Coverage of fallen Harford County deputies

Two longtime Harford County sheriff's deputies were shot to death in broad daylight Wednesday at a busy shopping center by a man officials believe was targeting police, according to authorities.

Sheriff's deputy Patrick Dailey helped to pull a 17-year-old boy from a burning sports utility vehicle seconds before it exploded on Christmas Eve 2002. Deputy Mark Logsdon convinced an armed man not to kill himself and hand over his loaded shotgun in 2005. Both died Wednesday after a confrontation with a man in a busy shopping center.

One day after he witnessed the shooting of two Harford County Sheriff's Office deputies and followed the suspect from the first shooting scene to the second, Abingdon resident Rob Greveras keeps asking himself what he could have done differently and possibly saved the life of one deputy.

Members of the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company are particularly grief-stricken after learning one of their own, Harford County Sheriff's Office Deputy Patrick Dailey, was killed in the line of duty Wednesday.

The killings of two Sheriff's Office deputies in Abingdon Tuesday, the first such deaths for the agency in a century, have touched off an unprecedented wave of support and sympathy across the state and region.

Not far from the site of Wednesday's fatal shootings of two Harford County Sheriff's Office deputies, the American flag on Bill Knoedler's front yard has been lowered to half-staff. "It's just a shame," Knoedler, who has lived on Woodsdale Road in Abingdon since 1963, said Friday afternoon. "This guy was bad. It's a sad, sad day."

The following letter was released Saturday by the Harford County Sheriff's Office from the sons of Senior Deputy Patrick Dailey:

The Harford County Deputy Sheriff's Union announced it has established a Go Fund Me Page at https://www.gofundme.com/hcdsubenevolent to aid the families of Senior Deputy Patrick Dailey and Senior Deputy Mark Logsdon.

The Monday visitation launched a week of mourning for the two Harford Sheriff's senior deputies who were killed in the line of duty last week. Hundreds are expected to attend visitations and the funerals, including family members, residents and strangers, and men and women in uniforms of all kinds.

On a rainy morning, with overnight on streets and sidewalks melting, Panera Bread in Abingdon's Boulevard at Box Hill reopened its doors to customers Tuesday for the first time since a Harford County Sheriff's Office senior deputy was fatally shot inside the restaurant on Feb. 10 and a second was fatally shot nearby a short time later.

A steady stream of people, both uniformed public safety officers and civilians, arrived at Mountain Christian Church's New Life Center in Joppa ahead of the 2 p.m. start of Tuesday's viewing for slain Harford County Sheriff's Office Deputy Patrick Dailey.

Harford Sheriff's Deputy Patrick "Pat" Dailey remembered as kind, dedicated, funny by his family, Gov. Larry Hogan and thousands of law enforcement and fire department officers who attended his funeral service on Tuesday.

Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler became choked up as he talked about the Sheriff's Medals of Honor presented to the families of both senior deputies killed in the line of duty last week.

Six days after two veteran Harford County Sheriff's Office deputies were gunned down, Randy Reinecke was still trying to process what he calls a "senseless, senseless killing" of two of his friends and acquaintances.

Harford County Sheriff's Office Senior Deputy Patrick Dailey was remembered Wednesday as a patriot, a wonderful father and a hero, as thousands of friends, family members and colleagues from across the nation said goodbye to the fallen officer.

Jason Crawford and Harford County Sheriff's Office Deputy First Class Mark Logsdon graduated from the sheriff's training academy in August 2001. "I called him 'Log-dog,' he called me 'Craw-daddy,'" the Elkton resident and former Cecil County Sheriff's Office deputy said.

Not all among the thousands of people paying last respects to Harford County Sheriff's Senior Deputy Patrick Dailey and Deputy First Class Mark Logsdon this week knew them personally, but those who did, there was something special about both.

Harford County Sheriff's Office Deputy First Class Mark Logsdon was laid to rest Saturday afternoon, his casket flanked by dozens of police officers in dress uniforms who traveled from as far away as Aurora, Colo., and Chicago to pay tribute to the slain officer.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler, County Executive Barry Glassman, other members of the sheriff¿s command staff and police chiefs from agencies across the state were lined up outside, as the body of fallen Deputy First Class Mark Logsdon arrived for his funeral service at Harford Community College Saturday morning.

Harford County Public Schools leaders expressed their sympathies Monday to the families of two Harford County Sheriff's Office deputies killed in the line of duty Feb. 10, as well as to the entire law enforcement community.

The Sheriff's Office is less than two weeks removed from the worst tragedy to befall the agency in its 240-plus year history ¿ the murder of two of its deputies. Senior Deputy Patrick Dailey and Deputy First Class Mark Logsdon were gunned down in Abingdon in the middle of the day Feb. 10.

Letter of Thanks From Sheriff Gahler to the Citizens of Harford County:

The Panera Bread restaurant in Abingdon saw one of its busiest days ever this weekend, as thousands of people patronized the business to support the families of two fallen Harford County Sheriff's Office deputies, a regional manager said.

Legislation to extend the time children of law enforcement officers who die in the line of duty can receive death benefits passed the House of Delegates on a final reading Monday night with a unanimous vote of the 136 delegates in the chamber.

When behavioral analyst Jamie Harrell walked into the bustling Panera Bread in Abingdon on the morning of Feb. 10, she was between house visits with clients and had an hour to grab lunch. She intentionally picked a quiet corner, she said, plopping down on the same bench as a man in a winter coat and jeans who was sitting alone and sipping from a "courtesy cup" of water.

