Fallen Heroes

Somerset, PA – Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) Sergeant Mark Baserman, 61, died on Monday from injuries he sustained when he was attacked by an inmate while on duty at the State Correctional Institute – Somerset on Feb. 15. Sgt. Baserman, an 11-year veteran of the PDOC, was sitting at a desk in a housing […]

Checotah, OK – Checotah Police Department (CPD) Assistant Chief Justin Durrett died on Monday, due to injuries he sustained during a single-vehicle rollover crash in Haskell County on Feb. 11, his department said. Chief Durrett, a 13-year veteran of the CPD, was found pinned beneath his Ford F150 pickup, and put up a “courageous battle” […]

Tustin, CA – Tustin Police Department Master Reserve Officer Delbert “Del” Pickney died unexpectedly of a massive heart attack as he and a friend were out hiking on Thursday, a close family friend told Blue Lives Matter. Officer Pickney, 52, had served full-time with Tustin PD for 29 years, and he remained with the department […]

Albany, NY – Albany Police Department (APD) Detective Kevin Meehan died on Wednesday afternoon, after a long battle with an aggressive form of cancer, the department said. Detective Meehan, 37, a member of the APD’s tactical team and community response unit, was a 13-year veteran of the department, Acting Chief Robert Sears told WRGB in […]

Houston, TX – Houston Police Department K9 Rony died in the line of duty on Wednesday, after he shattered his elbow while pursuing a suspect, police said. Despite the multiple breaks in his leg, K9 Rony, a 9-year-old Belgian Malinois, tried to continue the pursuit, Dr. Laura Ron told KTRK. “Thanks to Rony and his […]

​Brandywine, MD – A Prince George’s County Police Department (PGPD) officer was fatally shot on Wednesday morning, after he responded, off duty, to assist a female neighbor with a domestic violence problem. Prince George’s Police Chief Hank Stawinski said that Corporal Mujahid Ramzziddin gave his life to protect a member of the community. “A neighbor […]

​Mobile, AL – A Mobile Police Department (MPD) officer was fatally shot on Tuesday night, after he attempted to apprehend a murder suspect, the police chief said. Officer Justin Billa, a two-year-veteran of the department, was murdered as he and other officers were setting up a perimeter around the home of 72-year-old Robert Hollie, MPD […]

Titusville, FL – Brevard County Deputy Kevin Stanton, 32, was killed in the line of duty Saturday morning when a semi-truck crushed his patrol car. Deputy Stanton was driving his patrol car to work on southbound I-95 just north of State Road 50 at around 5:15 a.m., according to News6. A semi-truck carrying car parts […]

North Charleston, SC – North Charleston Police K9 Mojo was killed on Thursday night when a drunk driver crashed into the patrol vehicle he was riding in. North Charleston Police Officer Brandon VanAusdal and his K-9 partner Mojo were rushing to a call when an SUV pulled out in front of VanAusdal’s cruiser, causing a […]

​Summerville, SC – North Charleston Police Officer Ryan MacCluen was killed by a drunk driver whose car struck his motorcycle on Thursday night. Officer MacCluen was off duty, and riding his 2008 Harley-Davidson motorcycle at 9:45 p.m. on Feb. 15 when he was hit by a Toyota driven by 29-year-old Whitney Brooks of Charleston. The […]