Daily look at the Police Officer Down Memorial page/sail on.

PARROT HEAD MIKE · Post by **PARROT HEAD MIKE** » August 11, 2005 1:03 am

A post yesterday got a few people here fired up, I know I was a bit. It was a started by ParrotheadGator who might have had a bad day and was pulled over for swerving to avoid an accident. Many of you voiced your own opinion and many of you stated that you hated cops.
Check out the original thread for more details. It's worth the read.

http://www.buffettnews.com/forum/viewto ... sc&start=0

I'm posting this thread to honor the Police Officers/Law Enforcement Officers Men and Women who gave the ultimate sacrifice. These officers lost their life and were either killed or died in the line of duty. Each day I will update the number of fallen officers starting today. Hopefully I will post the same number on December 31st as I do today. Each day if necessary I hope we can all take a minute and give a sail on to those fallen officers who payed the ultimate price and lost their life in the line of duty helping others.

Here is the link to The Officer Down Memorial page please check it out.
http://www.odmp.org/index.php
There have been 84 line-of-duty deaths in 2005 and 17,666 total

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » August 11, 2005 1:13 am

Thank you for the thankless job you do.

Sail on.

(SGH, cousin to one of those guys who wears a bulletproof vest to work right here in the US of A, just like in Baghdad......)

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » August 11, 2005 3:47 am

This is SO awesome, Mike.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.

ParrotheadGator · Post by **ParrotheadGator** » August 11, 2005 7:13 am

Note that I did say in that thread that I do respect them for what they do. Liking and respecting do not necessarily go hand in hand.

PARROT HEAD MIKE · Post by **PARROT HEAD MIKE** » August 11, 2005 7:30 am

Unfortunately I have to update this after only 6 hours or so. Detective Terry Melancon was shot and killed yesterday
There have been 85 line-of-duty deaths in 2005
http://www.odmp.org/officer.php?oid=17838

Detective Terry Melancon
Baton Rouge City Police Department
Louisiana
End of Watch: Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Biographical Info
Age: 31
Tour of Duty: 4 yr
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Shot and killed

Detective Melancon was shot and killed while executing a search warrant.

Detective Melancon and two other officers had obtained a search warrant for a drug dealers home. The officers forced their way into the home after its occupant refused to let them in. As they entered, they were met with gunfire. Detective Melancon was shot and killed and the two other officers were wounded. The suspect was also killed in the exchange of gunfire.

Detective Melancon had served with the Baton Rouge Police Department for four years.

Agency Contact Information
Baton Rouge City Police Department
704 Mayflower Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802

Phone: (225) 389-2000

* Please contact the agency for funeral information

Sail On Detective Terry Melancon

MA_Buffett_Fan23 · Post by **MA_Buffett_Fan23** » August 11, 2005 7:35 am

Mike, I know I've told you this before, But...

THANK YOU FOR DOING THE JOB YOU DO EVERY DAY!

My thoughts and prayers go out to all those men and woman who go out and risk their own lives everyday to make sure that ours are safe.. and for those of them who don't make it home to their loved ones.

PARROT HEAD MIKE · Post by **PARROT HEAD MIKE** » August 11, 2005 3:57 pm

Unfortunately a second update today.
http://www.odmp.org/officer.php?oid=17839
There have been 86 line-of-duty deaths in 2005
Police Officer James McBride
Metropolitan Police Department
District of Columbia
End of Watch: Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Biographical Info
Age: 25
Tour of Duty: 2 yr
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Duty related illness
Date of Incident: Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available

Officer McBride died as a result of hyponatremia (over-hydration as the result of drinking too much water) while participating in a strenuous bicycle patrol training course. During a 12-mile training ride on the second day of the course, Officer McBride drank as much as three gallons of water. When the ride completed Officer McBride complained about feeling ill. Thinking that he was dehydrated, he sat out the next portion of training.

Paramedics were summoned to the academy after another officer became injured. One of the paramedics noticed that Officer McBride was vomiting and convulsing and he was transported to Washington Hospital Center where he died.

Officer McBride had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for 2 years. He had been awarded the 1st District's Rookie of the Year the previous year.

Sail on Officer James McBride

PARROT HEAD MIKE · Post by **PARROT HEAD MIKE** » August 12, 2005 7:03 am

There have been 87 line-of-duty deaths in 2005
Deputy Sheriff Timothy Graham http://www.odmp.org/officer.php?oid=17840
Pima County Sheriff's Department Arizona
End of Watch: Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Biographical Info
Age: 30
Tour of Duty: 7 yr
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Date of Incident: Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Weapon Used: Person
Suspect Info: Not available

Deputy Graham was struck and killed by an auto as he struggled with an emotionally disturbed man.

