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This week, the ODMP website rolled out several new features in order to maintain a respectful atmosphere within our Memorial & Reflection pages.

Being an ODMP subscriber has always provided our supporters with specific benefits by enabling them to:

• Manage subscriptions to ODMP's LODD notices, No Parole notices, EOW report, monthly newsletter, and more
• Add fallen officers and K9s to a personal "My Heroes" page for quick access to their Memorials
• Save a customized Reflections signature and go through a quicker Reflections review process

New features will also enable subscribers to:

• View, edit, or delete past Reflections left for any officer
• See their "My Heroes" page directly on the main ODMP homepage

The main ODMP homepage will feature a "My Heroes" section for all logged-in subscribers

Due to a noticeable increase in abuse by anti-police visitors, however, we've implemented several new steps to prevent negative and hateful messages from being posted as Reflections on Memorial pages or being mailed to agencies following line of duty deaths.

The most significant change will be a requirement to be logged in to view agency contact information or to leave an immediate Reflection. Visitors who would prefer not to create an account, but still wish to leave a Reflection, will have to go through a separate, one-time email verification process before Reflections are reviewed and posted to memorials.

Users can manage their profiles by clicking on "My Account" in the ODMP top-level menu bar

We encourage all our supporters to subscribe to ODMP in order to have access to the full array of features on our site, and we're confident that these new steps will enable us to maintain ODMP's Memorial & Reflection pages with a more respectful atmosphere and to prevent negative messages from being sent to agencies who have lost officers to line of duty deaths.

If you have questions about subscribing to ODMP, please email us at [email protected].

End of Watch Report December 2018

In the final month of 2018, a total of ten law enforcement officers died in the line of duty in the U.S., bringing the annual total to 148 fallen officers.  Of the ten officers who gave their lives in December, half were the result of auto-related incidents: one vehicle pursuit, one auto crash, one ATV crash, one vehicular assault, and one struck by vehicle.  Two officers died in December 2018 after being struck by a train.  The final three line of duty deaths last month were the result of gunfire.

At the end of 2018, line of duty deaths annually were up by 6% over 2017, but it should be noted that 2017 had the second lowest number of line of duty deaths in the last decade.  The 2018 LODD total is the second lowest annual total in the last five years, and the third lowest since 2010. We are hopeful that this downward trend continues.

The Officer Down Memorial Page offers our sincere condolences to the families, friends, and agencies who lost a loved one to a line of duty death in December 2018.  Please take a moment to read their memorials and remember the fallen:

Sergeant Matthew Troy Moreno
Las Animas County Sheriff's Office (CO)

Police Officer Jermaine Brown
Miami-Dade Police Department (FL)

Sergeant Benton Hurley Bertram
Charlestown Police Department (IN)

Police Officer Edgar Isidro Flores
DeKalb County Police Department (GA)

Police Officer Jason Quick
Lumberton Police Department (NC)

Police Officer Eduardo Marmolejo
Chicago Police Department (IL)

Police Officer Conrad Charles Gary
Chicago Police Department (IL)

Detective Deidre Irene Mengedoht
Louisville Metro Police Department (KY)

Corporal Ronil Singh
Newman Police Department (CA)

Police Officer II Michael Wayne Smith
Henry County Police Deparment (GA)

End of Watch Report November 2018

In November 2018, twelve law enforcement officers gave their lives in the line of duty.  Of those twelve deaths, eight were auto-related: four automobile crashes, two motorcycle crashes, one vehicular pursuit, and one officer was struck by a vehicle.  Three officers died in November as a result of felonious gunfire. The remaining line of duty death last month was the result of a 9/11-related illness.

As of the end of November, 136 officers have died in the line of duty nationwide in 2018.  This is a 5% increase over the same time in 2017.

The Officer Down Memorial Page extends our sincere condolences to the families, friends, and agencies who lost a loved one to a line of duty death in November 2018.  Please take a moment to read their memorials and remember the fallen:

Corporal Travis Wells
Dallas Police Department (TX)

Sergeant Ronald Lee Helus
Ventura County Sheriff's Office (CA)

Police Officer Jared William Franks
Greensboro Police Department (NC)

Police Officer Toshio Hirai
Gardena Police Department (CA)

Police Officer Jason Michael Seals
Slidell Police Department (LA)

Police Officer Samuel Jimenez
Chicago Police Department (IL)

Police Officer Leann Simpson
Philadelphia Police Department (MS)

Police Officer David Romrell
South Salt Lake City Police Department (UT)

Police Officer Hunter Edwards
Winchester Police Department (VA)

Deputy Sheriff Antonio Hinostroza
Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department (CA)

Trooper Robert E. Nagle
New Jersey State Police (NJ)

Deputy U.S. Marshal Chase S. White
U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service (U.S. Govt)