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MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - On Tuesday, Madera County Officials held their 18th yearly Law Enforcement Memorial. County instrumentality enforcement agencies and household members celebrated the beingness and representation of each fallen officer.
"The value of this time ne'er gets lighter. Here successful beforehand of these etched names, we grant 8 of our ain and the thousands of guardians crossed the federation who paid freedom's eventual price," said Madera County Sheriff Tyson Pogue.
Sheriff Pogue shed airy connected a nationwide tragedy. In 2024, 147 bid officers were killed successful the enactment of duty, which is simply a crisp 25% summation from the erstwhile year.
"It's important successful that the bulk of those were killed by gunfire. Second lone to car accidents," helium added.
And each idiosyncratic is much than the badge they wear. They permission down a household with a spread that tin ne'er beryllium filled.
"Find each 1 of those numbers is simply a story. A girl who chose her father's path, a lawman who coached Little League connected Saturdays. A constabulary serviceman expecting his archetypal child," Pogue explained.
It's been 50 years since Madera County mislaid an serviceman successful the enactment of duty. This year, 3 pillars of the assemblage who precocious passed were remembered astatine Tuesday's memorial: Former Madera County Sheriff Ed Bates, a World War II seasoned who died astatine the property of 99 earlier this month; John Anderson, who served arsenic the county's sheriff for 16 years and passed successful February; and Monte Pistoresi, erstwhile President of Pistoresi Ambulance, who passed successful April.
"While not sworn into instrumentality enforcement, didn't deterioration that badge and gun, his publication was invaluable to our community," said Madera Police Chief Giachino Chiaramonte arsenic helium recalled the beingness of Mr. Pistoresi.
This Thursday marks Peace Officers Memorial Day. Sheriff Pogue wants everyone to instrumentality this week to bespeak connected the eventual sacrifice our instrumentality enforcement officers person made.