Deputy Graham was dispatched to Kinney street West Ajo Way after a man called 911 three times from a pay phone. He was incoherent and paranoid, claiming people were out to get him. When Deputy Graham arrived, the suspect got combative and Deputy Graham was able to get a handcuff partly on him before he broke away and started to run across the street. Deputy Graham caught up with him in the median, where they struggled again. A passing taxi cab driver parked his taxi on the side of the road and ran over to assist Deputy Graham. The three struggled and fell into a westbound lane where they were all struck by a pick-up truck. Deputy Graham, the good Samaritan taxi driver and the suspect were all killed.

Deputy Graham had served with the Pima County Sheriff's Office for three years and had previously served with the Arizona Department of Corrections for four years. He is survived by his wife and two step-children.

Sail on Deputy Sheriff Timothy Graham

Sam · Post by **Sam** » August 12, 2005 7:42 am

Thank you Mike!!! ...I noe of at least one person I used to work with before he left and went to a small town police force and then to the S.O. makes up one of those numbers on that total list. I know of several other officers that were wounded in the line of duty.

I think that anyone that hates cops, should ride a few times out on patrol from 11-7 ( or whatever hours the particular department works on a full moon payday weekend and see and experience the wherefores and why do they do this or that....run the day shift in the heat of summer....and during rain storms and in the cold of winter. See what goes on when someone is inside a dark building in the middle of the night,...or see the clean and of pick up the aftermath of a wreck involving fatalities...GOD FORBID it is a child..... or the waiting to go court after shift ended ....etc....

They only see their side and hear the one side from their friends or whatever....I have seen bad officers but I have seen a hell of alot more good ones...unfortunately the bad ones give all the rest a bad name....

Again thank you for keeping us informed and updated. I wish it was not neccessary for any further updates but reality says there will be....

nycparrothead · Post by **nycparrothead** » August 12, 2005 8:29 am

Nice thread Mikey! Thanks for doing what you do brother!

And thanks for being such a sexy bitchh also!

fruityparrothead · Post by **fruityparrothead** » August 12, 2005 10:08 pm

Thank you to ALL our police officers!!!!!!!

Sam · Post by **Sam** » August 13, 2005 4:52 am

Mike,
PINE LAKE, Georgia
Another officer down...
Rather than break it down...and posibly make errors in it.....I am just going to post the link and the article....
I hope you do not mind......if so, I or a moddy can delete it.

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165529,00.html
Gunman Kills Ga. Police Officer, Himself
Friday, August 12, 2005

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Click image to enlarge

PINE LAKE, Ga. — A man shot a police officer to death Thursday following a traffic stop in suburban Atlanta (search), then ran inside a post office and apparently killed himself, authorities said.

A witness said the gunman was holding the officer hostage in front of the building when he shot him at point-blank range. The gunman and another officer exchanged fire before the gunman fled into the post office, and it was surrounded by police.

All four postal employees managed to escape through the back of the building, and it was not immediately known if any customers were inside at the time, said Paul Krenn, a spokesman for the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (search).

The slain officer worked for the police department in the Atlanta suburb of Pine Lake (search), DeKalb County Police Chief Louis Graham said.

The gunman died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Krenn said.

The police chief confirmed that the confrontation stemmed from a traffic stop, but details were not immediately available.

Witness Susan Boozer said the violence was unfolding as she drove up to the post office. She saw two officers near a parked blue SUV, one with his gun drawn. A man had his arm around the chest of one of the officers and was shouting at the other: "'Go on and shoot. Go on and shoot,'" she said.

The man then shot at the officer who was pointing the gun at him, and then he shot the one he was holding, Boozer said.

Gunfire ensued between the man and the other officer. Boozer guessed that about 10 shots were fired before the man entered the post office.

PARROT HEAD MIKE · Post by **PARROT HEAD MIKE** » August 13, 2005 10:15 am

Sam wrote:Mike,
PINE LAKE, Georgia
Another officer down...
Rather than break it down...and posibly make errors in it.....I am just going to post the link and the article....
I hope you do not mind......if so, I or a moddy can delete it.

*************************************************************
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165529,00.html
Gunman Kills Ga. Police Officer, Himself
Friday, August 12, 2005

(PHOTO)

Click image to enlarge

PINE LAKE, Ga. — A man shot a police officer to death Thursday following a traffic stop in suburban Atlanta (search), then ran inside a post office and apparently killed himself, authorities said.

A witness said the gunman was holding the officer hostage in front of the building when he shot him at point-blank range. The gunman and another officer exchanged fire before the gunman fled into the post office, and it was surrounded by police.

All four postal employees managed to escape through the back of the building, and it was not immediately known if any customers were inside at the time, said Paul Krenn, a spokesman for the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (search).

The slain officer worked for the police department in the Atlanta suburb of Pine Lake (search), DeKalb County Police Chief Louis Graham said.

