Flag Flies at Half-Staff in Honor of Fallen Officer
As it continues to look for leads in the case in the death of officer Jennifer Sebena, Wauwatosa police say entire department is "shaken" by her loss.
As Wauwatosa police continue to pursue leads in the fatal Christmas Eve shooting of officer Jennifer Sebena, the department said Tuesday that the flag in front of the police station will fly at half-staff in her honor. "Our entire Wauwatosa Police Department family has been shaken by the loss of Officer Jen Sebena," said a statement released Tuesday afternoon by the department. "This is the first time in the 96-year history of our organization that we have lost an officer on-duty. Our flag in front of our department flies at half-staff in honor of our fallen officer." The 30-year-old officer's body was found early Monday morning in the Village area of Wauwatosa, near the Fire Station No. 1, at 1463 Underwood Ave. Dispatchers tried and were…
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Erin
12:53 pm on Thursday, December 27, 2012
Actually, only a President, governor or the Mayor of the District of Columbia can order the national flag to be flown at half-mast. But the thing you fail to grasp here is that no one was telling anyone else to fly the flag at half-mast for anyone. Instead it was being done by an organization as a show of respect for their fallen officer, and that is not specifically prohibited by the Federal … more ›