The viewing will be at the Branam Funeral Home at 809 N. Krome Avenue in Homestead, Florida, 33030 from 3-7 pm.
The following are arrangements regarding public services for Deputy Melissa 'Misty' Powers:
Public services will be held Monday, June 28th, 2010 at 2:00 pm at South Dade High School located at 28401 SW 167th Avenue Homestead, FL  33033.

The Family and the Monroe County Sheriff's Office would like to thank all our fellow Law Enforcement families and agencies that have offered assistance during this difficult time.

A private viewing will be held prior the public service. This viewing will be for family and close friends only due to limited space.

• Flowers can be sent to the Branam Funeral Home at 809 N. Krome Avenue in Homestead, Florida, 33030.
• Cards can be sent to the Plantation Key Substation, 50 High Point Road, Tavernier, FL 33070.
• Monetary donations can be made at any First State Bank branch, care of account name "Melissa Powers".

For more information, please email Lt. Nancy Alvarez or Captain Lou Caputo.

More can be read about Dep. Powers here.

WEST PALM BEACH — More than 21 years after their son was gunned down on a routine traffic stop, Tom and Julia Chappell had an unexpected opportunity to honor the fallen West Palm Beach police officer.
The Chappells, slowly and emotionally, walked down an aisle of seats Wednesday night at West Palm Beach's waterfront and placed a flower on a giant police badge made of roses.

"It was very gratifying," said Tom Chappell, 89, on being able to memorialize his son Brian at the city's first Peace Officers Candlelight Memorial Ceremony.
Brian, 31 at the time, was one of 10 West Palm officers killed on duty since 1924. The city will begin honoring them each year in conjunction with the national Police Memorial Week.
"This can be a dangerous city, and it would be even more so without the brave men and women who serve our city," said state representative Mary Brandenburg, the event's keynote speaker.
The event came at an awkward time for the city, just two weeks after the police union protested SunFest over the elimination of step raises and what it called city mismanagement.
Mayor Lois Frankel - enemy No. 1 for the protesters, whose son was arrested on April 30 for allegedly stealing a protest sign - showed up to the event five minutes after it began but didn't speak.
Later, she hugged West Palm police Chief Delsa Bush.
Frankel said she wasn't asked to speak, and doesn't give a speech at every event she attends.
"We have contract negotiations, and that's business with the union trying to get as much for its members as possible," said Frankel afterward. "But we have a lot of respect for the work police officers do. It's a challenging job everyday."

Brandenburg spoke about all 10 of the city's fallen officers, and called for more public respect.
"Any day these police officers could die on duty," Brandenburg said. "They do not get enough thanks for their heroic work."
The 10 fallen officers were called out by name while a bagpipe player memorialized each one, and the West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County Sheriff's choppers flew overhead. 
Chief Bush wiped tears out of her eyes after the event.  "This was emotional," Bush said. "It brought on a flood of memories."

www.palmbeachpost.com/news/west-palm-beach-police-honor-fallen-officers-in-685340.html

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