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Hunter Reedy Stood Beside Marion Officers—and Virginia Lost a Young Deputy

Deputy Sheriff Hunter Reedy, Smyth County Sheriff's Office, End of Watch 2024-08-09

On August 9, 2024, Hunter Reedy’s life was taken by gunfire while he was assisting Marion Police Department officers with a traffic stop. He was 27 years old. In that stark fact is a grief that reaches far beyond a uniform: a young man who had chosen public service, a deputy whose future was still unfolding, and a community now forced to carry the silence left behind. Deputy Sheriff Reedy served with… Read more

Badge 1169: Brandon Tyler Cunningham’s Four Years of Service, Ended by Gunfire

Deputy Sheriff Brandon Tyler Cunningham, Paulding County Sheriff's Office, End of Watch 2024-08-17

On August 17, 2024, Paulding County lost Deputy Sheriff Brandon Tyler Cunningham. He was 30 years old. The loss is difficult to measure because a life is more than a date, a badge number, or a line in a memorial record—but those facts still make the absence painfully clear: Cunningham should have had more years to live, serve, and return home. Cunningham wore badge number 1169 and had served the Paulding County… Read more

Six Years of Service, One Unforgivable Loss: Remembering Investigator Taylor Jaimeson Bristow

Investigator Taylor Jaimeson Bristow, Carroll County Sheriff's Office, End of Watch 2024-08-23

A life was taken, and the loss cannot be reduced to a line in a memorial database. Investigator Taylor Jaimeson Bristow was 30 years old when gunfire ended his service with the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office. On August 23, 2024, Georgia lost a public servant who had spent six years showing up for difficult work on behalf of others. The facts are stark, but they carry a human weight that statistics cannot… Read more

At 29, Phoenix Lost Officer Zane Tristan Coolidge to a Call That Should Have Ended Safely

Police Officer Zane Tristan Coolidge, Phoenix Police Department, End of Watch 2024-09-06

On September 6, 2024, Phoenix lost Police Officer Zane Tristan Coolidge. He was 29 years old, five years into his service with the Phoenix Police Department, and known in the public record by badge number 10914. His end of watch came through gunfire, leaving behind a silence that no badge, shift, or memorial can make whole. The facts are stark, but they are not small. Officer Coolidge responded to reports of a… Read more

The Oak Park Detective Behind Badge 442

Detective Allan Reddins, Oak Park Police Department, End of Watch 2024-11-29

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

At 28, Officer Jacob Candanoza Left Terrell With a Loss That Cannot Be Reversed

Police Officer Jacob Candanoza, Terrell Police Department, End of Watch 2024-12-08

A community should never have to learn a young officer’s name this way: through the permanence of an End of Watch, through the silence left where a living person should still be. Officer Jacob Candanoza of the Terrell Police Department was 28 years old when gunfire took his life on December 8, 2024. He had served only four months, but the shortness of that time does not make his sacrifice small. It… Read more

The Courage That Remained: Jason Roscow’s Final Call in North Las Vegas

Officer Jason Roscow, North Las Vegas Police Department, End of Watch 2025-02-04

On February 4, 2025, North Las Vegas lost more than an officer. It lost Jason Roscow, a 46-year-old public servant whose life had been given to protecting others. After 17 years with the North Las Vegas Police Department, Officer Roscow answered a call involving a subject brandishing a gun. He went because that was the work before him—and because someone had to go. The call ended in gunfire. Officer Roscow returned fire… Read more

Osmar Rodarte’s Two Years of Service Ended in a Loss Marysville Cannot Measure

Police Officer Osmar Rodarte, Marysville Police Department, End of Watch 2025-03-26

A wife and child are left to carry the silence that follows a sudden death. On March 26, 2025, Marysville Police Officer Osmar Rodarte was killed by gunfire while serving a search warrant in Olivehurst. He was 27 years old. The loss is difficult to hold in words because Officer Rodarte’s life was still unfolding. He had served with the Marysville Police Department for two years, after serving as a United States… Read more