DRY. AND WHEN THOSE PESKY TEMPERATURES AND THE 90’S RETURN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. AND NOW.
>> TODAY, LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS FROM ACROSS THE
NATION AS WELL AS FROM HERE IN
NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ARE IN THE
NATION’S CAPITAL TO ARE THE
MEN AND WOMAN WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES PROTECTING THE
COMMUNITY’S IN THE LINE OF
DUTY LAST YEAR.
>>CORLEY PEEL: AND THEY’RE
TAKING PART IN SERVICES AT THE
NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS. MEMORIAL AS THE
NAMES OF 11 OF OUR FALLEN
OFFICERS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO
THE MEMORIAL DELEGATIONS FROM
SEVERAL OF OUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE
TAKING PART IN THOSE SERVICES.
THESE ARE PICTURES SENT TO US
FROM THE CLAY COUNTY AND SAINT
JOHNS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICES
DELEGATIONS IN DC FOR THE
MEMORIALS.
>> NASSAU COUNTY ALSO HAS
DELEGATION IN DC THIS WEEKEND
AND 2 OF THE NAMES ADDED TO
THE MEMORIAL THIS YEAR. OUR
NASSAU COUNTY DEPUTIES. THAT’S
RIGHT. DEPUTY JACK LINES AND
>>CORLEY PEEL: DEPUTY JOSHUA
MOYERS BOTH GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE LINE OF DUTY LAST YEAR.
GRINDS DIED AFTER A BATTLE
WITH COVID-19 AND MOYERS WAS
SHOT AND KILLED DURING A
TRAFFIC STOP. JOINING US NOW
VIA ZOOM FROM WASHINGTON IS
ASHLEY SPICER WITH THE NASSAU
COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
DASCHLE THERE THIS MORNING.
CORLEY, I’M HERE GOOD MORNING.
ASHLEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US. CAN YOU JUST TELL
US THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS
EVENT AND HOW IT’S BEEN
REPRESENTING NASSAU COUNTY IN
DC?
>> IT’S IMPORTANT BECAUSE BOTH
OF THOSE MEN DIED PROTECTING
US ALL. AND IT’S AS SIMPLE AS
THAT. THEY SACRIFICED
EVERYTHING THAT TYPE OF JOB
THAT THEY HAD IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT MOST OF US WOULD WANT TO
CHOOSE OR HAVE A CALLING FOR.
AND THEY DID. AND
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY LOST THEIR
LIVES BECAUSE OF THAT LAST
NIGHT’S CANDLELIGHT VIGIL WAS
UNBELIEVABLY POWERFUL. THEY
LISTED OFF OVER 600 NAMES OF
MEN AND WOMEN THAT HAVE DIED
THIS YEAR AND THE LINE OF DUTY
IT WAS JUST VERY SPECIAL FOR
THE FAMILY’S EMOTIONAL, BUT IT
WAS TOUCHING AND I’M SO GLAD
TO BE A PART OF THAT.
>> KNOW THIS IS SUCH A
BITTERSWEET MOMENT, ESPECIALLY
UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT,
YOU KNOW, BEING HONORED IN DC
IS STILL.
>> PRETTY HUGE. WHAT DO YOU
THINK THIS MEANS TO THE
COMMUNITY?
>> REALLY HOPING THAT THE
COMMUNITY AND AND THE FAMILIES
AND PARTICULARLY THE WIVES
FAMILY, THE LAWYER, STANLEY, I
HOPE THEY KNOW THAT.
>> WHAT THEIR LOVED ONES DID
WAS SO IMPORTANT. SO RARE AND
THAT IS GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED
FOR EVER THAT THAT JACKET,
JOSH WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
AND THAT’S KIND OF THE PROMISE
THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT MAKES.
WHEN WHEN YOU SWEAR AND THE
PROMISES, NO MATTER WHAT
HAPPENS, WILL ALWAYS HONOR YOU
ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU. AND I
THINK THIS IS JUST THE START
THAT.
>>CORLEY PEEL: AND WE KNOW
THAT DEPUTY MOYERS PATROL CAR
WAS ACTUALLY TAKEN DOWN THERE
TO THE MEMORIAL. IS THAT
RIGHT?
