Fallen: Deputy Sheriff Oscar C. Hill IV

[Rebecca]

The young Deputy lost his valiant struggle to live...

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*Deputy Sheriff Oscar C. Hill IV
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX

Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
End of Watch: July 22, 2000
Date of Incident: June 21, 2000
Time of Incident: 0230 hours
Age: 26
Tour of Duty: 3 yr
Suspect Info: Charges pending
Weapon Used: Automobile

Deputy Hill died one month after being dragged by a vehicle while he was attempting to arrest the suspects inside. Deputy Hill was off duty when he witnessed a shooting outside of a nightclub in Harris County. He followed the suspect's vehicle into the City of Houston and approached the passenger side of the vehicle when it stopped. Several shots were exchanged the vehicle dragged Deputy Hill through an intersection. Deputy Hill then fell to the ground, where he was struck by another vehicle which was following the suspect's vehicle.

Deputy Hill had been with the agency for three years and is survived by his parents.

*as reported by the ODMP

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Goodbye, Deputy Hill. May you rest in peace.

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[David]

No one really understande what it is like to really be a 24/7 person, except a Law Enforcement Officer, when something of this nature occurs.

Whenever a crime happens and is witnessed by one of us, we have to act just as if we are in uniform.

It is our oath, it is our duty, to protect, to defend and insure that the public's safety is intact at all times.

Sometimes this is the price our devotion to the SHIELD, and what it represents, will call for.

In our society there is an army of Guardians that protects all from the criminal elements that prowls outside that circle of santuary. For they would destroy all that stood between them, their lust and their greed if not for these Warriors.

Sometimes that THIN BLUE LINE loses one of its own and the wall it represents has lost one more brick.

This is something we all know and take with us, when we walk the streets, as one of those Guardians.

Rest in Peace Warrior.
Your next duty assignment will be on streets of purest gold. Your transfer has been approved.
Rest in Peace.

[This message has been edited by David (edited 08-03-2000).]