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Monroe County observes Peace Officers Memorial Day

The Herald-Times
Law enforcement officers and others gathered on the lawn outside the Monroe County Courthouse Monday, May 16, 2022, to commemorate Peace Officers Memorial Day.

Law enforcement officers and others gathered on the lawn outside the Monroe County Courthouse Monday at 11 a.m. to commemorate Peace Officers Memorial Day, which honors police officers killed in the line of duty. Indiana University student Jeffrey Parker played Taps on a trumpet during the ceremony, during which the names and stories of the eight from Monroe County killed in the past century were said aloud: James Driver, 2021; Sarah Irene Haylett-Jones, 2008; William Rollin Brand, 2005; Donald Eugene Owens, 1975; Jerry A. Green, 1967; Dale W. Mishler, 1955: Samuel Perry Cardwell, 1928 and Ralph Wayne Pogue, 1928.

A Peace Officers Memorial Day ceremony was held on the lawn of the Monroe County Courthouse on Monday, May 16, 2022.