>> IT IS DOWN. HERE ARE OUT OF
BARD WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET A
DRY, BUT IT LOOKS AND IT’S
JUST THAT’S A WONDERFUL
TRIBUTE TO JOSH. IT WAS KIND
OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU
DO WITH THIS VEHICLE NOW THAT
HE’S GONE? AND I COULDN’T HAVE
COME UP WITH A BETTER WAY TO
HONOR HIM AND TO HAVE
EVERYBODY’S NAME THAT HAS
PASSED AWAY FROM OUR AGENCY
LISTED ON THAT VEHICLE. IT’S
JUST IT’S AMAZING.
>> IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE. WHAT DO YOU THINK
IS THE BIGGEST TAKE FROM THE
EVENT THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN
TODAY, KNOWING THAT THE
PRESIDENT AS LONG TO
ACKNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, THESE
MEN WHO LITERALLY, YOU KNOW,
PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE
FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.
>> SO TOMORROW IS ACTUALLY THE
OFFICIAL MEMORIAL TODAY. THERE
ARE MEETINGS FOR THE SPOUSES
OF THE PARENTS. THAT’S ALL
NOW. BUT THE MEMORIAL, YOUR
SKIN THAT IS COMING UP
TOMORROW AT NOON. AND I I
THINK THAT I MEAN, I DON’T
KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT THAT NEVER
BEEN TO ONE OF THESE. BUT IF
IT’S ANYTHING LIKE LAST NIGHT,
IT’S GOING TO BE POWERFUL. AND
FOR THE PRESIDENT TO RECOGNIZE
THEY’RE SACRIFICING THINK
THAT’S SO IMPORTANT. AND SO
APPROPRIATE BECAUSE IT REALLY,
REALLY IS A BIG DEAL. WHAT
WHAT THEY DID.
>>CORLEY PEEL: AND ASHLEY,
I’LL NEVER FORGET THE DAY THAT
DEPUTY JOSHUA MOYERS WAS
KILLED. AND SINCE THEN, THERE
HAS JUST BEEN AN OUTPOURING
AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FROM THE
COMMUNITY ACROSS OUR AREA,
ESPECIALLY NASSAU COUNTY. CAN
YOU JUST TALK ABOUT JUST HOW
MUCH NASSAU COUNTY REALLY
SUPPORTS THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND JUST SEEING SHOW THEIR
SUPPORT FOR BOTH OF THESE
DEPUTIES.
>> WE ARE SO LUCKY. NASSAU
COUNTY, IT’S WHEN THAT
HAPPENED. I’VE NEVER BEEN
THROUGH ANYTHING LIKE THAT
BEFORE. AND THE COMMUNITY CAME
OUT JUST IN WAVES COMING. WE
ALMOST HAD TO TURN PEOPLE
AWAY. IT WAS IT WAS MOVING. IT
WAS INCREDIBLE TO SEE THESE
PEOPLE TOO.
>> DIDN’T HAVE A POLICE
OFFICER AND THEIR FAMILY HAD
NO RELATION EVEN TO WHAT HAD
HAPPENED. BUT WE’RE BRINGING
UP WATER, FOOD, SUNSCREEN, BUG
SPRAY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF
COURSE, WE HAD THE BIG SEARCH
FOR THE MAN WHO DID THIS TO
JOSH AND IT LASTED FOR DAYS.
AND IT WAS JUST BUT THE
COMMUNITY SUPPORTED US SO MUCH
DURING I MEAN, I I GOT
TEARY-EYED SEEING JUST HOW
THESE PEOPLE WHO’VE HAD SO
MUCH LOVE AND THERE ARE. SO
IT’S NASSAU COUNTY IS WHERE
IT’S AT THE PEOPLE. THERE ARE
FANTASTIC AND THE FAMILIES SEE
THAT, TOO. AND THEY KNOW THAT
AND THEY APPRECIATE IT. AND
WE’RE JUST SO LUCKY TO HAVE
SUCH A GEM IN OUR AREA.
>> NOW THE COMMUNITY IS
DEFINITELY ONE OF ITS OWN
UNIQUE KIND. AND IT’S SO
SPECIAL. WELL, THANK YOU SO
MUCH. ASHLEY SPICER WITH THE
NASSAU COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
WAS A PLEASURE. HAVING WON