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Badge 6064: Philadelphia Carries the Loss of Jaime Junior Roman

Police Officer Jaime Junior Roman, Philadelphia Police Department, End of Watch 2024-09-10

Philadelphia lost Police Officer Jaime Junior Roman not in some distant chapter of service, but in the middle of a duty that asks officers to step toward uncertainty. He was 31 years old when gunfire ended the future he still had every right to live. His badge, 6064, now carries a sorrow no number can contain. Roman died on September 10, 2024, from wounds suffered during a traffic stop nearly three months… Read more

Cody Michael Becker’s Final Call Left Northern York County Without a Protector

Detective Sergeant Cody Michael Becker, Northern York County Regional Police Department, End of Watch 2025-09-17

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

The Unfinished Watch of Detective Mark Edward Baker

Detective Mark Edward Baker, Northern York County Regional Police Department, End of Watch 2025-09-17

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 the Roadside in West Caln, Pennsylvania Lost Corporal Timothy J. O’Connor, Jr.

Corporal Timothy J. O'Connor, Jr., Pennsylvania State Police, End of Watch 2026-03-08

On March 8, 2026, a traffic stop became the final assignment of Corporal Timothy J. O'Connor, Jr. He was 40 years old. More than 15 years after beginning his service with the Pennsylvania State Police, he was shot and killed while investigating a complaint about an erratic driver. The loss is measured not only in an end-of-watch record, but in the sudden absence of a person who had spent years answering the… Read more