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“The number one thing I keep hearing is, ‘I can’t wait to come
back,’” Barrett explained. “That says everything to me. I hope to
see them back here. I hope to be a bigger part. Not just because
we have one of our own on the Memorial wall, but so we do our
duty down here.”
Part of that duty this year was the opportunity to be part
of the Standing Watch for the Fallen Flag Ceremony, which
featured the presentation of state and departmental flags and
honor guard rotations. Comerro was in his first week with his
department honor guard when he got the nod to be part of the
ceremony. He went into the event with two definitive objectives:
“To represent us, the state and Chris,” Comerro noted. “And
to make sure I don’t mess up.”
From the flags to the bracelets to the candles burning bright
with remembrance, Police Week 2018 turned out to be every-
thing Toni Vidro had hoped for to honor her husband. Her
greatest validation of how much it meant came via Megan
talking non-stop about her father throughout the four days in
Washington D.C. Police Week provided so much to a young girl
who never met her father, but she got to know so much about
him through the reverence from the worldwide law enforce-
ment family.
Chris had described his trip to Police Week to Toni, but to fi-
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A MSU Campus Police Department offi cer takes an etching of Christopher
Vidro’s name at the National Law Enforcement Offi cer’s Memorial.
nally see it seemed to bring her closer to her husband.
“Hearing about it is one thing, but seeing it is something
completely different,” Toni confided. “To see how many peo-
ple came together for this and hearing his name is really some-
thing. I just know he’s here with us today. It’s truly something
special.”