Sergeant Hicks and Detective Raburn memorial to be dedicated

Officers are invited to attend a ceremony to dedicate the new Hicks and Raburn memorial site.

The King County Sheriff’s Office and the City of Maple Valley would like to invite officers to attend a ceremony to dedicate the new Hicks and Raburn memorial site.

Sergeant Samuel Hicks was killed in the line of duty in 1982, Detective Rayborn was killed in the line of duty in 1984.

The new memorial site was commissioned by the city in partnership with the Sheriff’s Office to provide a memorial for fallen deputies who served in the Southeast King County Precinct area.

Members of the fallen officer’s families will be in attendance as well as he King County Sheriff’s Office honor guard and the Seattle Police pipe band.

The dedication will be held at 11 a.m. Jan. 18 at Lake Wilderness Park.