Gary Davis & Mark Sawyers memorial (by their family and friends)

On June 22, 2005, the Oakland Police Academy dedicated a memorial honoring Police Officers Gary Davis of Bloomfield Township and Mark Sawyers of Sterling Heights. Then-Deputy Chief Dan McCaw of the Waterford Township Police Department initiated this memorial to establish an endowment in memory of these two officers.

Davis, 36 was killed on May 13, 2004 by a drunk driver who slammed into his patrol car.

Sawyer, 30 was gunned down in his squad car on June 4, 2004.

At the time of the dedication, they were the only Police Academy graduates known to have lost their lives in the line of duty. The memorials are hung where the OCC Police Academy students gather daily for roll call, as a reminder of the duty and sacrifice that the job may require.