Sheriff’s Office remembers deputy killed in traffic accident

This week the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office remembers a deputy killed in the line of duty 11 years ago in a traffic accident.

On June 22, 2010 Deputy Melissa “Missy” Powers was killed in a traffic accident in Key Largo as she was responding to assist a fellow officer.

Deputy Powers was hired by the Sheriff’s Office in 2006 as a road patrol deputy. She previously worked for the Florida Department of Corrections.

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