|
Remembering
Fallen
Officers
Pendleton,
Indiana
May 21,
2009 –
On
Thursday
the
Indiana
State
Police
honored
fellow
officers
who have
died in
the line
of duty.
Joined
by the
family
members
of those
officers
and area
law
enforcement
personal,
the
names of
those 45
officers
were
read.
The
first
name
read was
that of
Trooper
Eugene
Teague.
He was
following
a tip
about a
Dillinger
gang
member.
A gun
battle
ensued
and
Trooper
Teague
was
killed
in the
crossfire
on
December
21,
1933.
Forty-five
Indiana
State
Police
personnel
have
been
killed
in the
line of
duty
since
1933.
Two of
those
officers,
Roy
Jones
and
Robert
Garrison,
were
working
out of
the
Pendleton
District
when
killed.
Trooper
Garrison
was
killed
on
December
14,
1959.
Trooper
Jones
was
killed
on July
3, 1979. |
