âItâs a very sad timeâ: Law enforcement community mourns loss of three officers in 12 days
Law enforcement community mourns loss of three officers in 12 days By Patrick Lloyd | January 13, 2021 at 4:47 PM EST - Updated January 13 at 9:13 PM
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - In the first 12 days of 2021, the Grand Strand and Pee Dee lost three law enforcement officers in the line of duty.
The first death came on New Yearâs Day when Sgt. Gordon Best with the North Myrtle Beach Department of Public Safety lost control of his patrol car on the wet roadways of U.S. 17 and crashed into a utility pole. He died on scene.
Nonprofit raising money to help fallen Marion County deputyâs family Deputy Johnathan David Price (Source: Marion County Sheriff s Office) By WMBF News Staff | January 7, 2021 at 7:39 PM EST - Updated January 7 at 7:39 PM
MARION COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) - A South Carolina nonprofit is now aiming to help the family of a fallen Marion County sheriffâs deputy.
Serve & Connect is currently hosting an online fundraiser for the family of Jonathan David Price after he died in the line of duty following a crash Wednesday night.
Price, 29, had served with the Marion County Sheriffâs Office since last September, and previously served with the Dillon Police Department. He also leaves behind a wife and three young children, according to officials.
N.C. Fraternal Order of Police president frustrated with fatal shootings of police in the state
N.C. Fraternal Order of Police president frustrated with fatal shootings of police in the state By Dedrick Russell | December 21, 2020 at 7:09 PM EST - Updated December 21 at 8:48 PM
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - The President of the North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police (NCFOP) Sgt. Randy Hagler is expressing frustration over the recent deaths of local police officers.
Hagler says last year there was one North Carolina police officer who died by gunfire. He says so far in 2020 - there have been three North Carolina police officers who died by gunfire. Hagler is thinking about the officers’ family.
Though it was different, Sgt. Dean Vernon said he was happy they could still make it happen. Author: Lana Harris Updated: 4:38 PM EST December 20, 2020
CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. On Saturday, the North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) sponsored its 26th annual Cops and Kids event.
Sgt. Dean Vernon with the Cabarrus County Sheriff s Department is vice president of FOP Lodge 64 in Concord who helped put on the event. It s just one of those opportunities for us to work side by side with our community partners and businesses to come together and realize that we ve got children in our community that have some needs and are underprivileged, and to share some joy with them for Christmas and also to take the burden off of those families and give them some smiles and Christmas joy, Sgt. Vernon said.