Courageous public servant : Trooper Justin R Schaffer Memorial Highway officially dedicated chronline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chronline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A highway dedication ceremony honoring fallen Washington State Patrol (WSP) Trooper Justin R. Schaffer will take place Sunday, marking the four-year anniversary of Schaffer’s death. The …
A bill renaming a segment of state Route 6 in Lewis County for a Washington State Patrol trooper struck and killed by a fleeing robbery suspect near Chehalis has been approved by the state Senate. …
Washington officers who died from COVID-19 included on state law enforcement memorial
Five law enforcement officers died from COVID-19 in 2020. Their names are now part of the Peace Officers Memorial on the state Capitol campus in Olympia. Author: Drew Mikkelsen Updated: 5:53 PM PDT June 4, 2021
OLYMPIA, Wash. The list of law enforcement officers killed while serving the state of Washington now includes the names of five officers who died from COVID-19 in 2020.
State correctional officers David Christensen and Berisford Morse, Yakima Corrections Officer Daniel Oaks, Bainbridge Island Police Officer Kurt Enget and Grant County Deputy Dan Melvin all died from complications of COVID-19.