Summary

***Note: the information for each officer comes from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund website

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Tuesday
Washington, DC

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371 NEW NAMES ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ADDED TO THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, DC THEY INCLUDE 158 NAMES OF OFFICERS WHO WERE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN 20-18 -- AND 213 INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY HISTORICALLY -- INCLUDING THE NAMES OF SEVERAL OFFICERS FROM ACROSS THE NORTHEAST

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Corporal Eugene P Cole
Department: Somerset County, Maine, SO
End of Watch: April 25, 2018
Age: 61
Years of Service: 14
Description: Corporal Cole was shot and killed while conducting a follow up to a recent drug arrest A suspect was wanted for questioning in connection with a drug investigation Corporal Cole stopped at a known residence of the suspect to question him and was ambushed and shot by the suspect while on the premises

Patrolman Matthew S Forgach
Department: Newport Twp, Pennsylvania, PD
End of Watch: January 23, 1960
Age: 61
Years of Service: 35
Description: Patrolman Forgach was responding to a two vehicle crash when he suffered a fatal heart attack

Officer Bernard D Ratliff
Department: Kentucky Dept of Fish & Wildlife Resources
End of Watch: June 21, 1999
Age: 51
Years of Service: 20
Description: Officer Ratliff suffered a fatal heart attack while participating in the department weekly physical training program after completing the first part of his shift on patrol Officer Ratliff was on duty and compensated during the training session

Officer William H Knecht
Department: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, PD
End of Watch: June 20, 1898
Age: 63
Years of Service: 36
Description: On June 1, 1898, Police Officer Knecht collapsed after working to relieve the suffering of a motorman who had suffered a serious chest injury Officer Knecht was overcome due to exertion and the heat Officer Knecht was transported home and a physician was summoned Officer Knecht did not return to work and died 19 days later on June 20th

Officer Everett L Terwilliger
Department: Town of Fallsburg, New York, PD
End of Watch: January 6, 1973
Age: 47
Years of Service: 2
Description: Police Officer Terwilliger suffered multiple fatal injuries in an automobile crash when his patrol vehicle skidded on the ice and collided with a truck Officer Terwilliger was returning to headquarters after completing a call when the incident occurred

Deputy Sheriff Ralph F Peckham
Department: Bennington County, Vermont, SO
End of Watch: May 27, 1935
Age: 28
Years of Service: 2
Description: Deputy Sheriff Peckham was injured in a single motorcycle crash while in pursuit of a speeding motorist Deputy Peckham was transported to the hospital with multiple injuries and died two days later

Officer Darren M Weathers
Department: Detroit, Michigan, PD
End of Watch: February 13, 2018
Age: 25
Years of Service: 2
Description: Police Officer Weathers was killed in a vehicle crash during a surveillance training exercise Officer Weathers was assigned to the Professional Accountability Integrity Unit and working undercover in his unmarked vehicle Officer Weathers struck the front end of the other vehicle and the impact launched his vehicle into a concrete railroad support pillar, which caused the vehicle to split in half Officer Weathers was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced deceased

Officer Amy S Caprio
Department: Baltimore County, Maryland, PD
End of Watch: May 21, 2018
Age: 29
Years of Service: 4
Description: Police Officer Caprio was intentionally struck and killed by a vehicle driven by a juvenile burglary suspect Officer Caprio was dispatched to a home that had just been burglarized and made contact with the suspect when she was struck Officer Caprio was transported to the hospital and succumbed to her injuries


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THE NAMES ARE BEING ADDED TO THE WALL AHEAD OF NATIONAL POLICE WEEK -- WHICH BEGINS ON SUNDAY, MAY 12TH
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