Springfield Police remember 17 officers who died in line of duty in annual memorial
Updated May 12, 2021;
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SPRINGFIELD Lined up parallel to the monument to the 17 police officers killed in the line of duty was the future of law enforcement for the city.
Among the families of officers killed on the job, city politicians and senior officers, Police Commissioner Cheryl C. Clapprood welcomed the 31 new officers who joined the department in April after their graduation from the 26-week Springfield Police Academy.
“It’s important, I felt, that they be here,” she said. “I want them to know who gave the ultimate sacrifice and I wanted them to know, when it does happen, it’s something you never forget and it’s something you never recover from.”
Former Sheriff’s Captain Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Gun Deals and Corruption
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NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – March 12, 2021
SAN DIEGO – Former San Diego County Sheriff’s Captain Marco Garmo was sentenced to two years in prison today for years of unlawful firearms transactions and for an array of corrupt conduct relating to unlicensed marijuana dispensaries operating in his former jurisdiction.
In pronouncing sentence, U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel said that Garmo’s conduct demonstrated arrogance reaching a level where Garmo was “almost becoming a mob boss of sorts” in picking winners and losers and dispensing unlawful favors to friends and family.
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Updated on March 12, 2021 at 5:47 pm
A two-year prison sentence was handed down Friday for a former San Diego County sheriff s captain who pleaded guilty to running an illegal arms-trafficking operation in which he bought and resold guns available only to law enforcement.
Marco Garmo, 52, the former captain of the sheriff s Rancho San Diego station and a 27-year member of the department, illegally purchased and resold off roster firearms, which may be purchased by members of law enforcement, but not the general public, according to the U.S. Attorney s Office.
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