Honored Officers

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

Charleston County Sheriff’s Office, South Carolina
End of Watch: Monday, September 8, 2014

Deputy Sheriff Joe Matuskovic was shot and killed as he and several other deputies responded to a disturbance call at an apartment complex at the intersection of Ashley River Road and Carriage Lane.

Florida Highway Patrol, Florida End of Watch: Saturday, May 3, 2014 Trooper Chelsea Richard was struck and killed by a vehicle while investigating an accident on I-75, near mile marker 341, at approximately 2:00 pm. The vehicles involved in the accident had been moved to the shoulder. She was speaking with a tow truck driver […]

St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, Florida End of Watch: Thursday, January 14, 2010 Deputy James Anderson was killed when his patrol car was struck head-on by a vehicle on Florida 9A, in Jacksonville. The driver of the vehicle that struck him was driving in the dass alle Spieler eine gleiche und faire wrong lane of […]

Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, Florida End of Watch: Monday, August 5, 2013 Sergeant Mike Wilson was shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call at an apartment complex on Veterans Boulevard in Port Charlotte. The call involved a man in a physical fight with his wife and son. As Sergeant Wilson walked up […]

Master Deputy Sheriff Shane Robbins was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Bomber Road, near Spruce Road, at approximately 9:15 am. He was traveling westbound when his vehicle left the roadway for unknown reasons. A nearby resident who heard the crash called 911 to report the crash and responding rescue workers extricated him from his […]

Polk County Sheriff’s Office End of Watch: Sunday, September 18, 2011 Ms. Bea Reid, 44-years-old, Executive Director of the Office of Business Affairs for the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, was killed by her husband in the early morning hours of Sunday, September 18, 2011, according to the Plant City Police Department. “Bea was an incredibly […]

Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, Florida End of Watch: Sunday, July 3, 2011 Deputy John Mecklenburg was killed in an automobile accident in Pasco County while involved in a vehicle pursuit. Officers from the Brooksville Police Department had started pursuing a vehicle on U.S. Highway 41 at approximately 4:40 am. Deputies joined in the pursuit and […]

St. Petersburg Police Department, Florida End of Watch: Monday, February 21, 2011 Police Officer David Crawford was shot and killed after responding to a report of a suspicious person. At approximately 10:30 pm, Officer Crawford and another officer responded to a report of a suspicious person in the 700 block of 3rd Avenue after a […]

St. Petersburg Police Department, Florida End of Watch: Monday, January 24, 2011 Officer Jeffrey Yaslowitz and Sergeant Tom Baitinger were shot and killed while attempting to serve a warrant on a suspect with two outstanding warrants wanted for aggravated battery at a home on 28th Avenue South. Several members of a regional task force had […]

St. Petersburg Police Department, Florida End of Watch: Monday, January 24, 2011 Sergeant Tom Baitinger and Officer Jeffrey Yaslowitz were shot and killed while attempting to serve a warrant on a suspect with two outstanding warrants wanted for aggravated battery. Several members of a regional task force had gone to the home to question a […]

Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Florida End of Watch: Sunday, December 12, 2010 Sergeant Wesley Whitmore was struck and killed by a vehicle in the parking lot of a convenience store in Winter Haven. The elderly driver of an an SUV traveling on an adjacent roadway lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle crashed through a […]

Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Florida End of Watch: Wednesday, December 8, 2010 Deputy Brandon Coates was shot and killed while making a traffic stop near the intersection of South Nashville Avenue and 45th Street at around 8:30 pm. Moments after radioing in the traffic stop 911 dispatchers received calls stating a deputy had been shot […]

Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office End of Watch: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 “This uniform is just a different color. I’m still serving. First it was my country, now it is my county.” — Deputy Mark Longway Deputy Mark A. Longway died on September 21, 2010 in a traffic crash while driving his patrol car. Deputy Longway […]

Tampa Police Department, Florida End of Watch: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Officers Jeffrey Kocab and David Curtis were shot and killed while attempting to make an arrest at a traffic stop. Officer Curtis stopped a vehicle because it did not have a visible license plate. He called for an additional unit to assist him because […]

Tampa Police Department, Florida End of Watch: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Officers David Curtis and Jeffrey Kocab were shot and killed while attempting to make an arrest at a traffic stop. Officer Curtis stopped a vehicle because it did not have a visible license plate. He called for an additional unit to assist him because […]

Dixie County Sheriff’s Office, Florida End of Watch: Thursday, January 14, 2010 Captain Chad Reed was shot and killed in a shootout with a man wanted for murdering two elderly women and shooting two other women in Hernando County. Following the shootings and murders, the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office put out an alert for the […]

Florida Highway Patrol, Florida End of Watch: Saturday, May 15, 2010 Trooper Patrick Ambroise was killed when his patrol car was struck from behind while he was stopped on the shoulder of the Florida Turnpike, near Okeechobee Road. A vehicle being driven on the turnpike suddenly veered onto the shoulder and struck Trooper Ambroise’s 2006 […]

Tampa Police Department, Florida End of Watch: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 Corporal Mike Roberts was shot and killed while investigating a suspicious person in the Sulphur Springs area of the city. He noticed the man pushing a shopping cart along the roadway and stopped to question him. During the questioning the man began to struggle […]

Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Florida End of Watch: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 Sergeant Ronnie Brown passed away as a result of complications from injuries inflicted by an inmate one week earlier. The inmate, who was in custody on a murder charge, had refused to leave his cell in the South County Jail and broke the […]

Lakeland Police Department End of Watch: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Officer Arnulfo Crispin was shot and killed while making contact with suspicious individuals near Crystal Grove Drive at approximately 10:15 pm. Officer Crispin exited his cruiser to make contact with the three subjects in a closed park and while checking one subject for weapons, was […]