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Shea, and Detective Christopher Shea, who are all related (Rian and Christopher are brothers, and Rian and Christen are husband & wife), marched in the 24th Annual Aquidneck National Police Parade in Newport, Rhode Island. The Shea brothers are originally from Rhode Island, and the family made the trek up north last year to participate in this annual event and to represent the Polk County Sheriff's Office. This year, the trio joined other parade participants, including their other brother, Patrick, who is a detective with the Newport Police Department, to honor Deputy Sheriff Matt Williams and his K-9 partner, Diogi, who were killed in the line of duty on September 28, 2006. The Shea family marched with a PCSO agency flag. Christopher, Rian, and Christen are seen in the photo here. Each year, the Aquidneck National Police Parade honors fallen law enforcement officers, usually from the New England area. This year, the Shea family expressed a desire to have the parade honor Matt & Diogi, although they were killed in Florida, nearly 1300 miles away. The Sheas were the only participants from the state of Florida last year, and this year they won an award for traveling the farthest to participate in the parade. Other participants from outside the state have included the NYPD brass band, the U.S. Marine Corps silent drill team, the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Iowa State Police, and the Dallas Police Department. Upon their return, Christen said, "It was very inspiring to see thousands of people from hundreds of miles away who supported our fallen deputy and his K-9 partner, though they had never met him. The street was lined with people saying "thank you" and "God Bless." This parade only proved that law enforcement is a huge family. We are all brothers and sisters no matter what color the uniform or what agency we work for." National Police Week Honors Fallen Heroes
In Observance of National Police Week, the Fraternal Order of Police Polk County Lodge 46 and the Polk County Law Enforcement Memorial Fund, Inc., hosted the Twentieth Annual Polk County Peace Officers' Memorial Service on Thursday, May 3, 2007, at Lakeland Bicentennial Park located on Lake Beulah Drive adjacent to the Lakeland Center. Polk County Sheriff's Deputy Vernon Matthew Williams was memorialized on the Polk County Law Enforcement Memorial during the service. To date, a total of 26 law enforcement and corrections officers with Federal, State, County, and local agencies in Polk County have died in the line of duty while serving the citizens of Polk County; all of whom were previously memorialized on the Polk County Law Enforcement Memorial. Deputy Williams became the 27th officer and 11th Polk County Sheriff's deputy to be added to the Memorial. Family members of the fallen officers, representatives from various public service organizations, and local government agencies were in attendance. The local service was the first of three in which agency members and the Williams family participated. The State Memorial Service was held in Tallahassee from May 6-7th, and the National Memorial was held in Washington, D.C., where several events took place there from May 12th through 16th. According to the National Law Enforcement Officers MEMORIAL FUND website, there have been "17,917 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty and whose names are engraved on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial." Deputy Williams' name was among 145 individuals nationwide who died in the line of duty in 2006.
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