The man who shot and killed two Harford County sheriff's deputies last month likely came to the area to hurt his estranged family, county investigators have concluded.

Six weeks ago Wednesday was the darkest day in the 242 years of the Harford County Sheriff's Office, the sheriff said Tuesday. Two deputies, a 30-year veteran and a 16-year veteran, were shot to death in the line of duty by a man Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said was intent on hurting someone, most likely his wife and his family he had been tracking over the previous several months

A three-day fundraiser, held March 11-13 at the Abingdon Panera Bread that figured prominently in events leading to the murders of two Harford County Sheriff's Office deputies last month, raised over $67,000 for the officers' families.

It's the nature of the job that police officers are willing to run toward danger, not away from it. The face difficult situations every day, some more difficult than others. But they handle them and move on to the next call, the next situation.

Gov. Larry Hogan signed into law the bill increasing the maximum age that children of law enforcement officers are eligible to receive death benefits on Monday, praising the sons of fallen Harford County Sheriff's Office Senior Deputy Pat Dailey, 20-year-old Bryan and 17-year-old Tyler.

A day-long benefit concert with more than 30 bands at Looney's Pub drew a renewed outburst of support for the families of fallen Harford County Sheriff's Office deputies, Senior Deputy Patrick Dailey and DFC Mark Logsdon.

During its daylong benefit concert April 10, Looney's Pub of Bel Air raised $140,000 that was presented Monday to the Harford County Sheriff's Office and the Harford County Deputy Sheriff Benevolent Fund.

Recruitment remains a major problem for the Harford County Sheriff's Office, as the agency joins others in struggling to fill jobs during a difficult time for law enforcement nationwide, Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler told the County Council during a Monday review of his 2017 budget.

The annual Fallen Heroes Day at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens will remember four police officers, including two Harford County Sheriff's deputies who were killed in February.

It is an uneasy time to be a law enforcement officer, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz told the crowd gathered under a tent at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens Friday afternoon.

At least $771,000 had been raised as of Monday to support the families of slain Harford County Sheriff's Office Senior Deputy Patrick Dailey and Deputy First Class Mark Logsdon, with additional funds slated for deposit and more fundraising activities set for the coming weeks.

More than 130 bike riders with the Police Unity Tour stopped at the Harford County Sheriff's Office Southern Precinct Wednesday morning to pay tribute to two fallen deputies.

Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday will sign legislation sponsored by Harford County legislators to dedicate a section of Route 924 as "Heroes Highway" in honor of two fallen Harford County Sheriff's Office deputies.

Pamela Adle-Watts laid her hand on her son's name and stopped for a moment. Then she stepped back and stood quietly with her husband, Michael, by her son and looked at the memorial to her son, fallen hero Marine Reservist Lance Cpl. Patrick Ryan Adle.

The Harford County Deputy Sheriff's Union announced Monday that at the request of the families of the two deputies who were shot to death earlier this year, all future donations to its benevolent fund will be used to assist others who may be in similar circumstances, unless donors specifically request that their gifts benefit the slain deputies families.

Nearly five months ago, members of the Harford County Sheriff's Office, and their fellow law enforcement officers, were gathered in the parking lot of the Boulevard at Box Hill shopping center, "in utter shock and disbelief" as they tried to process the murders of two of their colleagues at the shopping center and a nearby apartment complex, Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler recalled Wednesday afternoon.

A Maryland State Police bloodhound puppy has been named after Harford County Sheriff's Deputy Patrick Dailey, who was shot and killed Feb 10.

That's just one of the ways Senior Deputy Dailey, who was fatally shot Feb. 10, was remembered Tuesday evening as members of Joppa-Magnolia paid tribute to their longtime colleague, an active member of the fire company for more than 30 years.

Joppa-Magnolia Fire Company members and family, friends and colleagues of the late Harford County Sheriff's Office Senior Deputy Patrick B. "Pat" Dailey gathered outside the main Joppa-Magnolia fire station off Mountain Road Friday evening for a brief ceremony to dedicate the entrance to the station as Dailey Drive.

It's been a month since Harford County Sheriff's Office Senior Deputy Patrick Dailey and Deputy First Class Mark Logsdon were shot and killed in the line of duty in Abingdon, but the outpouring of support hasn't let up, as more fundraising events are planned this weekend and throughout the spring.

The outpouring of community support during the nearly three weeks since two Harford County Sheriff's Office deputies were killed in the line of duty reminds Dan McClure of the Bible verse in Genesis 50:20.

Honoring the late Bel Air town police Officer George Noonan after all these years says quite a bit about law enforcement in Harford County.

Administrators of the Harford County Deputy Sheriff's Union Benevolent Fund are seeking to rebuild the fund after payouts to the families of two slain deputies.

The General Assembly is now considering a bill that would extend the benefits for Sheriff's Deputy Patrick Dailey's sons until they turn 26.

One group of Baltimoreans in particular is happy to see architectural and commercial progress at 414 Light Street: the descendants of Patrolman John J. Dailey. Dailey was shot at Charles and Conway streets while trying to arrest three drunk and disorderly Baltimoreans early on the morning of Aug. 26, 1895. His is a true Baltimore tale.

Jennifer Logsdon, widow of one of two Harford County Sheriff's Office deputies slain earlier this year, is biking from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.

Harford Sheriff shocked that man who killed his two deputies was remembered at annual memorial vigil for Harford's homeless