Law enforcement personnel from across the USA attended the private service Friday at Prestonwood Baptist Church in the Dallas suburb of Plano to honor the 40-year-old. After the service, a public 21-gun salute was held with hundreds of fellow officers
He was one of the five officers that a lone gunman killed last week during a Black Lives Matter march to protest the recent fatal shootings of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana by police.
"He knew the danger of the job but he never shied away from his duty," Krol's mother, Susan Ehlke, said in a statement.
She called his move to Dallas to work for the police department his dream job and said that he was a caring person who wanted to help others.
He was an officer with the Dallas Police Department for nine years and previously worked for four years in the Wayne County jails. Detroit is Wayne County's major city.
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