LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY WERE REMEMBERED IN A SPECIAL CEREMONY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

THE CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL BETWEEN CITY HALL AND THE WOODBURY COUNTY COURTHOUSE ON DOUGLAS STREET.

CHRIS HERMAN'S SON JON WAS A WOODBURY COUNTY DEPUTY WHO DIED IN A PLANE CRASH WHILE TRANSPORTING A PRISONER IN 1993:



CONGRESSMAN STEVE KING SPOKE AT THE MEMORIAL CEREMONY AND SAYS OFFICER'S PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EACH DAY ON THE JOB:

NINE MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, SIOUX CITY POLICE AND A LOCAL F.B.I. AGENT HAVE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY SINCE 1919.

IOWA 4TH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN STEVE KING WILL JOIN WITH SEVEN OTHER HOUSE MEMBERS TUESDAY TO OPPOSE THE SO CALLED U.S. SENATE'S GANG OF EIGHT IMMIGRATION BILL:



THERE A LOT IN THE SENATE BILL THAT KING AND OTHER HOUSE MEMBERS WILL NOT SUPPORT;



KING SAYS PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS NO INTENTION OF SECURING AMERICA'S BORDER AND THAT THE SENATE PROPOSAL IS A MASS AMNESTY BILL:

  

KING AND HIS FELLOW REPRESENTATIVES WILL HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE HOUSE TRIANGLE AT 10AM TUESDAY.

THREE SUSPECTS WERE BOOKED INTO THE WOODBURY COUNTY JAIL AFTER AN ARMED ROBBERY AND PURSUIT SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

POLICE SAY AN ARMED ROBBERY WAS REPORTED AT A RESIDENCE IN THE 2400 BLOCK OF VILLA AVENUE AROUND 3:10PM.

THEY SAY THREE MEN TOOK AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF CASH FROM A MALE VICTIM THEY THREATENED WITH A HANDGUN.

THE SUSPECT'S VEHICLE WAS SPOTTED AT 4PM NEAR LEWIS BOULEVARD AND LEECH AVENUE WHERE THE POLICE PURSUIT STARTED AND CONTINUED TO 21ST AND JACKSON.

THERE AFTER A BRIEF CHASE ON FOOT THE THREE SUSPECTS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

29 YEAR OLD KEVIN LAFFERTY IS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE ROBBERY AND 3RD DEGREE BURGLARY.

33 YEAR OLD JASON LAFFERTY IS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE ROBBERY, 3RD DEGREE BURGLARY, ELUDING AND 5TH DEGREE THEFT.

26 YEAR OLD JASON WILDE IS CHARGED WITH FELONY ELUDING AND 13 DIFFERENT TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.

A SIOUX CITY POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD DURING AN APRIL 29TH TRAFFIC STOP IS BACK ON THE JOB.

KEVIN MCCORMICK RETURNED TO HIS PATROL DUTY SUNDAY ON SIOUX CITY'S WESTSIDE:

MCCORMICK WAS HOPING FOR A ROUTINE DAY OF PATROL, BUT IT WAS ANYTHING BUT THAT:



MCCORMICK ALSO KEPT A PROMISE HE MADE TO HIMSELF AT THE START OF HIS SHIFT. HE DROVE BACK TO THE ALLEY WHERE HE WAS SHOT:

EIGHT SHOTS WERE FIRED AT MCCORMICK'S CAR THAT DAY. THE SUSPECT, JAMAL DEAN, IS IN CUSTODY AND CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER.

MCCORMICK SAYS HIS MEMORY SERVED HIM WELL WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE SCENE. HE SAYS IT WAS GREAT TO GET BACK ON DUTY AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING A REGULAR SHIFT AGAIN.