The Clark County Sheriff's Office, Springfield Police Division and the Ohio State Highway Patrol held our annual Law Enforcement Memorial Day on May 20, 2002. The ceremony took place on Fountain Avenue outside the Clark County Heritage Center.

This was the first time in Clark County History that Fire Divisions from the City of Springfield and Clark County have participated in the Law Enforcement Memorial Day Remembrance.

On September 11, 2001, as the rest of the nation watched these historically tragic events unfold in awe and disbelief, the courageous officers, fire fighters and EMS personnel in New York City and Washington, D.C. put their own fear aside and tried relentlessly to help.

Seventy law enforcement officers from seven local, state and federal agencies, 343 New York City firefighters, one Jersey City, New Jersey, firefighter, and over 3,000 civilians were killed in the World Trade Center. The New York City Police Department lost 23 officers and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey lost 37 officers in the tragic and cowardly terrorist attack. Almost 200 military and civilian personnel were killed at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. These numbers have been added to the already growing number officers killed in the line of duty this year.

This day and all who were lost will never be forgotten. Let us also not forget the survivors who risked their own lives to save many others and will continue to do so. These aggressive and senseless acts brought great sorrow to many law enforcement families, as well as Americans as a whole. Today our nation is strong and proud and still fighting to bring those responsible to justice. Let us not forget these heroes and those that have served Clark County.

In Memory Of: Died in the Line of Duty

• Clark County Sheriff's Office

  Chief Deputy Edward Fury	September 3, 1937
  Gregory A. Raynor	April 19, 1978

• Springfield Police Division

  Charles B. Collis	March 7, 1904
  James Lewellyn	March 12, 1915
  Charles A. Holt	March 16, 1919
  Oliver P. Holderby	March 22, 1922
  John Donnelly	November 16, 1920
  Carl J. Wilson	May 2, 1929
  Clarence Lutz	December 29, 1930
  Marin R. Randolph	September 3, 1937
  Leroy Warren Jr.	July 25, 1959

• Ohio State Highway Patrol

  Charles G. Cannon	January 1, 1938
  Charles V. Vogel Jr.	January 24, 1980

• Springfield Fire Division

  John Dawson February 24, 1857 John Powell June 25, 1873 Michael J. Haley August 25, 1897 Oscar P. Keys June 28, 1886 Dennis Sheehan November 20, 1913 Lawrence S. Bosely September 23, 1915 Walter E. Reinheimer January 3, 1920 Charles H. Deem January 14, 1926 Roy V. Kelly March 27, 1932 August C. Brown May 11, 1936 Hugh Garrity January 7, 1948 Alfred E. Kime May 22, 1949

WE SHALL SERVE MANKIND; SAFEGUARD LIVES AND PROPERTY; PROTECT THE INNOCENT AGAINST DECEPTION, THE WEAK AGAINST OPPRESSION OR INTIMIDATION, AND THE PEACEFUL AGAINST THE VIOLENCE OF DISORDER; AND SHALL RESPECT THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF ALL MEN AND WOMEN TO LIBERTY, EQUALITY AND JUSTICE.