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Deputy Jacob Pickett remembered during funeral service

BOONE COUNTY, Ind. (WISH) — Friends, family and co-workers gathered Friday to remember fallen Deputy Jacob Pickett.

A procession followed Deputy Pickett’s body as it was brought from Indianapolis to Brownsburg for the funeral service, leaving the Circle City at approximately 7:30 a.m.

Deputy Pickett’s body arrived at Connection Pointe Christian Church in Brownsburg just before 8 a.m.

Gov. Eric Holcomb, U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita and Boone County Sheriff Michael Nielsen were among people who spoke at the service.

“When that blue line breaks, that’s when we must rally together in repairing it,” Holcomb said. “I have hope knowing our state is rallying around the Pickett family.”

“It was my greatest honor to serve with Jake,” Sheriff Michael Nielsen said. “Behind the badge was a great man. A father to two beautiful little boys. A husband to his wife, Jen. He was a son and he was a brother. Behind the badge was a warrior and he put down his life for you.”

Sheriff Nielsen also took the time to speak on the type of outlook on life Deputy Pickett had.

“That morning shortly before the incident, he was on a traffic stop. Deputy Conley stopped to ask him if he needed anything. Jake’s reply: ‘It’s a beautiful morning. What else could I need.’”

Thank you cards for the men and women in uniform were found on patrol cards outside of Deputy Pickett’s funeral service.

Around noon, a K-9 procession was held after others began to file in for Deputy Pickett’s services.

After his funeral, the procession traveled south and passed White Lick Elementary School, where Pickett’s wife works as a teacher.

It later paused at the Boone County Sheriff’s Office.

Around 4:40 p.m, Pickett’s final 10-42 was called out. When an officer ends his or her shift for the day, it’s customary that the officer announces the end of duty, or 10-42, over the radio.

After the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, it went to the Boone County Courthouse and passed under a garrison flag.

The procession then made its way through Zionsville and back into Indianapolis, ultimately stopping at Crown Hill Cemetery, his final resting place.

Deputy Pickett was shot and killed on March 2 while attempting to serve a warrant.