Jan 26, 2007 5:45 pm US/Eastern
Police In N.H. Retire Badge Of Fallen Officer
MANCHESTER, N.H. (CBS4) ―
The Manchester, New Hampshire Police Department retired the badge number of an officer who was fatally shot while on duty last year.
Officer Michael Briggs was shot while investigating a domestic disturbance on October 16. He died of his injuries the next day.
Despite Friday's frigid temperatures, the police department formally retired badge 83 during a ceremony on the front steps of police headquarters.
Briggs' family and several other dignitaries attended the event.
Michael Addison, 26, faces capital murder charges in connection to Briggs' death.
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