Baltimore County Police Officers Wearing Mourning Bands On Badges In Honor Of Amy Caprio
BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) -- Baltimore County Police Officers are wearing mourning bands on their badges Tuesday in honor of fallen Officer Amy Caprio.
Tuesday is the one-year anniversary of Caprio's death.
On May 21, 2018, Caprio, 29, responded to a call for a suspicious vehicle with multiple suspicious subjects walking around homes on Linwen Way in Parkville.
#BCoPD officers are wearing mourning bands on their badges today in memory of fallen hero Police Officer First Class Amy Sorrells Caprio #FallenHero #EOW 5/21/18. https://t.co/84tdqtVl9p ^JH pic.twitter.com/W5aDVQQc9L
— Baltimore County Police Department (@BaltCoPolice) May 21, 2019
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When Caprio arrived and located the vehicle, she got out of her police car and ordered the driver to exit the vehicle.
Instead, they accelerated and fatally struck Officer Caprio.
Caprio was a four-year veteran of the Department and was married. She was the first female officer in Baltimore County Police Department history to die the line of duty.