AS WELL. CALL THE EXPERTS AT WEST SHORE HOME NOW. >> THIS IS NEWS 6 AT NIGHT.
GETTING RESULTS.
>> JULIE: WHEN THE WORST
HAPPENS TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER IN OR OUT OF THE LINE
OF DUTY FOR THE HEROES
HONORING THE FALLEN HERO
THERE, THE HONOR GUARD. BUT
THEY ALSO DO SO MUCH MORE AND
IN HONOR OF POLICE WEEK. A
TROOPER STEVE IS HERE. HE WENT
BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE
ORLANDO POLICE DEPARTMENT
HONOR GUARD. STEVE. THAT’S
RIGHT, GUYS. SO NATIONAL
POLICE WEEK OFFERS HONOR,
REMEMBRANCE AND PEER SUPPORT
WHILE ALLOWING LAW ENFORCEMENT
SURVIVORS AND CITIZENS
TOGETHER AND PAY HOMAGE TO
THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE LINE OF DUTY. THAT’S
EXACTLY WHAT THE HONOR GUARD
DOES EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND THE
TEAM FROM THE ORLANDO POLICE
DEPARTMENT. HE’S ONE OF THE
BEST.
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BEST. ♪ >> ON A NIGHT IS HONORING OUR
FALLEN OFFICERS. THE FACE OF
THE AGENCY LAY. IT’S OFFERING
SUPPORT TO FAMILIES AND OUR
FALLEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS
FROM OTHER AGENCIES AS ABOUT
START OUT WITH THE SELECTION
WE BRING THE OFFICERS TRYING
OUT IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE WE
ASKED HIM NUMEROUS TO GIVE
THEM A LITTLE BIT OF THAT
STRESS AND SEE HOW THEY REACT
DURING THE WAIT FOR HERE COMES
MORE AND THEN WE PUT THEM
THROUGH BASIC DNC, WHICH IS
DRONE TODAY. IF THEY’RE THEY
COME TO OUR TRAINING DAYS
WHERE I’M THE LEAD INSTRUCTOR.
I’M SETTING THIS RIGHT FOR MY
SHOULDER. I’M LOOKING OVER MY
SITE AND WE START FROM THE
VERY BOTTOM OF BASIC DNC,
PUTTING ONE FOOT IN FRONT. THE
OTHER ALL THE WAY UP TO WHERE
WE START INTEGRATING RIFLES
AND FLAGS AND THEN DOING DNC
WITH THOSE AS DOWN.
>> ONCE WE GET WORD OF A LINE
OF DUTY DEATH, IT’S EVERYBODY
ON THAT. THE FIRST ONES
AVAILABLE HARD TO GET AND THIS
UNIFORM WE ARRIVE AT THE
HOSPITAL WITH HIS UNIFORM AND
WE STAY WITH THE BODY UNTIL
THEY’RE TRANSPORTED. AND
WHAT’S IMPORTANT WITH THAT,
TOO, IS ALLOWING EACH MEMBER
OF OUR OWN A CAR TO BE A PART
OF THAT PROCESS BECAUSE THAT’S
WHY THEY JOINED OUR UNIFORM.
AS YOU CAN IT’S PLAIN THERE’S
NOTHING ON IT. THERE’S NO
RIBBONS. THERE’S NO RANK IS
NOT ABOUT YOU. IT’S ABOUT THE
FAMILY OF THE FALLEN. SO ONCE
THE CASKET ARRIVES IN THE AS
YOU’LL NOTICE THAT WE
>> PULL THE CASKET OUT. AND
WHEN WE DO, YOU ALWAYS NOTICE
THAT THE STARS COME OUT FIRST,
WHICH IS WHERE THE HEAD IS.
AND THEN YOU’LL NOTICE THAT WE
TURN THE BODY BEFORE WE HEAD
INTO THE CHURCH. YOU ALWAYS
HAVE THE BODY WALKING TOWARDS
ITS NEXT TECHNICIAN. THE BOOTS
WILL BACKWARDS AND THE HORSE
WILL HAVE NO RIGHT OR SO 3
COMES FROM THE EUROPEAN WAY
BACK IN THE DAY. THEY WOULD
FIRE OFF 3 VOLLEYS AND THAT
MEANT THAT THEY WOULD STOP
FIGHTING AND THAT’S WHEN THEY
WOULD GO COLLECT THE WOUNDED
AND DEAD. SO WE DO THAT NOW
FOR MILITARY AND POLICE AS A
RESPECT FOR FALLEN FROM WHEN
YOU FOLD THE FLAG, IT HAS TO
BE 13 13 PULLED BEING THE
ORIGINAL 13 AND THEN ONCE THE
FOLD IS FINISHED, ONLY THE
BLUE BACKFIELD AND THE STARS
ARE ALLOWED TO BE SHOWN AND
NEEDS TO BE A PERFECT
TRIANGLE. YOU SEE.
>> WERE VERY VERSATILE TEAM.
>> SO WE DO GET CALLED FOR ALL
DIFFERENT TYPES OF DETAILS.
AND IF YOU KNOW THE NATIONAL
ANTHEM OR THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE IS BEING RE CITED.
