64 years ago, St. Petersburg Police Department lost one of their own in the line duty, and they haven’t forgotten. In a social media tribute marking the anniversary of his end of watch (EOW), the department remembered Officer Eugene A. Bessette, who perished on November 10, 1961. The post, shared on the department’s Facebook page, states: “Officer Eugene A. Bessette was St. Petersburg’s ninth officer to be killed in the line of duty.”
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