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HEAR OUR PRAYER FOR ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN IN
LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO HAVE DIED CARRYING THEIR OATH TO PROTECT AND DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION
HEAR OUR PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE OF OTHERS AND ACCEPT THE GIFT OF
THEIR SACRIFICE WE HONOR AND REMEMBER THOSE OFFICERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE OF
THEIR COMMUNITIES LET US NEVER FORGET THEIR SACRIFICE IN THE SHAPE OF A CIRCLE THE WREATH
SYMBOLIZES THE NEVER-ENDING LEGACY THAT OFFICERS WHO HAVE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY EVEN ON THEIR
DEPARTMENTS FOR THE FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT TODAY AND EVERY DAY WE ESPECIALLY REMEMBER
OFFICER JOE MURPHY AND CADET CHRISTOPHER MURRAY MAY THEIR MEMORIES LIVE ON FOREVER ON JANUARY 29TH
1968 FRISCO POLICE OFFICER JOE PRESTON MURPHY WAS RESPONDING TO ASSIST MEMBERS OF THE CELINA POLICE
DEPARTMENT WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT HIS VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH A GRAIN TRUCK
THAT WAS MAKING A U-TURN ON STATE HIGHWAY 289 ON NOVEMBER 16TH 2016 FRISCO PD CADET CHRISTOPHER
DAVID MURRAY WAS HOSPITALIZED AFTER SUFFERING FROM A MEDICAL EMERGENCY WHILE COMPLETING THE
FINAL FISICAL TRAINING AT THE POLICE ACADEMY JUST TWO WEEKS LATER ON DECEMBER 1ST CHRIS PASSED AWAY
ALTHOUGH HOSPITALIZED THE POLICE ACADEMY AWARDED HIM HIS GRADUATION CERTIFICATE AND AFTER HIS DEATH
THEN FRISCO PD POLICE CHIEF PROMOTED CHRIS TO THE RANK OF OFFICER TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO THOSE
WHO ARE GATHERED HERE AND THOSE WHO ARE OUTSIDE ON DUTY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SERVICE THANK YOU FOR THE WAY YOU REPRESENT OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY IT IS
MY HONOR TO BE HERE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST BUT ALSO TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THOSE WHO GO OUT AND SERVE THIS CITY EVERY DAY TIRELESSLY TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE WE THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SACRIFICE IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED OUR POLICE OFFICERS BRAVERY DETERMINATION AND COMMITMENT
TO OUR CITY SHOULD INSPIRE US ALL IT SHOULD MAKE US ALL ASK WHAT OUR COMMUNITIES MIGHT LOOK LIKE
WITHOUT THOSE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SELFLESSLY SERVE AND TODAY I'M THANKFUL FOR OUR MEN AND
WOMEN IN BLUE WHO PROTECT OUR SCHOOLS THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PROTECT OUR PLACES OF WORSHIP THE
MEN AND WOMEN WHO PROTECT OUR HOMES AND BUSINESSES MOST OF ALL I'M THANKFUL THAT OUR PROFESSION
IS MADE UP OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO RAISE THEIR HANDS KNOWING THE RISK AND ARE LED BY A CALLING
TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES MAY GOD BLESS THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO BRAVELY SERVE AND THE FAMILIES
THAT SUPPORT THEM MAY GOD BLESS THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES WITHIN OUR NOBLE
PROFESSION MAY WE ALWAYS REMEMBER THEIR SACRIFICE [MUSIC]
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.