{"id":95524,"date":"2016-02-22T14:19:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T20:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=95524"},"modified":"2016-02-22T15:03:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T21:03:14","slug":"moszer-remembered-monday-as-a-cops-cop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=95524","title":{"rendered":"Moszer remembered Monday as a “Cop’s, cop”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\"MoszerJasonFargoPD\"<\/a>FARGO, N.D. (AP) –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A parade of hundreds of law enforcement vehicles lit up the streets of Fargo with flashing lights Monday en route to the funeral of slain Fargo police officer Jason Moszer.<\/p>\n

Slain Fargo police officer Jason Moszer was remembered Monday as a hero who was fulfilling his mission when he was gunned down in a downtown Fargo neighborhood.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Fargo Chief of Police David Todd told thousands of mourners at Scheels Arena Monday, which seats up to 6,000 people, \u00a0that Moszer was a “cop’s cop” who was committed to saving others. Todd says Moszer was helping victims of domestic violence and protecting residents from a dangerous person when he was shot and killed.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Todd says police are keeping an empty seat where Moszer sat during briefings. Todd says Moszer’s call sign, “Edward 143,” will no longer be used by Fargo police.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The funeral for Moszer was officiated by the Rev. Kevin Kloster, a onetime Fargo police chaplain. Kloster also performed the wedding ceremony for Moszer and his wife, Rachel.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kloster says Jason Moszer was “a warrior, a hero, a husband, a father, a son and so much more.”<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Kloster acknowledged the officers who came to support Moszer’s family and called their sight “a moving thing.”
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Many of the officers gathered early Monday morning at the Fargodome, where it took 15 minutes for them to clear the parking lot. Other convoys came into the city from different directions.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Police Det. Mario Mora and two other officers drove 12 hours from Elkhart County, Indiana. Mora\u00a0says \u00a0he has talked with officers who came from New York and Texas. He says it makes him proud to be part of law enforcement.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Outside Scheels Arena, a huge American flag was hung between two portable cranes. The Patriot Guard Riders, a volunteer group of flag-carrying motorcycle riders, lined the entrance to the arena. Moszer was an avid motorcycle rider.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0The 1 hour, 45 minute service ended with both police and military honor guard ceremonies and recreation of officer status checks, the last of which went unanswered from Moszer’s call sign. The recessional song was “Wanted Dead or Alive” by Bon Jovi, which was a favorite among Moszer and his fellow motorcycle enthusiasts.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The funeral\u00a0was \u00a0followed by a 21-mile procession through the Fargo metropolitan area.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Hundreds of police vehicles from several states and Canada were leading a procession.\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0 The procession of officers and first responders\u00a0 weaved through Fargo, West Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Moszer is the first Fargo officer to die in the line of duty in more than 130 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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