ODESSA, TEXAS/MAY 14,2021-THE ODESSA POLICE DEPARTMENT HELD THEIR 2021 POLICE MEMORIAL SERVICE AT SUNSET MEMORIAL GARDENS. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES MIDLAND AND LUBBOCK ATTENDED THE SOLEMN CEREMONY. PROCLAMATIONS FROM ECTOR COUNTY AND THE CITY OF ODESSA WERE READ AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CEREMONY, AS WELL AS A SPEECH BY ODESSA POLICE CHIEF MICHAEL GERKE.
(POLICE CHIEF MICHAEL GERKE, ODESSA POLICE DEPARTMENT-ODESSA, TEXAS)
THE NAMES AND IMAGES OF 89 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WHO HAVE FALLEN IN THE LINE OF DUTY, INCLUDING CORRECTIONALL OFFICERS WHO PASSED AWAY DUE TO COVID-19 WERE PRESENTED DURING THE CEREMONY.
(POLICE CHIEF MICHAEL GERKE, ODESSA POLICE DEPARTMENT-ODESSA, TEXAS)
AFTER THE ROLL CALL OF FALLEN ODESSA, MIDLAND AND LUBBOCK OFFICERS, A GUN SALUTE FOLLOWED ON THE SUNSET MEMORIAL GARDENS CEMENTARY GROUNDS.
(SHERIFF MIKE GRIFFIS, ECTOR COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE-ODESSA, TEXAS)
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN ODESSA & MIDLAND ARE GREATFUL AND RESPECTFUL FOR CONTINUED LOCAL SUPPORT FROM RESIDENTS ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN.
(SHERIFF MIKE GRIFFIS, ECTOR COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE-ODESSA, TEXAS)
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