in memoriam
Dedicated to the men and women in law enforcement who made the ultimate sacrifice here in Lake County. They gave their lives so we could live in a safe community.
Remember, too, those parents, siblings, grandparents, wives and children who suffer the loss of that special loved one.
Gary Police Department
Miller Town Marshall Olaf Riser
August 30th, 1912
Detective Julius Gunther
September 16th, 1921
Officer Pearl Lanham
March 12th, 1930
Detective James Kelly
March 31st, 1932
Officer Walter Poturalski
August 8th, 1935
Detective Elza O’Dell
January 31st, 1953
Officer John Moore
August 4th, 1955
Detective Michael Rusnak
June 11th, 1966
Officer George Lowe
June 2nd, 1970
Officer James Boyce
October 5th, 1974
Lieutenant George Yaros
August 11th, 1981
Detective Dorian Rorex
January 15th, 1998
Corporal Louis Donald
August 27th, 2001
Officer Benjamin Wilcher
August 12th, 2007
Officer Jeffrey Westerfield
July 6th, 2014
Whiting Police Department
Officer Anthony Wagner
November 30th, 1929
Lake County Police Department
Deputy George Zorodney
March 14th, 1930
Sheriff Roy Holly
January 16th, 1933
Sergeant William Paterson
January 25th, 1994
K9 Ajax
April 30th, 1997
Officer Paul Mitchell
June 12th, 1999
K9 Fax
April 23rd, 2002
Chief Gary Martin
August 22nd, 2006
CO Britney Meux
March 6th, 2012
Munster Police Department
Mrsl. Charles Chapman
January 30th, 1947
Officer Robert Grove
September 6th, 1983
Highland Police Department
Patrolman Donald Sheppard
November 12th, 1971
Officer Robert Markley
March 10th, 1978
East Chicago Police Department
Officer Jacob Manko
October 8th, 1914
Officer Charles Rajchinetz
August 1st, 1918
Officer Robert Kucken
September 22nd, 1923
Officer Thomas Mitchell
September 23rd, 1923
Officer Paul Budich
April 20th, 1924
Officer William O’Malley
January 15th, 1934
Officer Lloyd Mulvihill
May 24th, 1934
Officer Martin O’Brien
May 24th, 1934
Hammond Police Department
Sergeant Leo Fox
October 9th, 1929
Captain George Hanlon
May 16th, 1937
Officer John Gerka
January 11th, 1947
Officer Donald Cook
January 13th, 1947
Officer Frank Dunn
June 1st, 1961
Officer Lawrence Pucalik
November 14th, 1980
Sergeant Ernest Malatinka
December 29th, 1984
Sergeant Thomas Sawyer
June 17th, 2021
Griffith Police Department
Lieutenant Texas Minter
December 20th, 1963
Schererville Police Department
Mrsl. Pete Reder
August 4th, 1964
Officer James Wittchen
February 24th, 1973
Indiana State Police
Trooper John Streu
February 20th, 1971
Trooper Scott Patrick
December 22nd, 2003
St. John Police Department
Captain James Larimer
February 20th, 1971
Merrillville Police Department
Officer Nick Shultz
September 7th, 2014