The community is mourning the loss of not just an Everett police officer, but a man who they said touched the community. FOX13
A tribute for Officer Dan Rocha continued to grow outside the North Precinct in Everett.Many of them said they have a personal connection to him.
"I think it's really good for the little ones to know that cops are okay and just respectful to everybody, and I think it's just good for the little ones to know," she told FOX 13 News.Rocha had been with the Everett Police Department since 2017. "It's tough anywhere, you now, losing officers every day across the nation and when it happens like this in your own neighborhood and violently like it did, it hits different, for sure," he said.One of them bears a message, "We stand with your family in love," and on the ground, another message reads, "We will take it from here.
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