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Downed officer honored by Chandler Council

Chandler Mayor Kevin Hartke read a proclamation at a study session commemorating April 30 Officer Farrar Remembrance Day, honoring Chandler Police Officer Chris Farrar, who was killed in the line of duty on that day in 2021. From the left are Council member Jennifer Hawkins; Chris’s parents, Linda and Bill Farrar; Chris’s sister, Angela and Mayor Hartke.

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Chandler Mayor Kevin Hartke read a proclamation at a study session commemorating April 30 Officer Farrar Remembrance Day, honoring Chandler Police Officer Chris Farrar, who was killed in the line of duty on that day in 2021. In front, from the left, are Council member Jennifer Hawkins; Chris’s parents, Linda and Bill Farrar; Chris’s sister, Angela; Tom Haubold and dog Haley of King 528; the nonprofit named after Farrar’s call sign and Mayor Hartke. In back are, from the left, Council members Jane Poston and Christine Ellis; Vice Mayor Angel Encinas and Council members Matt Orlando and O.D. Harris.

Independent Newsmedia/Jason W. Brooks

One of the most recent line-of-duty deaths for the Chandler Police Department was Chris Farrar.

Mayor Kevin Hartke read a proclamation at a May 4 study session commemorating April 30 Officer Farrar Remembrance Day, honoring Chandler Police Officer Chris Farrar.

Farrar, an 18-year officer, was killed in the line of duty on that day in 2021 when a suspect in a vehicle hit Farrar’s cruiser head-on.

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