Davis grew up in Folsom, Calif., attended San Francisco State University and moved to Honolulu to join the department, according to HPD spokeswoman Caroline Sluyter. He had been with the department for three years after graduating from the HPD academy
Associated Press
HONOLULU — More than 200 people turned out to remember a Honolulu police officer who was killed as he tried to help stranded motorists on the H-1 freeway.
Officer Garret Davis, 28, died after his patrol car was hit from behind by a pickup truck after he had stopped his car behind a stalled vehicle on the freeway in Aiea on Jan. 21.
Several police officers attended Saturday’s candlelight service, as well as members of local motorcycle clubs.
The motorcycle club members said they came to not only pay their respects, but to also show support for a so called “move-over” bill that would require motorists to keep a one-lane buffer between themselves and emergency response vehicles.
“For someone so young, he was incredibly selfless,” friend Jamie Peterson said. “He was everything I ever wanted to be as a friend. What he did that night, he would have done for any of us.”
Davis grew up in Folsom, Calif., attended San Francisco State University and moved to Honolulu to join the department, according to HPD spokeswoman Caroline Sluyter. He had been with the department for three years after graduating from the HPD academy in 2008. Davis has a daughter who lives in California, Sluyter said.
