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The Officer Down Memorial Podcast is a true crime podcast created and hosted by Sheriff Scott Rose based in Mantorville, Minnesota.

The podcast launched it's first episode in 2020 and has been downloaded in all 50 states and over 50 countries. The podcast was created by Sheriff Rose, a 25 year veteran law enforcement officer serving his third term elected Sheriff at the Dodge County Sheriff's Office in Southeast Minnesota. Sheriff Rose is also a long time board member for the Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association, the Law Enforcemwent Memorial Foundation of Southeast Minnesota, and on the executive board for the Invisible Wounds Project.

In each episode of the Officer Down Memorial Podcast, Sheriff Rose shares the stories of how these men and women heroically lost their lives in the Line of Duty. This podcast gives listeners a glimpse of what law enforcement officers and their families go through every day to help keep our communities safe. These stories take the listener back in time to the era and the community where we lost these heroes. This story telling format is designed to make listeners feel like they were there when we lost this officer. In each episode, the podcast helps illustrate why the men and women who serve in law enforcement are true heroes every day they put on the badge.

While the podcast primarily covers stories of fallen officers, there are episodes that share survivor stories, aand episodes that discuss law enforcement suicides.

These podcasts are produced in a story telling format sharing these officer's stories based on input from the men and women who served with them and the families who were left behind. Older stories are written using historical documents and newspaper records. These stories are researched with the fallen officer's agency to help ensure they are historically accurate. Sheriff Rose says these stories take 50-60+ hours to create, including the research, interviewing, copy writing, hosting, audio production, and editing. Episodes are released once or twice a month depending on the research necessary. All the work is done by Rose and the podcast is hosted by libsyn.com.

The mission of the podcast is to honor our fallen heroes, remember their service, support the families they left behind, and never forget their sacrifice.