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Students honor fallen law enforcement officers
Sussex Tech JROTC cadets raise the In Memory flag on the flagpole in front of the school during a ceremony to honor the men and women who have sacrificed their lives in the line of law enforcement duty. Cadets are (l-r) Command Sgt. Maj. Brittany Yeo of Georgetown (back to camera), Staff Sgt. Alexa Gibbons of Lincoln, Battalion Commander Kaycee Bean of Laurel, and Staff Sgt. Samuel Saxon of Milford (back to camera). SOURCE SUBMITTED
May 26, 2014
Members of the Delaware State Police and its Honor Guard salute the American flag in front of Sussex Technical High School as JROTC Battalion Commander Kaycee Bean lowers it to half staff in observance of Peace Officers Memorial Day on May 15. SOURCE SUBMITTED
In honor of the men and women who have sacrificed their lives serving and protecting their fellow Americans, the Sussex Technical High School criminal justice career-technical students and JROTC cadets performed the half-staff flag-raising ceremony on the morning of May 15 in observance of Peace Officers Memorial Day.
Law enforcement officers from Delaware State Police Troop 7 and Troop 5, as well as Shawn Brittingham from the Milford Police Department, who was shot on the night Georgetown Police Officer Chad Spicer was killed, were honored guests at the ceremony. Afterward, Brittingham spoke to the sophomore criminal justice class.
