>> AN EMOTIONAL GOODBYE TODAY FOR FALLEN OAKLAND POLICE OFFICER. THE COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT GATHERED TO HONOR JORDAN WINGATE AT A PUBLIC MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THREE CROSSES CHURCH IN CASTRO VALLEY, WHINGEY, DIED LAST WEEKEND, SIX YEARS AFTER HE WAS BADLY HURT IN A CRASH WHILE ON DUTY. ABC SEVEN NEWS REPORTER SUZANNE PHAN HAS MORE ON TODAY'S SERVICE. >> THIS MORNING, A SOMBER SCENE, A LONG LINE OF OFFICERS ON THE ROAD AND MORE AT THREE CROSSES CHURCH IN CASTRO VALLEY. A CONTINGENT OF MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE STANDING IN SOLIDARITY FOR A FALLEN BROTHER, OAKLAND OFFICER JORDAN WINGATE. WINGATE IS THE 55TH OAKLAND POLICE OFFICER TO DIE IN THE LINE OF DUTY. HE PASSED AWAY APRIL 20TH, NEARLY SIX YEARS AFTER BEING SEVERELY INJURED WHILE RESPONDING TO A CALL AT THE PORT OF OAKLAND IN 2018, A CAR COLLIDED WITH WINGATE'S PATROL SUV, CAUSING IT TO CRASH INTO A PARKED BIG RIG. HE WAS ON LIFE SUPPORT FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS. >> FOR FIVE YEARS, EIGHT MONTHS, SEVEN DAYS. DESPITE HIS PAIN AND ADVERSITY, JORDAN COURAGEOUSLY BATTLED HIS INJURIES. >> WINGATE REMEMBERED FOR HIS SACRIFICE DURING AN ALREADY DIFFICULT TIME FOR OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> TODAY IS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT. FOR NOT LONG AGO, IN THIS VERY ROOM, WE HONORED THE LIFE OF ANOTHER OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER, TUAN LEE. >> THOSE WHO REMEMBERED WINGATE SAY HE WAS YOUNG, DEDICATED AND FEARLESS. THEY SAY HE MADE THE COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE DURING HIS BRIEF BUT IMPACTFUL CAREER. >> TODAY, WE HONOR AND REMEMBER OFFICER JORDAN TYLER WINGATE, SERIAL NUMBER 9686, AN OAKLAND POLICE OFFICER WHO WORE THE BLUE UNIFORM WITH PRIDE, INTEGRITY AND COURAGE. AN OAKLAND POLICE OFFICER, GUARDIAN HEART AND A WARRIOR SPIRIT. THOSE THAT KNEW JORDAN DESCRIBED HIM AS DEDICATED, HARD WORKING, RESPECTFUL AND FUNNY. PRACTICAL JOKER. JUST LIKE HIS DAD. >> WINGATE'S DAD, A RETIRED OPD CAPTAIN, SHARED THIS MESSAGE FOR HIS SON. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT SON AND SHOWING EVERYBODY THAT A KID THAT'S NOT THE FASTEST, DEFINITELY NOT THE TALLEST, NOT THE STRONGEST, WHO HAS TO WORK HARD TO SUCCEED, CAN CHASE HIS DREAMS. AND THROUGH TENACITY AND HARD WORK, BE THE BEST AT WHAT HE DOES. >> THAT HARD WORK LED TO WINGATE BEING VALEDICTORIAN OF HIS 2017 POLICE ACADEMY CLASS. A YEAR LATER, HE WAS NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR BY THE OAKLAND POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. >> HE MADE AN EFFORT TO COVER ANY OFFICER THAT NEEDED ASSISTANCE ANYWHERE IN THE CITY. IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT HE HAD FOMO, SO WE TRY TO SHOW UP TO EVERY CALL HE COULD DURING HIS SHIFT. HE DEFINITELY EARNED HIS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD. >> BUT JORDAN DIDN'T CARE ABOUT POLITICS. HE ONLY CARED ABOUT HELPING THOSE THAT WERE IN NEED. >> AFTER TODAY'S HEARTFELT SPEECHES, THIS FLAG PRESENTED TO WINGATE'S PARENTS AS FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, REMEMBERED A TALENTED POLICE OFFICER, DETERM AND TO SERVE AND PROTECT. NOW GONE, THEY SAY HE WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN. >> PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW ABOUT JORDAN
