Today, Boone County honored the life of a Boone County Sheriff's deputy, five years after he was shot and killed in the line of duty.
For the fifth annual Deputy Jacob Pickett Remembrance Day, members of the community gathered at the Boone County Fairgrounds with police demonstrations, craft and business vendors, bouncy houses for kids, a silent auction, and the annual Deputy Pickett Blood Drive."We continue to grow every year," Jen said.
The Jacob Pickett Response Organization spotlights a law enforcement family each year and raises funds to help them. There is an application process that allows people to apply for themselves of for an officer or family. The organization has previously supported a family with a daughter diagnosed with leukemia and another family whose husband died of cancer.
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