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With each of these stories, Sheriff Scott Rose gives you a glimpse of what law enforcement officers and their families go through every day to help keep our communities safe. These stories take you back in time to the era and the community where we lost these heroes.
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The Arik Matson Story | Shot in the Line of Duty—No Call Is Routine (opens the original)
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On a quiet Monday night in January of 2020 in Waseca, Minnesota, Officer Arik Matson responded with three fellow officers to the kind of suspicious-person call law enforcement handles hundreds of times. Within moments, the four were involved in a gun battle and Arik was shot in the head—beginning an extraordinary fight for survival and a long, difficult journey through recovery and rehabilitation. In this special survivor edition of the Officer Down Memorial Podcast, Arik and the three officers
The Laurence Doten Story | A Minnesota Lawman's Final Call (opens the original)
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On August 24, 1930, U.S. Immigrant Inspector Laurence E. Doten from Minnesota made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting America's northern border. Assigned to inspect passengers aboard a Canadian National Railway train near Emo, Ontario, Inspector Doten was unexpectedly confronted by fugitive Emerick Franette and was mortally wounded in the ensuing attack. Fellow Inspector Lawrence C. Jones was also killed. Though nearly a century has passed, Inspector Doten's bravery, professionalism, and de
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