Thousands join law enforcement in tribute to fallen deputy
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A grief-stricken son, fellow law enforcement officers, musicians from his old band and a flyover paid tribute Monday to a sheriff's deputy who was killed in the line of duty.
An estimated 3,600 people including hundreds of law enforcement officers saluted Somerset County Cpl. Eugene Cole with one of the largest funerals in the state's history. The service for the Army veteran was followed by a flyover, taps and a rifle salute.
Cole, 61, became the first police officer to be killed in the line of duty in nearly 30 years in Maine early on April 25 after an encounter on a darkened roadside in Norridgewock.
His son, Cpl.