Maryland State Police Trooper First Class Mickey C. Lippy of Westminster was one of four Maryland law enforcement officers memorialized Oct. 15 in a wreath-laying ceremony at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.

Seventeen officers from federal and state law enforcement agencies in the region, including Maryland and Virginia, who were killed in the line of duty, were honored at the event.

Lippy, who was a paramedic at the Gamber and Community Fire Co., in addition to being a state trooper, was killed in a helicopter crash last month while performing a medical evaluation of two critically injured teenagers.

About 300 friends, family and law enforcement officers attended the Oct. 15 service, which included the honoring of the Maryland Transportation Authority's Cpl. Courtney Brooks, Prince George's County Police Sgt. Richard Findley and Smithsburg Police Officer Christopher Nicholson.

The names of the officers who died this year will be engraved on the memorial next spring and they will be officially dedicated during the 21st Annual Candlelight Vigil in May 2009.

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