OFFICERS WILL GATHER
FOR A MEMORIAL LATER
TODAY.
THEY'LL BE HONORING
THEIR FELLOW
OFFICERS KILLED IN
THE LINE OF DUTY.
CHANGE FONT
OUR MATT
MCCUTCHEON IS HERE..
WITH A CLOSER LOOK
AT THE SERVICES.
LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS
SHOW THAN JUST
ABOUT EVERY 3 DAYS..
AN OFFICER DIED IN
THE LINE OF DUTY
NATIONWIDE.
INDIANA HAS
UNFORTUNATELY HAD
IT'S SHARE OF THE
TRAGEDY.
JUST LESS THAN TWO
WEEKS AGO IN FACT..
TERRE HAUTE OFFICER
ROB PITTS WOULD BE
GUNNED DOWN IN THE
LINE OF DUTY.
IN MARCH.. WE LOST
BOONE COUNTY
DEPUTY JACOB
PICKETT.
AND LAST SUMMER..
SOUTHPOUT
LIEUTENANT AARON
ALLAN WOULD ALSO BE
KILLED.
WITH THOSE THREE IN
RECENT MEMORY, IS
THE PROBLEM GETTING
WORSE?
TURNS OUT.. THE 19-
20'S RANK AS THE
DEADLIEST DECADE.
ON TOP OF THAT.. 19-
30 IS THE DEADLIEST
YEAR.
THAT'S WHEN 310
OFFICERS WOULD DIED
IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
THAT'S COMPARED TO
129 LAST YEAR.. ALL
ACCORDING TO THE
"NATIONAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS MEMOIAL
FUND".
OF COURSE EVERY
DEATH IS SO HARD --
WITH OFFICERS SO
OFTEN LEAVING BEHIND
YOUNG CHILDREN.
LIEUTENANT AARON
ALLAN'S NAME WILL BE
READ ALOUD DURING
TODAY'S SERVICES IN
D-C.
