HAMPTON ROADS, Va. — Following the tragic deaths of two Virginia Beach police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty on Friday, WTKR News 3 is remembering local Virginia police officers who died serving our community over the past 25 years.
Virginia Beach Police Department
Officer Christopher Reese
End of watch: February 22, 2025
Age: 30
Cause of death: Firearm

Officer Cameron Girvin
End of watch: February 22, 2025
Age: 25
Cause of death: Firearm

Master Police Officer David J. Nieves
End of watch: February 1, 2022
Age: 52
Cause of death: COVID-19

Detective Michael Smith Phillips
End of watch: August 7, 2008
Age: 37
Cause of death: Firearm

Officer Bradley Harper
End of watch: August 3, 2005
Age: 25
Cause of death: Killed while serving in Iraq

Officer Rodney Fredderick Pocceschi
End of watch: June 23, 2003
Age: 33
Cause of death: Firearm

Virginia State Police Department
Trooper II Chad Phillip Dermyer
End of watch: March 31, 2016
Age: 37
Cause of death: Firearm

Senior Trooper Robert A. Hill, Sr.
End of watch: November 24, 2006
Age: 42
Cause of death: Struck by vehicle

Portsmouth Police Department
Patrolman Richard Lee Spaulding
End of watch: November 23, 2005
Age: 49
Cause of death: Heart attack
Suffolk Police Department
Sergeant Jose Ramon Rivera
End of watch: May 31, 2021
Age: 59
Cause of death: COVID-19
Police Officer II William Andrew "Drew" Henley
End of watch: March 19, 2005
Age: 33
Cause of death: Heart attack
Norfolk Police Department
Detective Maurice "Mo" Joseph
End of watch: October 9, 2024
Age: 64
Cause of death: 9/11 related illness
Police Officer Brian Wayne Jones
End of watch: May 30, 2014
Age: 35
Cause of death: Firearm

Police Officer Seneca Bailey Darden
End of watch: May 21, 2006
Age: 25
Cause of death: Firearm (inadvertent)

Police Officer Stanley Cornell Reaves
End of watch: October 28, 2005
Age: 33
Cause of death: Firearm

Police Officer Sheila Herring
End of watch: January 16, 2003
Age: 39
Cause of death: Firearm

Police Officer James B. Gilbert
End of watch: September 28, 2001
Age: 28
Cause of death: Firearm

Newport News Police Department
Police Officer Katherine Mary Thyne
End of watch: January 23, 2020
Age: 24
Cause of death: Struck by vehicle

Chesapeake Police Department
Police Officer Specialist Timothy Brian Schock
End of watch: December 20, 2011
Age: 41
Cause of death: Drowning

Detective Jarrod Brent Shivers
End of watch: January 17, 2008
Age: 34
Cause of death: Firearm

Police Officer Michael Kevin Saffran
End of watch: October 8, 2005
Age: 45
Cause of death: Firearm

News 3 attempted to call and/or email every local police department in our area for information and photos of its fallen officers, but did not hear back from four of the 36 police departments we contacted.