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Published May 08, 2008 09:27 pm - The Ardmore Police Department will honor all police officers and law enforcement personnel including those who have died and killed in the line of duty May 14 in a ceremony at the police department. The annual Ardmore Police Memorial will start at 10 a.m. and will conclude with lunch being served at the Ardmore, Tenn. annex. Columbia, Tenn., Judge Bobby Sands will be guest speaker. Ardmore police honor comrades with a memorial By Sonny Turner sonny@athensnews-courier.com The Ardmore Police Department will honor all police officers and law enforcement personnel including those who have died and killed in the line of duty May 14 in a ceremony at the police department.
The annual Ardmore Police Memorial will start at 10 a.m. and will conclude with lunch being served at the Ardmore, Tenn. annex. Columbia, Tenn., Judge Bobby Sands will be guest speaker. “We’ve had this for at least 10 years now and we’re looking for a good crowd this year,” said Ardmore Police Chief William “Doc” Oliver. “We honor all policemen and law enforcement officers, those living and those who died or who were killed in the line of duty.” Over the years, Oliver said Ardmore has never had a police officer killed in the line of duty. “We had one shot years ago,” he said. “That was W.B. Hastings, but he survived and is still living today.” Another former Ardmore officer, Dewey Dorsey, was killed in a wreck in Limestone County while on an emergency “blood run,” he said. Dorsey, an Athens policeman at the time, died more than 10 years ago when he lost control of his police cruiser on U.S. 72 East near French’s Mill while on his way back into Athens with blood scheduled to go to emergency personnel for patients. Oliver said the latest police tragedy in this area was last year when Huntsville policeman Eric David Freeman was shot and killed while on duty in Huntsville. Two Athens policemen, Sgt. Larry Russell and Officer Tony Mims, were ambushed and shot and killed in Athens on Jan. 2, 2004. They were honored during the memorial the year they were killed. 
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