NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — As part of National Police Week, the Newport News Police Department held a ceremony to honor and remember 12 police officers that lost their lives while protecting and serving the city of Newport News.
Names of the fallen officers were announced during the ceremony.
“Robert Hayes Dekorte started with Newport News in 1918 and was shot by a fugitive he was attempting to arrest on Sept. 23, 1921.” …