RICHMOND, Ky. (LEX 18) — The Commonwealth of Kentucky added two more names to its fallen officer monument on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University on Thursday morning.

In September of 2024, Deputy Joshua C. Phipps of Russell County was killed in the line of duty, while End of Watch for Sergeant William Marty Jackson of the Winchester Police Department happened in April of last year.

“Sergeant Jackson and Deputy Phipps will forever be a part of the fabric of Team Kentucky,” Governor Andy Beshear told a group of mourners who came to pay their respects to the fallen officers outside the Eastern Kentucky University Department of Criminal Justice Training Center. In addition to Jackson and Phipps, 8 historical honorees were recognized as well.

“They show up for us in the most difficult t

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