MN memorial for fallen officers includes 2 killed nearly 100 years ago

Three Minnesota officers who died since last year s Peace Officers Memorial Day are being remembered Thursday along with two who were killed nearly years ago Law enforcement officers from around the state take turns standing guard at the Minnesota Peace Officers Memorial on the state Capitol grounds for hours leading up to the Thursday night operation The names of officers who died since last year s memorial facility are added to ribbons on a Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association flag This year they are Minneapolis Officer Jamal Mitchell who was shot on May National Park Utility Ranger Kevin Grossheim who drowned in Voyageurs National Park while helping a family and Red Lake Tribal Police Officer Jesse Branch who was in a crash when responding to a call Laurence Doten Courtesy of the Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association Two law enforcement officers killed in not long ago brought to the attention of LEMA are also being memorialized this year explained Brian Hubbard the association s president Immigration and Naturalization Provision Inspectors Laurence Doten and Lawrence C Jones were both stationed in Minnesota They were fatally shot near Emo Canada on Aug It s major to LEMA that people are recognized like they should be Hubbard revealed Thursday Burnsville police officers Matt Ruge and Paul Elmstrand who were fatally shot in February were honored at last year s memorial ceremony Commander Damon Bitney of the Bloomington Police Department rings a bell for a fallen police officer during a vigil at the Minnesota Peace Officer Memorial on the south grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol in St Paul on Thursday May John Autey Pioneer Press Their names along with Mitchell s and Grossheim s were unveiled this week at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington D C this week Branch s name is scheduled to be added to the national memorial for next year s ceremony Related Articles Minnesota Freedom Fund to stop bailing out jailed defendants Wisconsin man suffers serious injuries in Denmark Township crash Crews from across U S arrive to fight St Louis County wildfires in northern MN Crews now fighting wildfires north of Duluth in St Louis County Fatal Inver Grove Heights fire under review doesn t appear suspicious