The family of a slain Dallas police officer received an unexpected reminder this month of his service and sacrifice nearly 27 years after his death.
At a time when policing is under a national microscope, the family hopes it can remind people of the dedicated officers who give their lives in the line of duty.
Badge number 3066 is among the dozens cut into the steel roof of the Dallas Police Memorial next to Dallas City Hall. Streaming sunlight casts the badge numbers onto the pavement below, onto the streets the officers once protected. Badge 3066 was worn by Sr. Cpl. Richard Lawrence. He was 46 years old when he interrupted two car thieves outside an apartment complex and was shot and killed on Nov. 9th, 1993.
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