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The Following police officers were either killed in the line of duty or murdered by a significant other. We remember them in these pages.

Officer Gail A. Cobb, 24

She was the first female police officer killed in the line of duty in the country in Washington D. C. and the country. She was a member of the Metropolitan Police Department District of Columbia. She worked as a patrolman. She was shot to death in the line of duty on Friday, September 20, 1974 while pursuing a suspect. John Willie Bryant, 24, was apprehended at the scene was charged with homicide. He pulled the trigger. John Dortch got a way but turned himself into the police when he learned Officer Cobb had died. He was charged with assault with intent to kill. Officer Cobb is survived by her child.

Officer Mary Margaret Rollins was a member of the Metropolitan Detroit Police Force in Detroit, Michigan. Her boyfriend shot her do death in 1977. He was later found guilty of murder, but not before he killed three more women.

Officer Sharron Randolph, 26 Detroit, Michigan January 8, 1982 shot life insurance husband convicted 17 years later. He had her killed for $248,000 in insurance he was convicted in 2001 at the age of 65. The shooter went free.

Officer Carol Roketa, 39, was a Sgt with the Metropolitan Detroit Police force. She was shot March 7, 1982 with her own gun while lying in bed in the apartment she shared with her boyfriend, Douglas Glazier, 54, for twelve years. Douglas Glazier, an ex-newspaper reporter, was charged with second-degree murder. His attorney said he was insane at the time of the murder. November 5, 1982 Mr. Glazier was sentenced to five years probation and to a mandatory two years in prison for using a gun in the crime. He died August 17, 1989 at the age of 61.

Officer Cheryl Weiden Seiden, 33

Officer Cheryl Seiden was a Metro Dade Floria Police Detective. She was shot July 28, 1982 after having dinner with two friends. She later died two weeks later. Reholga Mack, a felon, and Dwight Echevarria were charged with first-degree murder and three counts of robbery. Mr. Mack had the gun. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Dwight Echevarria, who drove the getaway car after a plea agreement will be parole in 2007 and will be placed on probation. Officer Seiden and friends were followed home from the restaurant.

Officer Abigail Powlett

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Officer Abigail Powlett was a member of the Plainsfield, New Jersey police force. She was shot to death March 15, 1985. She was answering a robbery call. She was survived by two children. She was the first female officer killed in New Jersey. Her assailant was killed at the scene by fellow officers. She was engaged to be married.

Officer Milta Bruetsch was shot to death October 29, 1985 in Piermont Rockland County New York, while visiting her brother. She was evading her husband. He had begin to abuse her during their marriage. Her husband shot her five times as she lay on the ground. During his trial he told the court Officer Bruetsch said he was insane. The jury did not believe him and convicted him August 22, 1986. He abused his first wife.

Officer Elizabeth Cobbs was working as an Alabama State Trooper. She had been on the force less than seven months when she was shot to death October 11, 1987. She was shot three times in the head. She worked the night shift. Her ex-boyfriend, Joe Cecil Duncan Jr. was found guilty of capital murder for financial gain and guilty of capital murder of a law enforcement officer. He was the beneficiary of her $350,000 life insurance policy. The judge sentenced him to death.

Officer Julie Engelhardt, 35, worked in Michigan as a Lansing park patrol officer. February 12, 1988 she went to a home in Lansing, Michigan to answer a complaint by two children that an adult had taken their sleds because the children were walking across the man’s property. She was shot dead at the scene. She was shot three times. John LaBoda, 46, found not guilty by reason of insanity.

Officer Sgt. Alesia Rhodes was a sergeant with the Columbia police Department in South Carolina. July 12, 1989 she was set upon by a man hiding in her apartment. She was shot in the back and her car stolen. Her ex-boyfriend, Calvin Ashford, 26, was a suspect in her murder. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprison. His attorney said he will appeal. This is what the prosecutor said Mr. Ashford did. He broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home, found her gun waited in the closet until she came home and as she was disrobing he shot her with her own gun then took her car. This was not an isolated incident. In 1985 he fired several shots into a car that she was riding in. There were three other people in the car. For this crime he was allowed to plead guilty one count of assault and battery with the intent to kill for shooting at Sgt. Rhodes. He was sentenced to five years' probation and fined $912. Notice how the violence escalated.

Officer Denna Fredericka Campbell, 24, was a District of Columbia Police Officer who lived in White Oaks. She was shot to death in her apartment September 16, 1995. Kenneth Burnell Wonsom, 31, was a suspect in her murder. He was her boyfriend. She was a decorated police officer. She was shot in the head. Disposition of trial unknown.

Officer Lauretha Vaird 43

Officer Lauretha Vaird worked for a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania police department. She was murdered Tuesday, January 2, 1996, during a robbery attempted. She became the city’s first female officer killed in the line of duty. Warren McGlone, 26, was charged with her murder and armed robbery. He had two accomplices. One suspect was sentenced to death.

Officer Joyce Carnegie

Officer Joyce Carnegie, 38, worked as a police officer in Orange New Jersey. She was shot to death April 8, 1999. The man suspected of shooting Officer Joyce Carnegie died less than a half-hour after being taken into police custody. Earl Faison was arrested April 11, 1999 and he died April 11, 1999. Court testimony said he was beaten in the police car and at police headquarters. After Mr. Faison’s death was reported to the community an investigation took place where finally an officer came forward and told what happen to Mr. Faison. Five police officers were indicted for murder. During the officers' trial Officer Keith Jackson stated that he saw one police officer punching Mr. Faison while Earl Faison was in the police car. He said other officers were beating Mr. Faison plus the officers were administering pepper-spray and taking money from Mr. Faison. Mr. Faison did not kill Officer Joyce Carnegie someone else was responsible for her murder. Officer Carnegie is the first female officer to be killed in the line of duty in Essex County, New Jersey, and the second to be killed in the state. She had been with the agency for four years and is survived by her mother.

Officer Brenda Sexton 31

Deputy Sung Hui Bang 31 worked 3 years

Deputy Ralph E. Zylka 48 worked 24 years

Officer Brenda Sexton lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois. Most of what is known about Officer Sexton is she was beaten to death August 2000 and the prime suspect was her boyfriend, Sam Lupo 29. After Officer Sexton was found murdered a search was made for her boyfriend. The search extended into Wisconsin where the boyfriend was found. A concerned citizen called the police after seeing Mr. Lupo’s face on television. While police were searching for Sam Lupo on the ground deputies Sung Hui Bang and Ralph E. Zylka were searching for him from the air. There was a problem inside the helicopter causing a crash and both deputies lost their lives. It was not immediately known whether officer Sexton knew Mr. Lupo was convicted of aggravated stalking before dating her or that he spent three years in prison for abducting his wife and taking her through Indiana and Illinois. Disposition unknown

Officer Sherlyn Yvonne Fleming 52 worked as a police officer for twenty-five years for the people of the city of Detroit, Michigan. She worked in crime prevention, narcotics, internal affairs and the gang squad. She retired in 1999. February 7, 2001 she was running an errand at a cleaner’s when a gunman entered the building intent on robbing the cleaners. Sherlyn Fleming was shot during the robbery. She died at an area hospital. Officer Fleming is survived by her mother, grandmother and grandfather. The Detroit Police Department holds an annual Detroit Police Interfaith Candlelight Service out side their headquarters to honor officers who have died in the line of duty. That candlelight service was held for Officer Fleming

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