Local Officers Present for Dallas Police Officer Funerals

DALLAS, Tx. -- Four officers from the Mount Pleasant Police Department and an honor guard from the Racine Police Department have made the thousand-mile trip to pay their respects as funeral services begin for the five policemen in Dallas who were killed on July 7 as they guarded a crowd of peaceful protests calling attention to excessive police force.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer Brent Thompson, were held Wednesday (July 13) at The Potter's House, 6777 W. Kiest Blvd., at 10 a.m. Ahead of the funeral, visitation took place on Tuesday from noon to 9 p.m. at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home, 1530 N. 45th St. in Corsicana, the Texas city of Thompson's formative years, where he graduated high school.

Here is what local officers are posting as they witness events: