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          [GPPD Police Memorial Week Ceremony 2023]
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          THE COUNTRY IS TAKING TIME THIS WEEK TO HONOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO HAVE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. 
          GOD BLESS AND GRAND PRAIRIE. 
          THE CEREMONY SALUTES FIVE FALLEN HEROES, OFFICER BRANDON SY, WHO WAS KILLED LAST NOVEMBER WHEN HE CRASHED WHILE PURSUING A CAR WITH A FAKE PAPER LICENSE PLATE. 
          OFFICER RANDY MCDONALD, WHO DIED IN 2021 FROM COVID-19, OFFICER A J CASTANEDA, WHO WAS HIT AND KILLED IN 2019 WHILE RUNNING RADAR ON THE BUSH TOLLWAY. 
          SERGEANT GREGORY HUNTER, WHO WAS SHOT TO DEATH IN 2004 WHILE INVESTIGATING A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE AND PATROLMAN LYNDON KING, WHO DIED IN 1982 AND WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A DRUNK DRIVER WHILE WORKING A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. 
          WE SEE EVERY DAY IN THE NEWS, THE EXTRAORDINARY ACTIONS THAT POLICE OFFICERS TAKE AROUND THIS NATION MORE OFTEN THAN WE CARE TO READ ABOUT OR SEE THINGS ARE HAPPENING. 
          THEY'RE HAVING TO GO FACE EVIL, CRAZY, EVIL, BUT THEY DON'T WAIT. 
          THEY DON'T HESITATE. 
          THEY GO WHERE THEY'RE HEARING THE FIRE. 
          LET US NEVER FORGET THESE BRAVE GRAND PRIX POLICE OFFICERS WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. 
          THEIR NAMES ARE ETCHED IN OUR HEARTS AND THEIR SPIRITS ARE FOREVER INTERTWINED WITH OUR COMMUNITY. 
          MAY WE STRIVE TO HONOR THEIR MEMORY BY UPHOLDING THE VALUES THEY EMBODIED SO WELL.
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