Blue Lives Lost - Page 6

September 20, 2019

Washington detective Ryan Thompson was the kind of cop 'everyone wanted to talk to,' his brother says

Aaron Thompson, a detective with Washington’s King County Sheriff’s Office, says he and his parents were helping check in guests at a hotel for his brother’s memorial service when a staff member approached them and said how upset she was.

September 20, 2019

Hall County Sheriff's Office Deputy Nicolas Dixon's colleagues fill officer's shoes for his 9-year-old son

When Caden Dixon arrived for the first day of school this year, the officers with the Hall County Sheriff’s Office showed him that his father, Nicolas – a deputy who was killed a month earlier in the line of duty – will never be forgotten.

September 20, 2019

Illinois SWAT team member Nicholas Hopkins 'died doing what he loved,' wife says

It was a knock on the door that Whitney Hopkins wished never came.

September 20, 2019

Family of Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Moises Sanchez was ‘inspirational’ amid tragic shooting

If Trooper Matthew Holley of the Houston Highway Patrol had one word to describe Moises Sanchez’s family, it would be “inspirational”.

September 20, 2019

McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner’s family says support ‘gives you a new respect for humanity’

Jacob Keltner, his father Howard says, “wanted to be a soldier or policeman since he could talk.”

September 20, 2019

Stone County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Michael Stephen was always the 'first guy in, last one out,' chief says

The morning of July 18 “began as about as routine as you can get” for Sgt. Michael Stephen, Arkansas State Police say, with the longtime Stone County Sheriff’s deputy and U.S. Army veteran summoned to a home in Leslie to carry out a domestic welfare check.

September 20, 2019

Birmingham police Sgt. Wytasha Carter, loved by school communities, was a 'leader' everywhere

Everywhere he went, Sgt. Wytasha Carter brought love with him.

September 20, 2019

California Highway Patrol Officer Andre Moye Jr. had work ethic so 'unparalleled' he almost ticketed his mom

California Highway Patrol Officer Andre Moye Jr. spent so much time working the roads that “he once had a close encounter with his mom,” his former commander remembers.

September 20, 2019

Fulton County Sheriff's Deputy Troy Chisum was 'consummate public servant'

Troy Chisum had been a volunteer firefighter. A paramedic. He was a member of the West Central Special Response Team. He'd serve as part of the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System's Weapons of Mass Destruction/Special Response Team. And, he served on the force in Fulton County, Illinois.

September 20, 2019

Midland Police Officer Nathan Heidelberg, at just 28, had become mentor to others

He was only 28 years old, but Nathan Hayden Heidelberg was already serving as a mentor -- and, at times, a father figure -- for others.