Akron Police Department Chief Craig V. Gilbride (at podium) with Mayor Don Plusquellic (R) and Sgt. Tom Dye (L) at Police Memorial Day at FOP Lodge 7 on Ley Drive. Family, friends and officers gather each year to remember the officers who have died in the line of duty. This year, Sgt. Dye, historian for the APD, located the original badge worn by Officer George Werne who was killed in the line of duty March 9, 1919. Here, Dye is presenting the badge to Werne’s grandchildren.