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By KEVIN GILES O Staf TfibUne MAY 23,2015—12:15AM
It was hard to decide which was more hauntin :the mournful wail of a ba "��* _ '+ �
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played from the balcony of Historic Courthouse,or the exhaustive reading of 133 names � �
of law enforcement and corrections officers killed nationally in the line of dury in 2014. �* � m ;
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The recent memorial ceremony to honor fallen officers drew more than 100 men and KeviN ci�Es
women in uniform,and dozens of other officers in plain clothes,to acknowledge the A Rutherford Elementary School student
difficult work that they do.Eight law enforcement officers who were residents of joined sheriff's deputies and corrections
Washington County have been Idlled while on duty—the most recent being Joseph officers in a salute to remember fallen peace
Bergeron,a Maplewood police officer shot to death in an ambush in 2010.