(Photos Courtesy of City of Aliquippa and Sandy Giordano)
Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano
(Aliquippa, Pa.) ON FRIDAY MORNING, A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED BY CITY CHAPLAIN REV. STEVEN MCKEOWN IN REMEMBRANCE OF POLICE CHIEF ROBERT W, SEALOCK WHO DIED SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2020 IN A PITTSBURGH HOSPITAL.. HE SUFFERED A SEVERE ASTHMA ATTACK WHILE ON DUTY THURSDAY,MARCH 26, 2020
ON FRIDAY, FLAGS WERE HALF STAFF IN FRONT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND REMAINED THAT WAY YESTERDAY.
AT THE MEMORIAL SERVICE, FELLOW MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, CITY OFFICIALS, FAMILY AND RESIDENTS WERE PRESENT TO HONOR THE LATE CHIEF SEALOCK. A MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED IN HIS HONOR, MAOR DWAN B. WALKER TOLD the crowd he was a husband, father, friend and chief . THE MAYOR TOLD CHIEF SEALOCK’S WIDOW DONNA, YOU’LL NEVER BE ALONE.”. …
A MEMORIAL HONORING TH MEMORY OF OFFICER JAMES NAIM WAS DEDICATED. HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED WHILE ON PATROL IN LINMAR ON MARCH 15, 2001.
POLICE CHIEF JOHN LANE SAID THE PRESENCE OF SO MANY TO HONOR CHIEF SEALOCK’S MEMORY, SHOWS THAT THE BROTHERHOOD THAT HAS BEEN LACKING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.”‘IT SHOWS HOW MUCH CHIEF SEALOCK WAS LOVED.”
(Photos Courtesy of City of Aliquippa and Sandy Giordano)