Funeral service for fallen Tampa Police Officer Jesse Madsen

Friends, family and the Tampa Bay community will say goodbye to fallen Tampa Police Department Officer Jesse Madsen on Tuesday, March 16, at Idlewild Baptist Church in Lutz. Officer Madsen died Tuesday, March 9, when he veered his cruiser into a wrong-way driver on Interstate 275, Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan said. Dugan said the 45-year-old officer died trying to protect others. Madsen had been with the Tampa Police Department for 16 years. Dugan said he was a decorated police officer and a seven-time recipient of police life-saving awards. His family can now posthumously add Police Purple Shield and Medal of Honor recipient to his honors. He dedicated his life to the safety and service of others, Dugan added, first as a United States Marine combat veteran, then as a police officer in Lyndhurst and Shaker Heights, Ohio. https://bit.ly/3cAwYCj