Overview
- Corder’s name joined this year’s 363 additions at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, which include Racine County Deputy Joshua LaForge.
- Nearly 40 Wisconsin officers traveled to the capital, with some completing a four-day, roughly 300-mile bike tour from Philadelphia.
- Milwaukee Police Captain Erin Mejia organized fundraisers that helped more colleagues make the trip.
- Corder’s family stood with officers at ceremonies and a candlelight vigil, where many described seeing loved ones weeping over names on the wall.
- Corder was killed in an ambush while responding to a call in June 2025, a loss that follows Milwaukee’s recent line-of-duty deaths of Matthew Rittner in 2019 and Peter Jerving in 2023.