Lawmen of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

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Police Officers and law enforcement officers Who Gave Their Lives in the Line of Duty or who served in or died in what is now Oklahoma

Death is not the opposite of life -- it is the opposite of birth. 

• Baker, Henry S
• Bivins, O. K.
• Briggs, Ron
• Catron, George Leland
• Colcord, Charles Francis - Oklahoma City police chief, Oklahoma County's first sheriff, U.S. marshal
• Eaton, Frank "Pistol Pete"
• Ericsson, Choc Douglas
• Galyon, Reese Franklin, Jr.
• Galyon, Reese Franklin, Sr.
• Jones, F
• Jones, Webb
• Madsen, Chris
• Morgan, Bill, Sheehan, David & Fox, Ronnie
• Mullenix Family leaves legacy in law enforcement
• Murrah, Alfred P (Judge)
• Reeves, Bass
• Rutherford, S. Morton
• Scoresby, Oliver C. - U.S. deputy marshal
• Simmons, Kevin
• Simmons, Knox
• Wright, Lonnie - Director of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control

Badges reflect 100 years of law enforcement pride 

DEL CITY  One of Del City Police Capt. Jody Suit's prized possessions is a rifle his great uncle, Doc John Suit, used when he ran with a posse that kept the peace in Alma.

Doc Suit was a veterinarian by trade, but when duty called, he was armed and ready, Suit said. 

The stories of the frontiersman's adventures have passed through two generations of Suits. The elder Suit died before Jody Suit was born, but holding the rifle makes him feel like he knew him personally, he said.

Suit said he hopes his 6-month-old grandson, Timmy Morris, will have the same sense of pride when he inherits Suit's new centennial badge.

This week, Del City police officers were issued custom-made "tin stars" to commemorate the state's 100th birthday. Suit said the badges will be worn for one year, beginning Jan. 1.

V&V Manufacturing of Industry, Calif., has made more than 1,500 of the badges for law enforcement, said Everett Visk, the company's president. An additional 500 were ordered this week.

Visk said the $40 badges are made of silver and gold alloys and cloisonne hard-fired enamel and are clear-coated.

"They've got a lifetime guarantee," Visk said. "They'll last well through the next 100 years."

The badge was designed by Norman police officers Robert Wasoski and Chuck Daily.

Wasoski said they initially planned to design a badge for their department alone, but opted instead to create one that all law enforcement could wear.

The badge is symbolic of the ones worn by peace officers in Indian Territory 100 years ago, he said.

The six-pointed gold star with the gold Oklahoma seal in the middle resembles the badges that once had a hammered gold coin in the middle, Wasoski said.

There is room on the back of the badge for officers to have their name and badge number engraved.

Any certified or retired police officer can order a centennial badge. The cost is $40, with $2 of the proceeds going to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.

Wasoski said more than 45 law enforcement agencies in the state have ordered the badge.

Enid Fire Department Assistant Chief Joe Jackson said when firefighters learned Enid's police force was getting the badges, they wanted commemorative badges too.

They've ordered 85 badges from V&V Manufacturing.

Jackson said the Maltese cross badge is embossed with the state seal and the words "1907-2007" and "Enid Fire Department." It was designed on an in-house computer program, he said.

Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial http://www.oklemem.com/