Tag Archives: Officer remembrance

Roger Smith spent three decades in public safety, helping protect people through two North Carolina police agencies. On November 8, 2025, that life was taken by gunfire inside a hospital emergency department—a place associated with treatment, urgency, and the effort to save lives. He was 59 years old. For the people who knew him through WakeMed Campus Police & Public Safety Department and the Knightdale Police Department, Officer Smith was more than… Read more

Pradeep Tamang was 25 years old when a call for help became the last call he would ever answer. On February 1, 2026, the Gwinnett County Police Department Police Officer Senior was responding to a fraud and forgery report at a Holiday Inn in Stone Mountain when he was shot and killed. A life still opening before him was ended in an instant. The facts are stark, but they cannot measure the… Read more

A family, a department, and a state are left to carry a loss that should never have been theirs to bear. Trooper Daniel Shown died on February 27, 2026, after injuries suffered while answering a domestic disturbance and a request for backup in Lincoln City. He was 66 years old. The finality of that date cannot be separated from the simple fact that he went where help was needed—and did not come… Read more

Detective First Grade Miosotis P. Familia spent twelve years serving New York City with the 46th Precinct in the Bronx. Before the badge, she had worked in health care. Beyond either profession, she was a mother of three and a much-loved member of a large family. Her life held more than the terrible event that brought it to an end. On July 5, 2017, Familia was killed by gunfire while seated in… Read more