Officers from far and wide come to South MS to honor slain Jackson County deputy
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- Officers from Boston, Chicago, New York and Texas attended Deputy Jimerson’s funeral.
- The Brotherhood for the Fallen sends officers to funerals of officers who die on duty.
- The online Officer Down Memorial Page shows two officers killed since Jimerson’s death.
Law enforcement officers from Boston, Chicago, New York, and Colorado stepped from a vehicle in their dress blues Friday morning to attend the funeral of a brother, slain Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Jimerson.
Jimerson, 61, died April 2 in the line of duty. The officers who arrived together from multiple states are with the nonprofit Brotherhood for the Fallen, an organization that honors officers killed in the line of duty and offers financial support to their families.
“It was the least we could do,” said Detective John Maderick of the New York City Police Department.
The organization, established in 2010, has chapters in various locations. Officers travel to funerals across the country, wearing their dress blues. A larger contingent was able to make it to Jimerson’s funeral. The officers who arrived together also were expecting colleagues from Fort Worth, Texas.
They were some of the many officers at Jimerson’s funeral. South Mississippi and Mississippi agencies also were represented, with blue uniforms and caps prevalent in a visitation line that stretched from the large chapel, down the hall and out the door at First Baptist Church in Biloxi, where the sanctuary will hold about 1,000 people.
Detective John Stewart of Chicago, a member of the brotherhood, said he attended six funerals last year.
The officers said it seems more of them are being killed in the line of duty in recent years.
“People just feel more brazen,” Maderick said.
The online Officer Down Memorial Page shows that two U.S. law enforcement officers have been killed in the line of duty since Jimerson died. The Brotherhood for the Fallen will also be sending officers to the funeral of a Tulare County, Calif., detective. The 35-year-old with a pregnant wife was killed while serving an eviction notice, Stewart said.
The brotherhood’s Texas contingent arrived in time for Jimerson’s visitation. The two officers from Fort Worth were easy to spot. They wore navy cowboy hats with their dress blues.
This story was originally published April 10, 2026 at 12:33 PM.
