Jacob Derbin was 23 years old when his life was taken in the line of duty. On May 11, 2024, the Euclid Police Department lost a police officer to gunfire, and a family, a department, and a community were left to carry a grief that cannot be measured in years of service. His badge was number 14, but Jacob Derbin was never only a number in a record. He was a young… Read more
A family, a police division, and a city were left with an absence that cannot be repaired when Police Officer Jamieson Ritter was killed by gunfire on July 4, 2024. He was 27 years old. For the Cleveland Division of Police, he was not a name in a memorial ledger but a fellow officer who had spent four years answering the demands of the badge. Ritter was attempting to help take a… Read more
At 31, Deputy Sheriff Daniel Weston Sherrer lost his life to gunfire while responding to a domestic-violence call near Marengo on May 26, 2025. After approximately four years with the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office, his end of watch left an Ohio community mourning a public servant who went where help was needed. Read more
Sergeant Scott Ries should still be here. Instead, a wife, two daughters, a mother, a brother, a niece, and a nephew are left to face a silence that cannot be repaired. On July 5, 2026, Ries, 54, was killed by gunfire while answering a call near 90 Chippewa Trail in Rittman, Ohio. His death leaves a permanent absence in the family he loved and in the community he served. According to the… Read more
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