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Officers come together to beautify highway memorial sign for fallen officer David Fahey

Memorial for Officer David Fahey.
Memorial for Officer David Fahey.
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CLEVELAND — Officers from several units of the Cleveland Division of Police came together on Friday to help beautify the memorial for fall Cleveland police officer David Fahey on I-90.

Memorial for Officer David Fahey.
Memorial for Officer David Fahey.

Nearly $500 in supplies was donated from the Home Depot to beautify the area around the highway sign that remembers Fahey, who was struck and killed while laying flares along I-90 in January 2017.

Fahey's family also came out to help create a fitting memorial for the fallen hero.

Memorial for Officer David Fahey.
Memorial for Officer David Fahey.

He was hired on July 1, 2014, and assigned to the First District.

Fahey was also a U.S. Navy veteran. Following his death, his family released a statement expressing his love for the city of Cleveland and said above anything else, Fahey loved being a Cleveland policeman.