WE’RE GOING TO BE THERE AND
WE’RE GOING
>> WELL, THE FLAG IN AND SHOW
HONORS TO THE TO THE WELL, WE
LIKE TO BE A PART OF OUR
COMMUNITY AND IT DOESN’T
ALWAYS HAVE TO BE SOMETHING
SAD.
>> WE HEAR THAT MADE YOU GOT
TO GO BE READY FOR THAT. JUST
LIKE BEING A POLICE OFFICER. I
FEEL LIKE IT’S A CALLING. I
THINK HONOR GUARD IS THE SAME
THING. I LOVE IT.
>> IT’S JUST AN ABSOLUTE
PASSION.
>> IT’S A REALITY THAT WE NEED
TO HONOR GUARD. BECAUSE WE ARE
JUST HUMANS JUST LIKE ANYBODY
ELSE IN THE WORLD. WE HAVE AN
INHERENTLY DANGEROUS JOB. YOU
ONLY GET ONE CHANCE AT A
COMEBACK. IF THIS IS A HERO
WHO’S WILLING TO PUT THEIR
LIVES ON THE LINE AND I LIVE
DUTY, WHICH TECHNICALLY WAS
PROBABLY FOR A CIVILIAN. I
THINK THE LEAST WE CAN DO.
>> HE’S GIVE THEM THE BEST.
SEND OFF
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>> NOW THE HONOR GUARD AT
ORLANDO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS
AROUND 35 FULL-TIME MEMBERS
AND THEY DO ABOUT 80 OR SO
DETAILS.
>> YEARS. SO THEY ARE SO
INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT’S INSANE. AND
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
LEARNED I WAS NEVER PART OF A
FULL-TIME HONOR GUARD UNIT WAS
ABOUT THE UNIFORM. IT IS
PLAIN. I HAD TO ASK BOTH THOSE
OPD MEMBERS. THEY’RE OK WITH
YOUR RANKS BECAUSE I DID NOT
KNOW BECAUSE THERE IS NO IT
LIKE HE SAID IT’S NOT ABOUT
THEM. THEY’RE REPRESENTING THE
AGENCY AND THEY ARE ALMOST A
RECRUITMENT TOOL BECAUSE THEY
ARE EVERYWHERE EVERY GALLON
THAT WE HOSE OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT. THEY ARE THE
REPRESENTATION OF THE AGENCY
AND IT WAS AMAZING TO SIT DOWN
WITH APPEAL THAT PASSION
BEHIND BOYS IN JUST THE
REVERENCE THAT HIS GROUP
REALLY BRINGS TO THOSE
DIFFICULT MOMENT. AND YOU NEED
THAT COMPOSURE FROM THEM
BECAUSE IT’S AN EMOTIONAL
TIME. I WAS TALKING TO THEM
AND I’VE BEEN THERE AT SCENES
WHERE OFFICERS HAVE DIED AND
THEN THE HONOR GUARD SHOWS UP
AND THEY SHOW UP WITH SUCH
PROFESSIONALISM THAT YOU
WONDER HOW DO YOU DO THIS? I I
WAS A P I O AND I QUESTION HOW
DO I DO THIS? BUT HONOR GUARD.
HE SAYS THEY RESPOND TO THAT
HOSPITAL AND THEY’RE THERE THE
ENTIRE TIME. AND WHAT DO THEY
MEAN BY THAT? AND THEY MEAN
THAT TELL THE TALE THAT
INDIVIDUAL THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IS LAID TO
THEIR FINAL REST. THEY’RE
NEVER ALONE. AND THEY ALWAYS
HAVE AN HONOR GUARD MEMBER BY
THEIR SIDE. IT’S ABSOLUTELY
UNBELIEVABLE. AND EVERY AGENCY
ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAS AN
HONOR GUARD. IF THERE’S A FORM
AND DEPARTMENT, THAT MEANS ONE
PERSON IS ASSIGNED TO IT.
EVERYONE HAS THAT FORMAL
REPRESENTATION. IT’S AMAZING.
THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL STORY.
FIRST OF AND WAS IT SO
IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SHARE
THAT AS WELL? WE ARE RIGHT IN
THE MIDDLE OF NATIONAL POLICE
WEEK, UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS NOT
ABLE TO MAKE IT TO DC THIS
YEAR AND BEING A CREAR COP.
THIS IS WHAT IT’S ABOUT. IT IS
ABOUT THE REPRESENTATION. IT’S
ABOUT LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT
WE DO, WHY WE DO IT. AND LIKE
YOU SAID, WE’RE HUMAN, TOO. SO
THAT’S WHY IT’S IMPORTANT. AND
WE WE’VE COVERED, OF COURSE,
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT VIDEO
IS VIDEO OF THE COVERAGE THAT
WE’VE DONE TOGETHER AT THIS
DOES. AND YOU’VE EXPLAINED SO
MANY OF THE RITUALS.
>> LIKE THE HORSE. THERE’S
JUST THERE’S SO MUCH THOUGHT,
BUT SO MUCH MEANING BEHIND HIM
WAS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE.
>> EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, IT
IS EVERYTHING EVERY STEP OF
THE WAY IS VERY INTENTIONAL.
IT IS STRATEGIC. IT HAS A
PURPOSE. THERE’S A HISTORICAL
MEANING THERE. THERE IS A HUGE
LEVEL OF WHAT THEY DO AND WHY