1 man stands watch over fallen Arvada officer's memorial
This is the second time Don Rohacek has held watch over a Colorado police officer's memorial in three months.
Author: Kelly Reinke (9NEWS)
Updated: 4:44 AM MDT June 30, 2021
ARVADA, Colo. — Since the beginning, someone has watched over the memorial of Officer Gordon Beesley who was shot and killed in Arvada on June 21 – the Colorado Fallen Hero Foundation selects a volunteer to do this job.
Don Rohacek has held this job twice in the last three months – in Boulder for Officer Eric Talley and Arvada for Officer Beesley.
The memorial for Officer Beesley began to grow in the moments after he was shot and killed. While in Alaska, Rohacek got a call from the Colorado Fallen Hero Foundation that an officer had died in the line of duty. He took the next flight out and began watching over the memorial at Arvada Police headquarters the next day.