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  • Marauder2003
    Waiting for Abs
    CGN Contributor - Lifetime
    • Aug 2010
    • 2995

    Actually done?

    Watching Bosch on Amazon Prime. This is the 2nd or 3rd series I have seen an End of Watch broadcast made when an officer dies.

    Is this a real thing or just Hollywood?
    #NotMyPresident
    #ArrestFauci
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  • #2
    gorn5150
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2007
    • 1453

    It is real for some departments. Either when an officer dies or retires.

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    • #3
      Colt562
      Calguns Addict
      • Jun 2012
      • 5271

      Real thing, either retirement or death.
      Originally posted by bruceflinch
      Tis Better, to be Overworked & Underpaid,
      Than Oversexed & Underlaid...

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      • #4
        SantaCabinetguy
        I need a LIFE!!
        • Feb 2011
        • 15137

        SPOILER ALERT... jeez...

        Yes it happens, more often than it should, in both LE and the fire service.
        Hauoli Makahiki Hou


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        • #5
          hodnettjj
          Junior Member
          • Feb 2016
          • 13

          We did it for the Fire Department also...

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          • #6
            Marauder2003
            Waiting for Abs
            CGN Contributor - Lifetime
            • Aug 2010
            • 2995

            Hey, I did not say when or who.

            Originally posted by Ubermcoupe
            SPOILER ALERT... jeez...

            Yes it happens, more often than it should, in both LE and the fire service.
            #NotMyPresident
            #ArrestFauci
            sigpic

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            • #7
              BadKitty
              Senior Member
              • Jan 2011
              • 1409

              Yes, it happens. Some End of Watch or Last Alarms are more "obituary" type readings are some are "dispatches" or "Roll Call". Either way, the departed person is usually toned out and the alarm or response is read out over the radio by a dispatcher. Then, if there's a code 3 procession, the vehicles "respond" to the last call.

              Here are some examples below. Warning, the second one is sad, the dispatcher starts to choke up a little bit.


              Narrative style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNw4z3UtcWs


              Dispatch style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si5F...lGj0FQUxQBAq7A


              Roll Call (at 1:40 in the video, Police Chief Brady 301 is hailed, but does not respond to the roll call): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6r0ywEVf9E


              Meowr!

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              • #8
                CBR_rider
                Veteran Member
                • Jan 2013
                • 2697

                It was done for CHP Officer Taylor yesterday at his funeral.
                Originally posted by bwiese
                [BTW, I have no problem seeing DEA Agents and drug cops hanging from ropes, but that's a separate political issue.]
                Stay classy, CGF and Calguns.

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                • #9
                  emtmark
                  Veteran Member
                  • Mar 2010
                  • 2494

                  Real thing, been a part of too many of these processions


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                  I know what this man needs.............bring me the vodka

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                  • #10
                    Ron-Solo
                    In Memoriam
                    • Jan 2009
                    • 8581

                    Originally posted by Marauder2003
                    Watching Bosch on Amazon Prime. This is the 2nd or 3rd series I have seen an End of Watch broadcast made when an officer dies.

                    Is this a real thing or just Hollywood?
                    I've been to too many police and fire funerals over the years. Yes, this is actually done. To those of us that have been there, done that, this is a very emotional and personal experience.

                    To fully understand, I suggest that next time a police officer or firefighter in your area is killed in the line of duty, that you take the time to attend the funeral services. They are usually always open to the public. Amazing Grace on the bagpipes or the lone bugle call of Taps will never be the same, especially if you feel the roar of a flight of helicopters overhead in the "Missing Man" formation.

                    I'm definitely not trying to be snarky or sarcastic. Once you've been, you will fully understand what I'm trying to say. It's something you will never forget.

                    In Memory of Dave Powell, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Lakewood Station. End of Watch, November 30, 2002. Never Forgotten, my friend.

                    LASD Retired
                    1978-2011

                    NRA Life Member
                    CRPA Life Member
                    NRA Rifle Instructor
                    NRA Shotgun Instructor
                    NRA Range Safety Officer
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                    • #11
                      ls2monaro
                      Senior Member
                      • Jun 2009
                      • 601

                      I've always found it harder when on scene of a leo severely wounded or killed, especially when stuck on a perimeter position and told to sit and do nothing.

                      Funeral processions are sad no doubt, but when it happens on your watch and/or to your beat partner, that's the worst.

                      These days as a patrol fto when my trainees make a legitimate officer safety error I tell them to call their wife and tell them they are never coming home because they're an idiot. That approach has worked pretty good so far.

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