Nebraska law enforcement memorial honors fallen trooper, Lincoln officer
NSP Trooper Jerry Smith, LPD Investigator Mario Herrera, made 147th and 148th name etched into stone wall in Grand Island
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Updated: 9:15 PM CDT May 10, 2021
Nebraska law enforcement memorial honors fallen trooper, Lincoln officer
NSP Trooper Jerry Smith, LPD Investigator Mario Herrera, made 147th and 148th name etched into stone wall in Grand Island
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Updated: 9:15 PM CDT May 10, 2021
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MARIO HERRERA. JOSE ZOZAYA REPORTS. JOSE: PERMANENT ADDITIONS TO THE STONE MEMORIAL AT GRAND ISLAND. THEY HONORED MARIO HERRERA, SHOT IN 2020 WHILE SERVING A WARRANT TO A SUSPECT IN A MURDER CASE. >> OFFIC MARIO LUIS HERRERA. JOSE: STATE TROOPER WAS KILLED WHEN HIS CRUISER WAS STRUCK HEAD ON. >> THE IDEA THAT WE CAN SEE HIS NAME ALONG WITH THE OTHER HEROES WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IS INCREDIBLE. >> MAY THEIR LEGACY LIVE ON IN EVERY POLICE OFFICER THAT PROTECTS THE VULNERABLE AND COMFORTS THE FRIGHTENED. JOSE COVID-19 CANCELED THE MEMORIAL IN 2020, IN THAT TIME, CALLS FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND REALLOCATE THEIR FUNDING. GOVERNOR RICKETTS SAID THIS WIL KEEP HEROES LIKE HERRERA AND SMITH FOR THOSE IN NEED. >> IT WOULD HURT THE VERY MINORITY COMMUNITIES IT CLAIMS TO COME FROM. JOSE: ATTORNEY GENERAL DOUG PETERSON DECRIED DIVERSITY. >> WE GET BRILLIANT 18-YEAR-OLDS AND 30 YEAR OLDS COMMENTING ON LAW ENFORCEMENT. I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IS DRIPPING WITH C SARCASM. THOSE THAT GO ON THE INTERNET AND CALL CRITICAL NAMES AND CRITICIZE THOSE WHO THAT ARE THERE TO PROTECT THEM.JOSE: PETE CONTINUE SERVING WITH INTEGRITY. >> PLEASE DON'T BE DISCOURAGED, BECAUSE WE NEED YOU MORE THAN EVER. ROB: JOSE ZOZAYA REPORTI THERE. MARIO HERRERA'S SON CARLOS IS IN THE POLICE ACADEMY. HE SAID HE ALWAYS WANTED TO FOLLOW HIS DAD BEING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT JUST LIKE HIS DAD AND HIS UNCLE. >> GROWING P AND SEEING STORIES AND ALL OF THE EXPERIENCES HE HAD, AND GETTING TO LISTEN TO HOW MUCH HE GOT TO HELP PEOPLE AND MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THEIR LIFE. IT TRULY HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT ON ME. ROB: HIS DAD STILL MOTIVATES H