DET SEN CONST DAMIEN LEEDING - ONE YEAR ON

Fallen Comrade
Taking cover... shots fired, then you hear that sound. The unmistakable crackle of the radio, the feared words...'Officer Down'. One more fallen comrade, the number continues to grow. Sorrow fills one's heart, trying not to let the anger show.
Waging a daily battle, out there trying to win the war. Never knowing what you'll encounter, on this stop or from behind that next door.
One more fallen comrade, is gone and out of our sight. Yet guiding us from up above, always riding on our right.  
This poem is from http://pikeh.tripod.com/poems.html - it is dedicated to Det Sen Const Damien Leeding.  His death demonstrated the danger police put themselves in every day to safeguard our community.

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