We honor those who have served ... - Elkhart County Sheriff's ...
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<strong>We</strong> <strong>honor</strong> <strong>those</strong> <strong>who</strong> <strong>have</strong> <strong>served</strong> ...<br />
<strong>We</strong> pray for the day when no more names are added to this<br />
local list or etched onto the marble of the National Peace<br />
Officers’ Memorial in Washington, D.C., because then we’ll<br />
know all of our fine men and women came home safely.<br />
<strong>Elkhart</strong> Police Department<br />
Officer Willard S. Burton, Oct. 27, 1888<br />
Officer Oren M. Shelmadine, Feb. 9, 1920<br />
Patrolman Henry W. <strong>We</strong>ntz, Dec. 13, 1924<br />
Patrolman Douglas M. Adams, March 20, 2001<br />
Goshen Police Department<br />
Patrolman Thomas E. Goodwin, Dec. 11, 1998<br />
Nappanee Police Department<br />
Sgt. Brant “Butch” Nine, Nov. 3, 1988<br />
Indiana State Police, Ligonier post<br />
Trooper Richard F. England, April 22, 1942<br />
Trooper Donald R. Turner, Jan. 28, 1956<br />
Indiana State Police, Toll Road post<br />
Master Trooper David A. Deuter, July 16, 1998<br />
Trooper Richard T. Gaston, March 4, 1999<br />
Indiana State Police, Bremen post<br />
Trooper Jason E. Beal, Jan. 15, 2000<br />
Bremen Police Department<br />
Patrolman Tony E. Swartzlander, Feb. 22, 1981<br />
Plymouth Police Department<br />
Patrolman James A. Nelson, Dec. 11, 1967<br />
Kosciusko <strong>County</strong> Sheriff’s Department<br />
Sgt. Phillip D. Hochstetler, June 29, 1994<br />
LaGrange <strong>County</strong> Sheriff’s Department<br />
Deputy Sheriff Harry Spice, Dec. 3, 1937<br />
Officer Gregory O. Cushing, Oct. 30, 1995<br />
LaGrange Police Department<br />
Patrolman Michael L. Waldron, Dec. 7, 1974<br />
St. Joseph <strong>County</strong> Sheriff’s Department<br />
Lt. Deputy James W. Mumford, May 25, 1962<br />
Mishawaka Police Department<br />
Patrolman Clarence Casper, June 10, 1930<br />
Patrolman Bryan S. Verkler, Dec. 13, 2003<br />
Cpl. Thomas Roberts, Dec. 13, 2003<br />
South Bend Police Department<br />
Officer Oscar Christensen, May 11, 1886<br />
Patrolman Samuel Cooper, Nov. 1, 1900<br />
Patrolman Lewis Keller, Feb. 25, 1908<br />
Patrolman Hans B. Brandt, May 22, 1916<br />
Patrolman Fred E. Buhland, Jan. 10, 1921<br />
Patrolman Neil McIntyre, Dec. 25, 1923<br />
Patrolman Lloyd L. Thompson, Feb. 27, 1932<br />
Patrolman Charles E. Farkas Sr., May 27, 1933<br />
Patrolman Delbert Thompson, May 27, 1933<br />
Patrolman Howard C. Wagner, June 30, 1934<br />
Patrolman Ronald St. Germain, Aug. 19, 1967<br />
Cpl. Thomas J. DeRue Sr., Nov. 14, 1974<br />
Cpl. Paul R. Deguch, Aug. 24, 1997<br />
Cpl. Scott Severns, April 23, 2006<br />
Cpl. Nick Polizzotto, April 24, 2007<br />
Sheriff Mike Books and Undersheriff Julie Dijkstra<br />
welcome you to the annual memorial service<br />
<strong>honor</strong>ing law enforcement officers<br />
<strong>who</strong> made the ultimate sacrifice for the community.<br />
May 15, 2007 • Goshen, Indiana<br />
Invocation<br />
Dan Haifley, sheriff ’s department senior chaplain<br />
and pastor of Grace Bible Baptist Church of Syracuse<br />
National anthem<br />
Ashenafi Abebe of Goshen College<br />
Veterans’ <strong>honor</strong><br />
Brig. Gen. Bill Reiff, U.S. Army (retired),<br />
past commander of Goshen VFW Post 985<br />
Keynote speaker<br />
Terry Tyler, sheriff ’s department assistant senior chaplain<br />
and pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Nappanee<br />
Bagpipes<br />
Richard Mao of Mishawaka<br />
Taps<br />
Cpl. Michael Daly of the <strong>Elkhart</strong> <strong>County</strong> Sheriff ’s Department<br />
Benediction<br />
Darrel Flaming, sheriff ’s department chaplain<br />
and pastor of Calvary Baptist Church of Nappanee<br />
Special thanks to the Wooden Wagon Floral Shoppe for the kind donation,<br />
the <strong>Elkhart</strong> <strong>County</strong> Sheriff’s Department Honor Guard,<br />
the Bristol Posse, members of the Goshen Fire Department,<br />
Jim Miller of the <strong>Elkhart</strong> <strong>County</strong> buildings and grounds department,<br />
and all of the local law enforcement officers <strong>who</strong> attended the ceremony.
A total of 1,649 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty<br />
during the past 10 years, an average of one death every 53 hours.<br />
During 2006, 145 law enforcement officers were killed,<br />
including one from our area, South Bend Cpl. Scott Severns.<br />
Crime fighting has taken its toll. Since the first recorded<br />
police death in 1792, more than 17,900 law enforcement<br />
officers <strong>have</strong> been killed in the line of duty. Their names are<br />
engraved on the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers<br />
Memorial in the nation’s capital.<br />
The deadliest decade in law enforcement history was 1970-<br />
79, when a total of 2,275 officers died. The deadliest year in<br />
law enforcement history was 1930, when 279 officers were<br />
killed. That figure dropped dramatically in the 1990s, to an<br />
average of 159 per year.<br />
The deadliest day in law enforcement history was Sept. 11,<br />
2001, when 72 officers were killed while responding to<br />
terrorist attacks on America.<br />
New York City has lost more officers in the line of duty<br />
(688) than any other department. California has lost 1,420<br />
officers, more than any other state.<br />
During the past ten years, more officers were killed on<br />
Friday than any other day of the week. The fewest number<br />
of fatalities occurred on Sunday.<br />
Over the past decade, more officers were killed between 8<br />
and 10 p.m. than during any other two-hour period.<br />
On average, more than 56,000 law enforcement officers are<br />
assaulted each year, resulting in about 16,000 injuries.<br />
More than 870,000 sworn law enforcement officers now<br />
serve in the United States, the highest figure ever.<br />
In 2005, about 5.2 million violent crimes were committed<br />
in the United States, according to statistics compiled by the<br />
federal government.<br />
Violent crimes <strong>have</strong> declined by 58 percent since 1993.<br />
• Firearm discharges (6,846, 49 percent)<br />
• Automobile crashes (2,090, 15 percent)<br />
• Motorcycle crashes (1,022, 7 percent)<br />
• Struck by vehicles (955, 7 percent)<br />
• Job-related illnesses (588, 4 percent)<br />
The cause of fatalities in the past century:<br />
• Aircraft crashes (311, 2 percent)<br />
• Stabbings (197, 1 percent)<br />
• Falls (147, 1 percent)<br />
• Drownings (142, 1 percent)<br />
• Beatings (134, 1 percent)