to come home. Jones had served the Park Forest Police Department for nine months. He wore badge 204… Read more
Corporal Matthew Tyler "Ty" Snook was 34 years old when gunfire ended his life on December 23, 2025. He had given 10 years and 9 months to the Delaware State Police, carrying the responsibilities of a public servant into places where people needed assistance, order, and protection. His final assignment was not a distant battlefield or a dramatic scene chosen for attention. He was working overtime at the Karen L. Johnson Division… Read more
A life meant to keep unfolding was cut short on January 11, 2026. Officer Elijah Garretson of the Copperas Cove Police Department was 27 years old when gunfire took him from the people and community he had sworn to serve. His End of Watch is now a date carried by others: colleagues, loved ones, fellow veterans, and everyone who understands how much promise can exist inside a young public servant’s life. Garretson… Read more
A family is left to carry an absence that cannot be repaired. A community is left to say goodbye to a 37-year-old public servant whose life ended in gunfire while he was doing the work he had chosen. Derrick Bonham was a Deputy Sheriff with the Weakley County Sheriff’s Office, and his End of Watch came on January 30, 2026. The details are stark, but they do not make this loss feel… Read more
Pradeep Tamang was 25 years old when a call for help became the last call he would ever answer. On February 1, 2026, the Gwinnett County Police Department Police Officer Senior was responding to a fraud and forgery report at a Holiday Inn in Stone Mountain when he was shot and killed. A life still opening before him was ended in an instant. The facts are stark, but they cannot measure the… Read more
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