GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A Texas-based non-profit is helping the Gwinnett County Police Department remember the life of fallen Officer Antwan Toney.
“Saving a Hero’s Place” presented a commemorative “honor chair” to the Gwinnett County Police Department’s South Precinct Wednesday with Toney’s name engraved and the day he died in the line of duty.
“Officer Toney was very important to our agency and those he worked with,” Cpl. Michele Pihera told 11Alive.
“It’s evident to everyone that he left a lasting imprint on those he met here at GCPD and in the community. Our department is better because he was part of it, and he is missed greatly,” she added.
Toney was killed while investigating a suspicious vehicle near Shiloh High School in October 2018. He had been with the Gwinnett County Police Department for nearly three years.
Officials from the Gwinnett County Police Department and Georgia Governor's office honored Toney with three posthumous awards, including an Honorable Service Medal, the Purple Heart Medal and the Medal of Valor at his funeral.
The “honor chair” is situated inside the roll call room of the South Precinct, where Officer Toney was assigned. The Gwinnett County Police Department said the placement of this chair is meant to signify that his seat will never be filled.
Toney’s honor chair is not available for public viewing.
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