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Officer Edward Michael Setzer

Lower Merion Township Police Department, Pennsylvania

End of Watch Friday, September 30, 1988

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Reflections for Officer Edward Michael Setzer

I volunteered in the Honor Guard for Off. Setzer's funeral. I was not with his agency but employed by the Township in which he lived. I remember in the church giving the final salute before leaving to the cemetary. The Honor Guard is the first on the field and the last to leave. The letters from his children in the casket brought tears to our eyes. At the cemetary I remember I stopped counting at 400 police cars. He got a helo-copter medivac fly by at his funeral along with a 21 gun saltue and taps. Several Seargents from his agency swore an oath on Off. Setzers casket and promised to take care of his family. That was the first funeral I attended as a Police Officer, it changed my life. I have remained with the same agency and the above oath made by his comrades was never forgotten. He is a true Hero. God Bless him and his family.

Cpl. James J. Crawford
Lower Providence Twp Police Motor Unit , Montg. Co. PA.

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