Protecting The Palm Beaches, A Tribute to Those Who Serve and Sacrifice

Protecting The Palm Beaches, A Tribute to Those Who Serve and Sacrifice – August 2nd, 2024                    

Bottom Line: This weekly feature is designed to recognize those who've paid the ultimate price in service and to serve as a reminder of what our police risk to keep us safe. After years of increases in LODs, including multiple record years, thankfully 2023 produced the fewest line-of-duty deaths in the 2000’s. Fortunately, progress is continuing to be made. LODs are now 4% lower year-to-date.           

  • We lost 123 heroes in the line-of-duty in 2023 including 3 in Florida                                    
  • We’ve lost 81 heroes in the line-of-duty in 2024 including 1 in Florida            
  • Through July 223 law enforcement officers had been shot in the line of duty

We’ve lost this hero since the previous update.     

  • In Louisiana, Corporal Segus Jolivette (pictured) was murdered while attempting to serve an arrest warrant on a convicted felon. Upon arriving on the scene, the suspect barricaded himself inside a home and then ambushed officers with gunfire striking four and killing Segus. He’s survived by a wife and five children. 

As we reflect on those we’ve lost, please remember the families of our fallen as well. The average age is 39, the average tour-of-duty – 11 years. In addition to losing 81 law enforcement professionals in the line-of-duty this year, there are 48 widows and 103 children who’ve lost a parent. 


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