Dedication at the Bryan Police Officer's Memorial of an Eagle Scout project

This podcast is a recording of the dedication program of a law enforcement memorial outside the Bryan police department on May 12, 2026.National Police Week was the setting Tuesday morning (May 12) in front of the Bryan police department for the unveiling of a new memorial.Police chief Dean Swartzlander thanked Eagle Scout candidate Roman Smith for his project that includes a statue remembering fallen officers.Smith, a ninth grade student at Bryan High School, dedicated his project to his godfather. Bryan Heber was a Beaumont police officer who died in the line of duty in July of 2011.In addition to the statue, there are three benches...one for Smith's godfather and benches remembering fallen Bryan police officers Mark Hiatt and Jim Do that are now at the local law enforcement training grounds.And Smith raised enough money to complete the memorial to also present a check to the Mark Hiatt scholarship fund with the Bryan police officers association.