Manitowoc County police officers remembered those killed in the line of duty during Peace Officer Memorial Day.
The placement of a wreath commemorated the day when fallen officers from around the county are recognized for paying the ultimate price for the job they do from the city of Manitowoc up to the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Department.
Manitowoc Police Chief Nick Reimer says, thankfully, there were no new officers from our area added to the growing list of police officers killed nationwide.
To keep this from happening, citizens and police continue to make another day for an officer just that.
Reimer expressed, “Another day where we are able to return home safely to our families and where our families are not cut short of a life without their loved one.”
Manitowoc County District Attorney Jackie LeBre was the keynote speaker again for the 20-minute ceremony.
She said the number of officers dying in the line of duty, especially from gunfire, is growing and mentioned one of the most recent tragedy in Charlotte, North Carolina, where four officers were killed trying to serve a warrant.
She read a letter from one of the officer’s sons who wrote about his dad, which read in part, “My daddy loves playing and watching baseball, his favorite team is the Dodgers. He’s an expert marksman, perfect score every time, and for my 12th birthday, he bought me a dirt bike. He bought himself one too. He was the best man I’ll ever know, and I hope to be just like him.”
The ceremony finished with Judge Mark Roher swearing officers to an oath before the wreath to recognize the fallen officers was placed.
Ten officers were recognized including the most recent officer that died in the line of duty Dale TenHaken, who was shot and killed in 1998.
Family from other fallen officers attended the ceremony as well along with local and county leaders and county residents.
