David Rose was 33 years old when his life was taken by gunfire on August 8, 2025. He had served the DeKalb County Police Department for only 11 months, yet in that short time he had already accepted the daily responsibility of standing between danger and the people he was sworn to protect. His death leaves behind a silence that cannot be measured by a badge number, a service length, or a line in a record. Officer Rose was a United States Marine Corps veteran and a Police Officer with DeKalb County. Badge 3819 now carries the weight of a name, a promise, and a…

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