TOWN BANK – Lower Township Police Department will remember one of its own Feb. 18 on the 25th anniversary of Officer David C. Douglass’ death.
According to a release, observances will be held at Town Bank Firehouse, 224 Townbank Road, North Cape May at 10 a.m. Feb. 18 with a memorial flag-raising and wreath-placement planned.
The public is invited to attend, light refreshments will follow in the firehouse.
At 7:15 p.m. at his grave site at Cold Spring Presbyterian Church, 780 Seashore Road, a memorial ceremony will be held at approximately the time when Douglass received his final call.
A police dispatcher will transmit Douglass’ End of Watch broadcast for Lower Township Police Department.
All fire sirens in the township will be activated in memory of Douglass, who was a volunteer Town Bank firefighter.
Officer David C. Douglass, Sr., was killed in the line of duty Feb.18, 1994, after exchanging gunfire with a suspect who had just burglarized a home and then set it on fire.
Douglass was dispatched to a suspicious person call in the area of North Cape May. As he pursued a burglary suspect on foot, the suspect turned and shot him.
Douglass was able to return fire; he struck the suspect in the hand and was able to make it back to his patrol car to call for assistance, but he did not survive.
Following an intensive investigation, Lower Township Police, along with several other assisting agencies, arrested the actor in New York City in April 1994.
The flags at Lower Township Hall and the Police Department will also be flown at half-staff, and a memorial wreath will be placed near the flagpole at the Town Bank Firehouse in memory of Douglass.
The public is welcome to attend all the events.
