By Kyle Hansen
Marjorie May Waggoner remembers in vivid detail the night her father, a police officer, was killed, and telling the story still brings tears, even though it was 77 years ago.
Waggoner’s father, Ernest James May, was the first Las Vegas police officer killed in the line of duty, on June 8, 1933.
May was one of 28 Southern Nevada law enforcement officers honored at an annual ceremony Thursday evening at Police Memorial Park. Waggoner participated by placing a flower in a bouquet for her father.
“You’ll never know how proud I am to be here and to represent my noble, honorable father,” she said after the memorial. “I’ve never seen a more beautiful ceremony”.
May had only been a police officer for about 18 months, Waggoner said, and her mother begged him to take a different job because it was too dangerous. >>>
