Protecting The Palm Beaches – September 26th, 2025 - Brought to You By Good Greek Moving And Storage
Bottom Line: This weekly feature is designed to recognize those who've paid the ultimate price in service and to serve as a reminder of what our police risk to keep us safe. Unfortunately, after progress was made in reducing line of duty deaths in 2023 – we weren’t able to sustain that progress last year. LODs rose by 17% nationally in 2024, with five additional LODs within the state of Florida. A total of 342 officers were shot in the line of duty resulting in 50 deaths – an 8% increase year over year.
- We lost 167 heroes in the line of duty in 2024 including 8 in Florida
- We’ve lost 66 heroes in the line of duty thus far this year including three in Florida
We’ve lost these heroes since the previous update:
- In Pennsylvania, Detectives Mark Baker, Isaiah Emenheiser and Detective Sergeant Cody Becker (pictured) were murdered while attempting to serve an arrest warrant. Upon arriving on the scene, they were ambushed by the subject. The suspect was killed with return fire. Detective Baker was an Army veteran and is survived by his wife and four children. Detective Emenheiser is survived by his wife and two children. Detective Becker is survived by his wife and two children.
- In Texas, Officer Alex Roberts was killed in a motorcycle crash while conducting a traffic escort.
As we reflect on those we’ve lost, please remember the families of our fallen as well. The average age of the fallen is 41, the average tour-of-duty is 12 years. In addition to losing 66 law enforcement professionals in the line-of-duty this year, there are 44 widows and 113 children who lost a parent. Remember to back the badge and spread the word. They need us just as much as we need them.