The gunman died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Krenn said.

The police chief confirmed that the confrontation stemmed from a traffic stop, but details were not immediately available.

Witness Susan Boozer said the violence was unfolding as she drove up to the post office. She saw two officers near a parked blue SUV, one with his gun drawn. A man had his arm around the chest of one of the officers and was shouting at the other: "'Go on and shoot. Go on and shoot,'" she said.

The man then shot at the officer who was pointing the gun at him, and then he shot the one he was holding, Boozer said.

Gunfire ensued between the man and the other officer. Boozer guessed that about 10 shots were fired before the man entered the post office.

Thanks Sam

Unfortunately I heard but haven't been on here to post it until now
There have been 88 line-of-duty deaths in 2005
Police Officer Francis Ortega
Pine Lake Police Department
Georgia
End of Watch: Thursday, August 11, 2005

Biographical Info
Age: 25
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Thursday, August 11, 2005
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Committed suicide

Officer Francis Ortega was shot and killed during a traffic stop in front of the Pine Lake Post Office.

The officers approached the vehicle, obtained paperwork from the driver, and then returned to their patrol car. As they sat in the patrol car, they were approached by the suspect. When the officers exited their vehicle, a struggle ensued.

The suspect was able to put Officer Ortega in a head lock and shoot the officer in the head. Officer Ortega's partner and the suspect exchanged gunfire as the suspect fled into the post office.

The suspect, who was wanted for violating his supervised release from prison, committed suicide inside the post office as the DeKalb County Swat Team attempted to gain entry.

Officer Ortega was a part-time officer for the Pine Lake Police Department. He is survived by his six-year-old son.

Sail on Officer Francis Ortega

PARROT HEAD MIKE · Post by **PARROT HEAD MIKE** » August 13, 2005 10:19 am

nycparrothead wrote:Nice thread Mikey! Thanks for doing what you do brother!

And thanks for being such a sexy bitchh also!

Thanks Shane
I thought you liked those pictures that Christina took of my ass a little to much.

ParrotHeadDeb · Post by **ParrotHeadDeb** » August 13, 2005 11:09 am

Thank you ParrotHeadMike...I hope this will help us all remember to keep law enforcement officers and their families in our prayers...And if people believe in prayer (as I do) we can keep the stats lower so you don't have to post often!!! PRAYERS GOING OUT FROM PHLORIDA!!

ParrotHeadDeb · Post by **ParrotHeadDeb** » August 14, 2005 8:51 am

Just saw on our local news that New Smyrna Beach Police Dept had an officer killed overnight. It was the first time they ever had an officer killed in the line of duty. Apparently a pickup truck cut him off, causing him to crash and killed him. Driver has not been found. PHIN POWER PLEASE to the family and Police Dept.

http://www.local6.com/news/4849873/detail.html

12vmanRick · Post by **12vmanRick** » August 14, 2005 9:10 am

This week we lost a police officer in a "artistic" type area where there is virtually no crime. An area in Dekalb County called Pinelake. It was a routine traffic stop. The guy that was stopped got out with a gun in hand, headlocked the cop and shot him in the head. Then ran into a store and shot himself.

ParrotHeadDeb · Post by **ParrotHeadDeb** » August 14, 2005 9:17 am

12vmanRick wrote:This week we lost a police officer in a "artistic" type area where there is virtually no crime. An area in Dekalb County called Pinelake. It was a routine traffic stop. The guy that was stopped got out with a gun in hand, headlocked the cop and shot him in the head. Then ran into a store and shot himself.

Officer Ortega listed above?? So sad...

12vmanRick · Post by **12vmanRick** » August 14, 2005 9:28 am

ParrotHeadDeb wrote:
12vmanRick wrote:This week we lost a police officer in a "artistic" type area where there is virtually no crime. An area in Dekalb County called Pinelake. It was a routine traffic stop. The guy that was stopped got out with a gun in hand, headlocked the cop and shot him in the head. Then ran into a store and shot himself.
Officer Ortega listed above?? So sad...

yep!! very sad! sensless loss of life but I am thankful for those good, hard-working, honest police officers that do keep our streets safe.

PARROT HEAD MIKE · Post by **PARROT HEAD MIKE** » August 14, 2005 10:02 am

ParrotHeadDeb wrote:Just saw on our local news that New Smyrna Beach Police Dept had an officer killed overnight. It was the first time they ever had an officer killed in the line of duty. Apparently a pickup truck cut him off, causing him to crash and killed him. Driver has not been found. PHIN POWER PLEASE to the family and Police Dept.

http://www.local6.com/news/4849873/detail.html

His Dog (K-9) was also killed, now that really sucks. Those dogs live with the officer (their handler)and become a part of the Officers family.