Badge:  47
Age: 41
Served:  9 years
1959 to July 26, 1968

Patrolman Ronnebaum relieved Patrolman Al Bosse on a traffic detail on Interstate 75 near Jefferson Avenue on July 26, 1968, directing traffic around a motor vehicle crash.  Within an hour, Patrolman Ronnebaum was struck by a tractor trailer and killed.

He was survived by his wife and four children, including Vernon Ronnebaum. 

Patrolman Ronnebaum’s Badge No. 47 was retired on May 9, 1998.

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