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| Remembering Officer Adnrew Garton 1967-2011 |
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May 26, 2011
9:48 p.m. PST
Hawthorne, CA
I just got home after a long day covering "the world around" my community for the Los Cerritos Community News.
Tonight I attended the "PRIDE Program" graduation that is sponsored by the Norwalk Sheriff's Department, the City of Norwalk.... This is a "life shaper" and "life saving" program that deals directly with our local young people who could go down the "right" path or another much "darker one."
Tonight I attended the "PRIDE Program" graduation that is sponsored by the Norwalk Sheriff's Department, the City of Norwalk.... This is a "life shaper" and "life saving" program that deals directly with our local young people who could go down the "right" path or another much "darker one."
I am going to follow the next "class" of PRIDE Program participants later this Summer here in the Norwalk, and will be documenting all the good works of this program. When I was at this PRIDE event, I got a text message from a community leader in Maywood telling me that a horrific accident had taken place today and one local police officer was killed and other one was "seriously" injured.
Tonight everyone in law enforcement is mourning the death of Police Officer Andrew Garton. It is the first time in the 89 year history of the Hawthorne Police Department that an officer was killed in the line of duty. Sgt. Rex Fowler from the El Segundo Police Department was the other injured officer.
Fowler has a broken leg and other injuries. Here is a video news clip from Eyewitness News that tells all the specifics....
Fowler has a broken leg and other injuries. Here is a video news clip from Eyewitness News that tells all the specifics....
The Hawthorne Police Department just issued the following statement.
"The Hawthorne Police Department is saddened to confirm that Officer Andrew Garton, a seven and a half year veteran of the Hawthorne Police Department, was killed in an on-duty traffic collision, on Thursday, May 26, 2011. Officer Garton was on a police motorcycle assisting in the funeral escort duties of a Manhattan Beach police officer, who had passed away earlier this month. The collision occurred near the intersection of 227th Street and Hawthorne Blvd., in the city of Torrance.
The collision is being investigated by the California Highway Patrol.
Officer Garton was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Officer Garton was 44 years old, and had been assigned to the Traffic Bureau as a motorcycle officer for the past four and a half years. Officer Garton also served as a long time member of the Department’s SWAT team.
Officer Garton was married, and had two sons, ages 12 and seven. His family and friends were brought to the hospital to be with him, and are supported also by his Hawthorne Police family and the law enforcement community at large. The outpouring of assistance and support for Officer Garton’s family and the Hawthorne Police Department is greatly appreciated.
The Department is currently arranging an account, for which donations to Officer Garton’s family can be made. Finalization of this account is pending, and information will be publicized as soon as it is established."
So, tonight, as I reflect on this up and down day, I am going to say an extra Prayer for the lives of ALL of our "local heroes" who place their lives in harms way....everyday.
RIP, Officer Garton!
So, tonight, as I reflect on this up and down day, I am going to say an extra Prayer for the lives of ALL of our "local heroes" who place their lives in harms way....everyday.
RIP, Officer Garton!
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