Fallen Indiana Officer Honored In National Police Week Ceremonies

ACROSS INDIANA — The names of nearly 200 local, state and federal police officers and agents who died in the line of duty in 2017 were read Tuesday in the 37th Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service. They include one police officer from Indiana.

The ceremony in Washington, D.C., is part of a week full of activities for National Police Week, which began Sunday and continues through Saturday, May 19. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy designated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week.

Tuesday’s two-hour commemoration began at 11 a.m. near the west front of the U.S. Capitol. It included both a wreath-laying ceremony and a memorial service.

In Indiana, Southport Police Department Lieutenant Aaron Allan was shot several times and killed by 28-year-old Jason Brown on July 27, 2017 while responding to a crash involving Brown at the intersection of Madison Avenue and Maynard Drive.

Two other law enforcement officers who had responded to assist, Homecroft Chief John Ryan and an off-duty Johnson County deputy, both returned fire, striking Brown. Brown was charged with murder in August.

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Between 25,000 and 40,000 people from police departments across the country and agencies around the world take part in National Police Week activities in Washington, D.C.

Two Indiana officers were killed in 2018. Boone County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Pickett and Terre Haute Police Officer Rob Pitts were killed in the line of duty.

Image via Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department