The Thin Blue Line is a controversial
symbol that
law
enforcement officers in the
United States use to identify other officers, their spouses and other family
members.
The conceptual "Thin Blue Line" is derived from the historical
Thin Red Line. Proponents of the symbol claim that the blue strip between
two larger blocks of black symbolizes the police's role of separating the "good"
from the "bad", or protecting society from chaos. A second interpretation has
the colors representing the memories of fallen officers (black) and the bonds of
those who remain (blue, a color long associated with law enforcement).
Courtesy of Wikipedia
In Memoriam
Donovan Aldrich (Deputy Inspector/MCSO)
Jim Douglas (Deputy/MCSO/Investigator Title Office)
Ralph Brown (Deputy/MCSO)
Everett H. Howard (Box21/Deputy/MCSO)
Ron Jones (Deputy/MCSO)
Mike Sims
(Deputy/MCSO)
Joe Sabolcik
(Deputy/MCSO)
Charles
Turner (Captain/MCSO)
Douglas Williams
(Det. Butler
Twp PD/MCSO/MVRCL/HHFD)
Bill O'Ryan (FOP104/HTFD/MCSO)
Isidore Friedman (MCSO/Chief, Wayne
Twp)
Chuck Leonard Sr.
(Deputy/MCSO)
Randy Porter (Deputy/MCSO)
Arley Buckmaster (Sgt/MCSO)
Eleanor (Susie) Galus (Deputy/MCSO)
James Randolph (Deputy/MCSO)
Lebert Johnston (Sgt/MCSO)
Gary Curtis (Sgt/MCSO)
Randal Richter (Deputy/MCSO)
2009 Montgomery County Law Enforcement
Officers Memorial Ceremony Images
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 The
In Memory of Fallen Law Enforcement Officers medal design (left) is for anyone
who wishes to honor the memory of our fallen Law Enforcement Officers. The
design represents the following:
The BLACK ribbon represents the deaths of the Officers;
The BLUE line represents the worldwide Law Enforcement
community, often referred to as "The Thin Blue Line;"
The single GOLD star is displayed upside down to represent the
grief and loneliness felt by all members of our brotherhood alike when an
Officer is slain. It breaks the line, which represents the momentary break in
the thin blue line as we all pause to mourn our dead.
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