On November 29, 2024, Oak Park lost Detective Allan Reddins. He was 40 years old. The loss is difficult to measure because a badge number can be recorded, a rank can be listed, and an End of Watch can be entered into a memorial—but none of those facts can contain the life that ended when gunfire took him from the community he served. Reddins had given five years to the Oak Park… Read more
Joseph Anthony Azcona was 26 years old when gunfire took him from the people of Newark. He had spent five years serving with the Newark Police Division, including two years as a detective, and on March 7, 2025, he was doing the work that placed him between a dangerous possibility and the public he had sworn to protect. He never came home. His End of Watch was March 8, 2025. The loss… Read more
A life ended in the middle of a duty that began with an attempt to protect others. Detective Mark Edward Baker was 53 when gunfire took him on September 17, 2025, leaving the Northern York County Regional Police Department to carry the grief of a colleague lost and a community to reckon with the cost of one more public servant not coming home. Baker had given 21 years to law enforcement. That… 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
Detective Randy Hoppert of the Tulare County Sheriff's Office was killed by gunfire on April 9, 2026, while responding to deputies under fire in Porterville. A United States Navy veteran who had served approximately six years with the sheriff's office, he leaves an enduring absence in his department and community. Read more
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