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Honored Officers

Adam Edward Jobbers-Miller

Fort Myers Police Department End of Watch July 28, 2018 Before he pursued his dream as a Law Enforcement Officer in Southwest Florida, Adam was a Volunteer Firefighter in New Jersey. Adam eventually moved down to Southwest Florida and attended the SWFL Public Safety Academy, Class #137. Every class has a class motto; ours was […]

Deputy Sheriff John Robert Kotfila, Jr.

Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Florida
End of Watch: Saturday, March 12, 2016

Deputy Sheriff John Kotfila was killed in a head-on collision with a vehicle that was driving the wrong direction on the Selmon Expressway, at the Brandon Express exit near I-75, at approximately 3:00 am.

Deputy Sheriff Bill Myers

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, Florida End of Watch: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 Deputy Sheriff Bill Myers was shot and killed while serving a domestic violence injunction at a local attorney’s office on Plew Avenue, in Shalimar, at approximately 8:20 am. He had served the papers on the subject and was leaving the office when the […]

Deputy Sheriff Carl Howell

Carson City Sheriff’s Office, Nevada End of Watch: Saturday, August 15, 2015 Deputy Sheriff Carl Howell was shot and killed while responding to a domestic battery call on the 4100 block of Montez Drive in east Carson City at approximately 2:20 am. The first deputies to arrive on scene located an injured woman in front […]

Ocala Police Officer Jared Forsyth

Ocala Police Department, Florida End of Watch Monday, April 6, 2015 Police Officer Jared Forsyth was accidentally shot and killed while participating in firearms training at the Lowell Correctional Institution’s firing range on NW Gainesville Road at approximately 3:00 pm. A firearm was accidentally discharged during the training and the round struck Officer Forsyth in […]

Officer Charles Kondek

Tarpon Springs Police Department, Florida End of Watch: Sunday, December 21, 2014 Police Officer Charlie Kondek was shot and killed while responding to a noise complaint call at 199 Grand Boulevard. Residents of an apartment complex had called police because a man who had been knocking on apartment doors at approximately 2:00 am. When Officer […]