By ROD ZOOK
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Today is the day local law enforcement observes Peace Officers Memorial Day. The ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. in front of the Hutchinson Police Department.
The invocation will be delivered by Adam Wooten. The guest speaker for the ceremony will be Attorney General Derek Schmidt. Taps will be played by Art Sundquist and both the Reno County Sheriff's Department and HPD will make up the honor guard.
Local law enforcement who will be remembered Friday are Reno County Undersheriff Edward Metz, who died in 1901 when he was pushed under a train; Deputy Thomas Simpson Fowler, who was shot and killed by a burglary suspect in 1911; Officer Reason Sherman Monroe, who was fatally shot nine times while investigating a family disturbance in 1924; Police Lt. Shelby Comstock, who was shot and killed after stopping a vehicle in 1956; and Officer Kenneth M. Kennedy, who was shot while investigating liquor crimes in 1972.
A barbecue will be available for law enforcement at SW Bricktown Park following the ceremony.
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