Yakima police to help honor fallen Seattle police officer


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YAKIMA — Members of the Yakima Police Department’s honor guard will participate in today’s memorial for a Seattle police officer killed on the job.

Officer Timothy Brenton died Saturday night when a driver pulled beside his patrol car and someone opened fire. Brenton and an officer in training had stopped to review a traffic stop they made shortly before.

Detective Mike Nielsen, who serves on the Yakima department’s honor guard, says seven members are expected to participate in today’s ceremony at KeyArena.

The 12-member honor guard formed in 2004.

The unit has performed at about a half-dozen officer memorials since then, including the 2008 service for Ellensburg police Sgt. Nelson Ng.
Ng, 34, died after contracting the hantavirus syndrome while working at the department’s training range.



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Posted by Nick at 11/05/09 11:45AM        Post ID#: #17147

This was clearly an ambush - not all that different than the one near Outlook, where a deputy was shot by a juvenile who will probably not even be punished, thanks to lax and indifferent State laws for juvenile crimes.

I'm happy the trainee wasn't more seriously wounded and got of some rounds at the fleeing vehicle. Hope hey catch them and have them as "special guests" for the next range qualifications for SPD.

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Posted by mainergirl at 11/06/09 12:13PM        Post ID#: #17254

A sad occurrence! A well educated man just out doing his job serving the public gets taken away from his family due to some stupid idiot who is a menace to society so we lose a good one only to keep around this a**hole!

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