TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - The Tallahassee Police Department is remembering and honoring a sergeant killed in the line of duty 16 years ago in an ambush while responding to a home-invasion robbery.
On November 13, 2002, Sergeant Daniel 'Dale' Green saw a suspicious car and called in a description before he was fatally shot four times.
The suspect was arrested and convicted of Green's murder in 2004 and sentenced to life in prison.
Not far from police headquarters, a street was renamed in Green's memory. TPD said he will always be remembered.
"There's very few people that talk the talk and walk the walk, but he did. I mean Dale was a man who completely had his priorities in order," said Major Lawrence Revell. "I mean God first, his family, and his job and he loved all three deeply."
Green served 13 years with TPD and is survived by his wife and three children.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - The Tallahassee Police Department is remembering and honoring Sgt. Daniel Dale Green, killed in the line of duty on Nov. 13, 2002, in an ambush while responding to a home-invasion robbery.
"Thank you for your dedication, service and sacrifice," TPD said in a Facebook post Tuesday. "You are never far from our thoughts and always in our hearts. We will never forget."
Approaching the scene, Green saw a suspicious car and called in a description of it before he was shot four times, once in the back of the head.
The suspect, arrested after a long chase and shootout, was convicted of Green's murder on Sept. 8, 2004 and sentenced to life in prison on Oct. 21, 2004.
Green served 13 years with TPD. He is survived by his wife and three children.
