Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40AMERICAN POLICE BEAT: AUGUST 2016 29 The fathers, brothers and sons we lost Here are the five selfless heroes that gave their lives protecting protestors and fellow officers Editor’s note: The deadly attack on Dallas police officers occurred shortly before we went to press. We will have more analysis and commentary as we go forward. In the meantime, here’s the information available thus far about the officers in Dallas who were taken from us. Officer Brent Thompson Dallas Area Rapid Transit Officer Brent Thompson is the first DART of- ficer to be killed in the line of duty since the agency formed a police department in 1989. Thompson was a newly- wed, mar- rying a fel- low DART officer just two weeks before his death. Thomp- son was a 1990 graduate of Corsicana High School, south of Dallas and taught at nearby Navar- ro College’s police academy from 2001 to 2004. For the next four years, he was an international police liaison officer with DynCorp International, a private mili- tary contractor. He was re- sponsible for the day to day operations conducted by our American police officers who trained and mentored the Iraqi Police. Officer Patrick Zamarripa Dallas Police officer Pat- r i c k Zamarripa was a six- year Dallas P.D. vet- eran, Pat- rick served eight years with the U.S. Navy and another five years in the reserves. He was a Petty Officer 2nd Class and Master at Arms in the U.S. and Iraq, where he survived three tours of duty. Zamarripa, 32, was honored with numerous awards and commendations, including the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. The married father of a 2-year-old daughter, Patrick was a devoted family man, and his love for his Texas Rangers and Dallas Cow- boys ran deep, friends said. After the shooting deaths, Texas Rangers player Joey Gallo wrote on Instagram that he and teammate No- mar Mazara were walking around in Dallas recently when Zamarripa came up to them and asked them to take a picture with them. “I’ll never forget how kind and down to earth he was. We ended up having a 15- minute conversation about sports with him. He was a great person, and family man,” Gallo wrote. Officer Michael Krol Krol was known for his love of basketball and the fact that since he was a little kid he always wanted to become a police of- ficer. Krol w a s a c - tively re- cruited by the Dallas Police De- partment, according to his brother-in-law Bri- an Schoenbaechler. Seven years ago, Krol moved away from his family in Detroit, where he had been a Wayne County sheriff’s deputy, to move to Dallas. Schoenbaechler told the Huffington Post that the last time he saw Krol was at Thanksgiving, when the family reunited in Detroit for the holiday last year. “He was a big guy with a big heart,” who was selfless and wanted to serve others, Schoenbaechler said. Sgt. Michael Smith Michael Smith was a 26- year Dallas P.D. vet- eran. He joined the Dallas Police Department in 1989. His broth- er in law said Smith could have r e t i r e d with a nice p a c k a g e but decid- ed to keep working because he cared so much about his fellow officers. Smith once used his own body to protect his part- ner from being struck by an object a gang member was holding, resulting in 31 stitches. He was married with two children. Smith had earned multiple awards during his more than two decades on the force, according to a 2009 Dallas Police De- partment newsletter. Smith “comes to work with a posi- tive attitude and strives for excellence,” the newsletter said, adding that he worked with “at risk” children and once took a slashing to the head in an effort to shield his partner. Sr. Corporal Lorne Ahrens Sr. Cpl. Lorne Ahrens was a 14-year veteran of the Dallas Police Dept. He joined two days after l e a v i n g the Los Angeles C o u n t y Sheriff ’s D e p a r t - m e n t , where he had served from 1991 to 2002, according to a state- ment from the LASD. He will be remembered as an imposing 6-foot- 5 figure with an equally big heart. The day before Ahrens, 48, was killed, he bought a homeless man dinner and encouraged fellow officers to greet the man. Ahrens always found ways to give back, volunteering, in uniform, at the school his 8-year-old and 10-year-old children attended. In addition to his chil- dren, Ahrens is survived by his wife, Dallas Police Detective Katrina Ahrens. Sgt. Anthony Gunn of the Los Angeles Coun- ty Sheriff’s Department, who worked there with Ahrens, a native Califor- nian, throughout the 1990s, remembered him fondly in an interview with CNN. “He was the kind of guy that it made you happy when you got to work and saw he would be working the shift with you. You could count on him.” Peerless® Handcuff Company Only 5.2 ounces • NIJ Certified • Made in USA www.peerless.net • info@peerless.net • 800.732.3715