On January 4th, 2012 officer Jared Francom of the Ogden City Police was shot. He later died at the Hospital. On Wednesday January 11th, 2012 was the funeral at the Dee Event Center in Ogden Utah. The funeral procession traveled down Harrison Blvd. to 30th street, down 30th to Washington, along Washington to 12th Street, to Monroe and then around to the Ogden City Cemetery. Francom's casket was carried on the back of an Ogden City Fire Department engine, which was draped in black. He was buried with full honors including a 21-gun salute, an aircraft flyover, and "final 10-42" call over the police radio signifying an end of watch.
An estimated 400 to 500 police vehicles, including dozens of motorcycle officers, were part of the procession. Thousands of U.S. flags lined the procession route.
Francom is the 134th officer killed in the line of duty in Utah history and the 75th by homicide. The last Ogden police officer who died in the line of duty was Marshall "Doc" White in 1963.
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