OFFICER DOWN MEMORIAL PODCAST

MURDERS IN MORRISON COUNTY "The Story of Sheriff John Stack and Chief Deputy Andrew Herlitz" If you threw a dart at the center of Minnesota, you'd likely hit Morrison County. Focused on agriculture and tourism, this was your typical rural MN county- where families and kids felt safe and crime was low back in the mid 60s. Sheriff John Stack and Chief Deputy Andrew Herlitz ran a patrol crew of four along with the county jail. Their kids tell stories of playing outside the jail, even playing board games inside the jail with inmates. It's really an interesting story of how back in the day, the entire family was involved - from cooking, to cleaning, even taking emergency phone calls. This community would change forever on October 15th when the Sheriff's Office received a call requesting assistance mediating a dispute between farmers. While some calls like this can seem routine for rural law enforcement, this call would remind this small tight knit community that no call is routine. These two heroes responded to the farm - they'd dealt with this farmer before and felt they had a good rapport with him. In the end, the county's top two law enforcement officials were ambushed and murdered leaving behind two grieving families and a stunned community asking how could this happen in Morrison County? Nearly 60 years later, the children from both families help us tell the story of these two amazing heroes, the impact they made on this community, and the legacy that continues today. We have several family pictures, newspaper articles, and evidence photos on these heroes respective websites on our page: https://www.officerdownmemorialpodcast.com/john-stack https://www.officerdownmemorialpodcast.com/andrew-herlitz This episode is sponsored by our friends at Law Enforcement Labor Services, Inc. Click here if you are interested learning how you can support this podcast and the National COPS organization: www.glow.fm/officerdownmemorialpodcast WARNING: Violent content and strong language may be disturbing to some listeners. Listener discretion advised.

A local cop everyone in this community knew and loved. A known prankster in his department. Everyone called him Tommy. He showed everyone he came in contact with respect and compassion regardless of the circumstances. On this night Tommy responded with his partner to do a welfare check to check on a suicidal subject. Minutes after going out on scene, Tommy was shot and killed outside Winner’s Bar in Cold Spring Minnesota. The hunt for his killer went on for months and when the case was finally closed, it left locals with more questions than answers, and a wife and 4 children without their husband, father, and hero. You'll find several photos from this case on our website at www.officerdownmemorialpodcast.com

This episode is sponsored by our friends at Law Enforcement Labor Services, Inc.

Click here if you are interested learning how you can support this podcast and the National COPS organization: www.glow.fm/officerdownmemorialpodcast

WARNING - Strong language and violent content may be disturbing to some listeners. If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, help is available 24/7 from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by calling 988 on your cell phone or 1-800-273-TALK. Help is just a phone call away.

In this episode we review listener questions, explain the Officer Down Memorial Podcast, how you can get involved, and give you a sneak preview of some great upcoming stories – plus an awesome interview with Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith (ret.) from the National Police Institute.

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If you are in law enforcement, a spouse or parent of a law enforcement officer, or an LE supporter, this is a good one for you. In this special episode we share an interview Sheriff Rose recently did with Podcast 1's Policing Matters podcast host Jim Dudley. https://www.police1.com/columnists/James-Dudley

Policing Matters is a weekly law enforcement podcast bringing you the latest news and critical issues impacting police officers. Here is the link to the video of this interview: https://www.police1.com/health-wellness/addressing-the-emotional-toll-of-policing You can find more great interviews and resources on their webpage at www.police1.com/policing-matters. Other links from the show that we discussed include:

www.police1.com

www.bluehelp.com

www.nleomf.org

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Please contact us here if you have a fallen hero story you think should be told: https://www.officerdownmemorialpodcast.com/submit-your-hero-s-story

This episode is sponsored by our friends at Law Enforcement Labor Services, Inc.

A gang ordered murder of a cop in retaliation for an alleged assault of an elderly black man on a bus, the subsequent murder of an alleged informant, a community afraid to serve on the jury, even defendents afraid to testify concerned the police wouldn't be able to protect them from the Vice Lords and their leader Sharif Willis - who was implicated in Jerry's murder but never indicted.​​ This is the Jerry Haaf Story from 1992 coming in October. Fast forward 30 years, one of Jerry's killers is up for parole in November. Jerry was 53 years old, had served for 30 years in Minneapolis, and was only months away from retirement. His family was sentenced to life without their beloved husband, father, and grandfather - they believe his killers should get no less time. Jerry's family needs your help to keep this cop killer in prison where he belongs. You can help Jerry's family now by sending a letter to the MN DOC to deny this cop killer's parole request in November. Click this link for more info on how you can help the Haaf Family: https://www.officerdownmemorialpodcast.com/jerryhaaf to find out how easy it is to help this family. The Jerry Haaf Story, sponsored by the Law Enforcement Today Radio Show and Podcast, coming in mid October on the Officer Down Memorial Podcast.