Tag Archives: Officer memorial

The loss of Parole Agent Joshua Lemont Byrd is measured not only in the violence that took his life, but in the empty place it leaves with his wife, three children, colleagues, and everyone who depended on his work. At 40, Byrd was still giving his time and judgment to a difficult public responsibility—one that demanded patience, vigilance, and the willingness to meet people at consequential moments in their lives. On July… Read more

On July 26, 2025, the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office lost Deputy Sheriff Elijah Ming after he was shot while responding to a domestic situation in Kansas. He was 34 years old. The loss is difficult to hold in any simple sentence: a public servant went to help protect a woman facing a threatening man, and he did not come home. Deputy Ming’s End of Watch came after nine years of service. The… Read more

The loss of Sergeant Lee Sorensen is measured first in what cannot be restored: a life ended, a public servant taken, and a community left to carry the silence that follows. On August 17, 2025, Sorensen’s end of watch came through gunfire, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page record. He was 56 years old. For 16 years, he served with the Tremonton-Garland Police Department in Utah. Those facts are brief, but… Read more

The loss of Detective Sergeant Cody Michael Becker is measured not only in the silence left inside the Northern York County Regional Police Department, but in the family life suddenly altered by violence. Becker was 39 years old. He was a husband and a father of two children. On September 17, 2025, the people closest to him lost a presence no ceremony can restore. Becker had given 16 years to the Northern… 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

At 32, Sergeant Scott William Heimann had already given nine years to the Hays Police Department. On September 28, 2025, that commitment placed him in the path of gunfire while responding to a domestic violence call in Hays. He was shot during the response, transported by air to a regional hospital, and died from his wounds at 4:03 a.m. The loss is difficult to hold in any single sentence. A sergeant, a… Read more

A life that had been given to public service ended with a gunshot, and the loss cannot be reduced to a line in a record. Deputy Sheriff Charles Riley was 33 years old when his end of watch came on October 6, 2025. For six years, he served with the Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana. His death leaves behind the hardest truth of this work: a person who stood in the… Read more

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

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