Honoring Our Fallen Heroes – April 25th, 2025

The average fallen officer is just 40 years old, with 10 years of service.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
It's the info you need to start your day in
the Palm Beaches and the Treasure Coast.

Speaker 1 (00:21):
Protecting the Palm Beaches.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Tribute to those who serve and sacrifice and one of
the many stories fell law enforcement in harms way and
also doing heroic things. Fox's Gary Barmgarden cops say.

Speaker 3 (00:33):
The thirty six year old gunman was shot and killed
by a third Fairfax County officer on the scene. The
wounded officers were rushed to the hospital with gunshot wounds
to their arms and are expected to recover. Please say,
the gunman slammed on his brakes and became hostile toward officers,
pulled his gun in open fire. That's when the third officer,

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who had arrived to back them up, shot the man dead.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
To always say so often as you know part of
this The reason I do this is to pay homage
to those who have literally laid down their lives and
served to their communities. But the other is just the
rest that's out there every day that you know, folks
in law enforcement, they put in that badge, they laid
their families to go to work, never knowing that, hey,
that could be their day that day. And you know,

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unfortunately we had made progress in prior years, but not
last year. We saw a significant increase in the line
of duty debts last year and that included in Florida,
and in total, three hundred and forty two officers were
shot in the line of duty, made one hundred and
sixty five heroes that we lost last year, eight in Florida.

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This year, the pace has been a bit better, but
still twenty two officers have fallen in the line of duty,
one in Florida, including the most recent loss in Texas.
Deputy Jesse Perez died from injuries to staying during a
traffic stop when he was struck by debris from a
passing vehicle. And as we remember that we've lost, important
to remember the families as well. The average age of

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fallen officer forty years old, ten years of service, and
there are twelve whidows and twenty seven children who've lost
a parent. So the weekly reminder to back the badge
and spread the word because the Lord knows that they
need us just as much as we need them.

Speaker 4 (02:17):
All Right, let's get a look at your Florida headlines.
After shakeup in Tallahassee, a Senator from Palm Beach County
is now the leader of the Democrats in that chamber.
Lorie Berman of Boynton Beach elected as the party's new
leader in the state Senate after Jason Pizzow announced yesterday
he's stepping down a Senate minority leader and leaving the
Democrat Party, saying the Democrat Party in Florida is dead.
Berman will serve as the Senate Democrat leader for the

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remainder of the term. After her quick election, Berman put
out a statement saying she's honored and humbled by the
support of her colleagues. A new effort is underway to
detain hundreds of illegal immigrants in the state. Operation Title
Wave started this week with the goal to find and
detail about eight hundred illegal immigrants across the state. Homeland
Security leading the operation. Miami Herald reports the game is

(02:59):
to find those with criminal records or deportation orders. Drought
conditions they're worsening in Florida. According to the latest US
Drought Monitor map. Extreme drought now affects portions of eight counties,
including Palm Beach and Broward. First two picks in this
year's NFL Draft from Green Bay pap South Florida connections.
The number one overall selection last night's first round was

(03:21):
cam Ward, quarterback at the University of Miami, goes to
the Tennessee Titans, followed up by the number two pick,
cornerback Travis Hunter of Boynton Beach native who goes to
the Jacksonville Jaguars. Hunter played his college ball with Colorado.
At thirteenth overall, the Miami Dolphins selected Michigan defensive tackle
Kenneth Grant rounds two and three of the draft. Tonight
remaining rounds will be tomorrow. Game two of the Battle

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for Florida ending with the Panthers blanking the Tampa Bay
Lightning two to nothing at Omilee Arena. It was Katz
goalie Sergei Bobrowski's fourth playoff shutout the most enfranchised history.
Game three will be tomorrow in Sunrise at one pm Eastern,
And those are your Florida headlines. Bran