A MEMORIAL CEREMONY WAS HELD MONDAY FOR FALLEN LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT CITY HALL IN SIOUX CITY.
OFFICERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY WERE REMEMBERED IN A NOON CEREMONY HELD IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WOODBURY COUNTY ATTORNEY JAMES LOOMIS WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER;
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LOOMIS TOLD THE STORY OF SIOUX CITY POLICE OFFICER KEVIN MCCORMICK, WHO SERVIVED BEING SHOT IN THE HEAD BY A SUSPECT RIDING IN A CAR IN WHAT BEGAN AS A TRAFFIC STOP FOR A DRIVER NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT:
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LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE OFTEN CALLED DURING PEOPLE’S WORST MOMENTS AND MUST DEAL WITH WHAT MAY BECOME DIFFICULT SITUATIONS:
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ELEVEN MEMBERS OF OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WERE HONORED WITH RIBBONS PLACED ON WREATHS IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
THE LOCAL FALLEN REMEMBERED MONDAY WERE POLICE OFFICERS, WOODBURY COUNTY DEPUTIES AND LOCAL MEMBERS OF THE FBI AND COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE.
