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Calendar Honors Fallen Mid-State Officers

By Amanda Hara

MT. JULIET, Tenn. - Each month of a new 2010 calendar honors a fallen officer, and two mid-state lawmen killed in the line of duty are featured in the national calendar.

The month of July is reserved for Sergeant Jerry Mundy and Deputy John Musice. In 2003, both men threw a spike strip onto Interstate 40 trying to catch a woman on the run.

It was Corporal Chuck McWhirter's first day on the job. He was there as the woman aimed her stolen Mercedes at Mundy and Musice and killed them.

"I watched two lawmen give their lives in the line of duty. They were killed right in front of me," said McWhirter.

Instead of turning in his day old badge, Corporal McWhirter along with other officers took Mundy's cruiser door and made it into a memorial.

"The Eagle is a sign of Freedom, and we showed the Eagle as you can see behind me flying to heaven where John and Jerry we know are there," said Detective David Stolinsky.

That cruiser door represents Mundy and Music's story in the national calendar of fallen officers. Mt. Juliet Police hope people give the gift of remembering. The calendar costs $5.

"Memories are a great thing and why not give them for Christmas," said Stolinsky.

The money that it brings will help open the Law Enforcement Officers museum in Washington, D.C. The museum is set to open in 2013.
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