Tag Archives: Greensboro Police Department

Sergeant Philip Dale Nix was not wearing his uniform when he saw a crime unfolding at a gas station. He was off duty, away from the formal authority of badge 873, yet he intervened. That decision ended with gunfire and took his life on December 30, 2023. Nix was 50 years old. His death left the Greensboro Police Department without a supervisor, a colleague, and a public servant who had given 23… Read more

On December 23, 2024, Greensboro lost Police Officer Michael Horan to gunfire while he was answering a call meant to protect people from danger. He was 44 years old. The loss arrived just before Christmas, when families were meant to be together, and left a community facing the unbearable truth that a public servant had gone to help and would not return. Officer Horan had spent seven years with the Greensboro Police… Read more