COUNTRY HAVE SPENT YEARS RAISING MONEY FOR A MEMORIAL FOR FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. NEXT WEEK… THAT MEMORIAL WILL BE UNVEILED IN HONOR OF RICHMOND POLICE OFFICER DANIEL ELLIS. LEX 18’S TIFFANY JACKSON HAS THE STORY. IN THE MORE THAN TWO YEARS SINCE OFFICER DANIEL ELLIS WAS KILLED IN THE
LINE OF DUTY… HIS FELLOW BROTHERS IN BLUE HAVE KEPT HIS LEGACY ALIVE. NATS OF CARAVAN??? IN THAT TIME… ANOTHER BROTHERHOOD HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING TO MAKE SURE ELLIS IS REMEMBERED AS A HERO. “IT’S THE LEGACY HE LEFT BEHIND AND WHAT HE’S DONE FOR OUR CHAPTER.” BEFORE HIS DAYS WITH THE RICHMOND POLICE
DEPARTMENT… OFFICER ELLIS WAS A MEMBER OF SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON FRATERNITY AT EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY. EVEN AFTER HE GRADUATED… HE CONTINUED TO SERVE HIS BROTHERS. “SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR CHAPTER, HE CAME DOWN FOR RUSH, FOR RECRUITMENT ONE WEEK. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE SPRING BEFORE HE
PASSED AWAY, AND HE JUST CAPTIVATED EVERYONE WITH THE WAY HE SPOKE.” AND NOW HIS BROTHERS – NOT JUST IN KENTUCKY – BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL HONOR THAT SERVICE. THIS MEMORIAL WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE LEVERE MEMORIAL TEMPLE AT S-A-E’S NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS IN CHICAGO.
THE STATUE WILL HONOR ELLIS… ALONG WITH TWO OTHER S-A-E BROTHERS WHO WERE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. FLATT SAYS HE KNOWS THERE IS A LOT OF NEGATIVITY SURROUNDING GREEK LIFE NATIONALLY… BUT OFFICER ELLIS IS PROOF THAT A LOT OF GOOD CAN COME FROM BEING A PART OF A BROTHERHOOD.
“HE’S A SHINING LIGHT OF THAT. HE’S THE PERFECT EXAMPLE. HE GAVE TO HIS COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE DAY, HE GAVE TO HIS CHAPTER AND HE HELPED US EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THAT’S HOW WE LIVE AND THAT’S HOW WE LIKE TO PORTRAY
OURSELVES.” COVERING THE NEWS IN MADISON COUNTY — TIFFANY JACKSON — LEX 18 NEWS. KEVIN: DESK 1 THE MEMORIAL STATUE WILL BE INSTALLED IN CHICAGO NEXT FRIDAY.
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