Officer Down Memorial Page

I joined the department in 2002 and I first learned of you at the DeMarse Academy in Lansing while training. The facts, as I am told, surrounding your tradgic death, followed me many, many times as I was watching 3 block yard, alone or doing rounds in the school and the chow hall. You were my reality check and kept me from becoming too "complacent" when among prisoners. To your family, I would say, your death kept me more mindful to keep a critical distance, never let them follow behind me and keep my back to the wall. Thank you.

And to those that played a part in your passing...

Probation/Parole Agent Kris Panetta
MI Department of Corrections
September 2, 2011

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