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Police pay tribute to 2 Dayton officers killed in line of duty

The Dayton Police Department (DPD) paid tribute to two officers killed in the line of duty in Washington, D.C., this week.

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DPD said in a social media post that Detectives Miniard and Metzler traced the names of Detective Jorge Del Rio and Officer Jason ‘Jake’ Grossnickle.

This was in honor of police week.

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Both officers paid the ultimate sacrifice.

In 2019, Detective Del Rio was shot while serving a search warrant at a home on Ruskin Drive, as part of a Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force.

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