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CBS News
15-05-2025
- CBS News
Minnesota fallen officers among those honored during National Police Week memorial service
Several Minnesota police officers killed in the line of duty will be remembered during a memorial service in Washington D.C. Thursday morning. The memorial service is part of the National Police Week, an event which brings law enforcement and families together to pay homage to those killed. This year, roughly 350 fallen police officers will be memorialized. Minnesota officers include Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge, who were shot and killed in February 2024 along with firefighter paramedic Adam Finseth. Other Minnesota officers being remembered include Jesse Branch, of Red Lake Nation Police; National Park Service Ranger Kevin Grossheim; and Minneapolis Police Officer Jamal Mitchell. How to watch What: A memorial service honoring the officers who were killed in the line of duty. A memorial service honoring the officers who were killed in the line of duty. When: 11 a.m. CT 11 a.m. CT Where: Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. How to watch: You can watch the memorial service live in the player above, on CBS News Minnesota or on Pluto TV. The 101 Market and Garden Center raised funds to help send the families of Elmstrand, Ruge and Finseth — as well as the entire Burnsville Police Department — to Washington, D.C. to attend the memorial. The officers' names were read aloud during a candlelight vigil Tuesday on the National Mall. "It is just a really powerful and moving thing, and you could see the emotion in people's eyes," Burnsville Police Dep. Chief Matt Smith told WCCO News. "We've been waiting a long time for this week and this event to honor Matt and Paul and Adam." Finseth was honored in early May as part of National Firefighter Memorial Weekend. This story will be updated.
CBS News
17-04-2025
- CBS News
Burnsville Police Department to travel to Washington D.C. as part of National Police Week, thanks to tulip fundraiser
Market 101 and Garden Center is roughly 50 miles from Burnsville, but managers say the 2024 shooting death of three first responders is a tragedy that strikes the heart. "I have a couple of police officers in my family, one of them retired in Colorado and the other is in Lakeville," manager Pat Beruske told WCCO News. "When this happened last year, I was concerned for his welfare." Burnsville police officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge, along with firefighter paramedic Adam Finseth, were shot and killed in February 2024 . A few months later, Market 101 raised roughly $76,000 to benefit the grieving families through a special tulip sale. This year, the sale returned, and the store this week handed over a $12,000 check to help send those families — and the entire Burnsville Police Department — to Washington, D.C. for National Police Week. "It's finishing the circle," Beruske explained. "We helped them in their time of need, the tragedy, last year. Now it's a full circle moment. We're going to give them money to go to Maryland and Washington to try to heal, and get their closure." Elmstrand and Ruge are two among 345 fallen police officers who will be memorialized this year in D.C. next month; other Minnesota officers being remembered include Jesse Branch, of Red Lake Nation Police ; National Park Service Ranger Kevin Grossheim ; and Minneapolis Police Officer Jamal Mitchell . Kevin Rofidal, a retired Edina police sergeant who now sits on the Fraternal Order of Police Foundation board, told WCCO News the trip to D.C. will be a full itinerary that includes much more than a memorial service and vigil. "The second piece of it is there is some therapeutics and being around families and other survivors that have experienced something similar," he added. "We've learned a lot. We've learned a lot because of suicides in police, with survivors and PTSD, and it's finally being addressed." There are several ongoing fundraisers for Burnsville , as Rofidal says the cost to send its 166-member delegation will cost roughly $75,000. The Minneapolis Police Department and its supporters are also raising money to send a large delegation .
