Knightdale police holds enforcement event to honor officer
BY FIRE.
>> ONE LAST THING FOR US
TONIGHT. AND IT'S THE LEGACY OF
A WAKE COUNTY HERO.
WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN KNIGHTDALE
OFFICER RYAN. HAYWORTH, YOU
BETTER BELIEVE IS LAW
ENFORCEMENT FAMILY HAS NOT HAS
NOT FORGOTTEN HIM EITHER.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF A BUNCH OF
THE OFFICERS AND DEPUTIES FROM
AROUND WAKE COUNTY. THEY JUST
WRAPPED UP WHAT IS CALLED
OPERATION HAYWORTH. IT IS A
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN
DONE IN MEMORY OF THEIR FALLEN
BROTHER. OFFICER HAYWORTH DIED
A LITTLE MORE THAN 4 YEARS AGO.
HE WAS ON THE SCENE OF A CRASH
WHEN A DRIVER WHO HAD BEEN
DRINKING AND WAS APPARENTLY
USING DRUGS AS WELL, BLEW
THROUGH THE CONES THAT WERE SET
UP AND HIT A WORSE SUV,
THROWING HIM OUT OF IT AND HE
WOULD DIE FROM HIS INJURIES.
HE WAS JUST 23 YEARS OLD.
HE SPENT PLENTY OF THAT TIME
SERVING OTHERS. HE WAS IN THE
NATIONAL GUARD. DID A TOUR IN
KUWAIT, WENT ON MISSION TRIPS
FOR HIS CHURCH. HE WAS THE SON
OF THE ZEBULON POLICE CHIEF.
IT'S QUITE THE RESUME FOR
SOMEONE WHO IS AS YOUNG AS HE
WAS. IT'S WHY THE KNIGHTDALE
POLICE DEPARTMENT PLEDGES EVERY
DAY TO LIVE LIKE RYAN.
>> HIS LEGACY HELPS US TO ALL
OF, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER THAT WE
ARE STILL LIVING. THERE IS A
LIFE THAT THAT WE CAN STILL
COMMITTED TO SERVING OTHER
PEOPLE. AND SO ENTRE LA LIVE
LIKE RYAN WAS SORT OF BORN FROM
THAT IDEA THAT THAT WE TAKE
ALL THAT WAS GOOD ABOUT HIS
EXAMPLE THAT WE EMBRACE THAT
AND WE CARRY ON IN OUR LIFE
AND OUR SERVICE TO OTHERS.
>> THAT WAS THE KNIGHTDALE
POLICE CHIEF CHIEF LARGE CAPS.
HE TOLD US HONORING RYAN MEANS
REMEMBERING HIM FOR THE WAY
THAT HE LIVED RATHER THAN THE
TRAGIC WAY WHERE WHERE HE DIED
WHEN HE WAS KILLED. LOOK AROUND
KNIGHTDALE IN RYAN'S IMPRINTS