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9:10 pm
Tue May 7, 2013

Governor Snyder signs bill to rename stretch of I-94 after slain Kalamazoo Public Safety officer

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Eric Zapata was shot and killed in the line of duty in April of 2011.
  • Source: Mlive
  • | Via: Kalamazoo Gazette
KALAMAZOO, MI -- Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation Tuesday that will name a 25-mile stretch of I-94 in Kalamazoo County in honor of Kalamazoo Public Safety officer Eric Zapata, who was killed in the line of duty in 2011. The bill cleared the Michigan House of Representatives April 18, the two-year anniversary of Zapata's death.
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3:53 pm
Thu April 18, 2013

Zapata memorial highway bill approved

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Banner at Zapata's 2011 memorial service
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Interstate 94 in Kalamazoo County is just a step away from being renamed in honor of a public safety officer killed in the line of duty. State lawmakers have approved a bill to call the 25-mile stretch of freeway the "Officer Eric Zapata Memorial Highway".

Zapata was a Kalamazoo Public Safety officer who was killed while investigating reports of shots fired in the Edison neighborhood in April 2011.

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7:22 am
Wed February 20, 2013

Stretch of I-94 through Kalamazoo could be named after slain Kalamazoo Public Safety officer

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The bill would rename about 25 miles of I-94 in honor of the only Kalamazoo Public Safety Officer killed in the line of duty.
  • Source: Mlive
  • | Via: Kalamazoo Gazette
KALAMAZOO, MI - I-94 in Kalamazoo County would become Officer Eric Zapata Memorial Highway under a bill now in the Michigan Legislature. The Senate Transportation Committee on Tuesday heard testimony on a bill to name I-94 through Kalamazoo County for Zapata, a Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer who was killed in the line of duty in April 2011.
Read More: http://www.mlive.com
6:09 am
Tue February 19, 2013

Kalamazoo Public Safety Chief Hadley says fire that killed three children makes it "one of the worst days of my life"

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Chief compares it to finding out Public Safety Officer Eric Zapata was killed in 2011.
  • Source: Mlive
  • | Via: Kalamazoo Gazette
Hadley called Monday "probably one of the worst days of my life, maybe other than the passing of Officer (Eric) Zapata, when you have to sit across from the mother and tell her that three of her children are deceased."
Read More: http://www.mlive.com

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