Continuing a solemn tradition, Bucks County officials gathered last Thursday to light a large blue wreath that will shine from the rotunda of the county’s administration building throughout the holiday season in remembrance of fallen police officers.
“This is a time of year when we think of happiness and loved ones, but, for many, there is a hole in their family,” Bucks County Commissioner Chairman Bob Harvie told a crowd of those from the law enforcement community.
New Hope Borough Police Chief Michael Cummings read the list of the 16 officers lost in Bucks County.
•Pennsylvania State Deputy Constable Erwin Mondeau, 1898;
•Pennsylvania State Constable Henry A. Kolbe, 1914;
•Bucks County Sheriff Abram L. Kulp, 1927;
•Quakertown Borough Police Officer Edward W. Shearer, 1936;
•Dublin Borough Police Chief Eli M. Myers, 1965;
•Bristol Township Police Detective George F. Stuckey, 1972;
•Bensalem Township Police Officer James K. Armstrong, 1975;
•Bensalem Township Police Officer Robert A. Yezzi, 1980;
•Bucks County Deputy Sheriff Thomas A. Bateman, 1986;
•Bucks County Deputy Sheriff George M. Warta, Jr., 1986;
•Bucks County Ranger Stanley E. Flynn, 1993
•Plumstead Township Police Officer Joseph E. Hanusey III, 2002;
•Newtown Borough Police Officer Brian S. Gregg, 2005;
•Middletown Township Police Officer Christopher C. Jones, 2009;
•Bucks County Ranger Thomas Booz, 2020; and
•Warrington Township K9 Officer Stephen C. Plum, 2022.
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