Fallen Washita Co. Jailer To Be Dedicated On State Memorial

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May 13, 2022

By News Director Jared Atha

The names of 17 law enforcement officers and two canine partners who died in the line of duty in Oklahoma will be dedicated on the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial during the 54th Annual Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial Service, on Friday, May 20.

One of those names is from the Washita County Sheriff’s Office.

Steven D. Rozell, a Jailer with the Washita County Sheriff’s Office, was diagnosed with the Covid-19 virus on August 9, 2021, and died from complications of the virus on August 29, 2021.

The memorial is located on the west grounds of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety Headquarters, 3600 M. L. King Avenue in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial is the oldest state memorial honoring its fallen officers in the United States and was dedicated May 15, 1969.

The dedication ceremony is scheduled to being at 10 a.m., and the public is encouraged to attend.

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