With the Harley-Davidson motorcycle he often rode placed beneath a flag at half-staff just outside, members of Newtown Police Department, Newtown Police Commission, local officials, family members, and others who worked with and fondly remembered the late Newtown Police Officer Stephen Ketchum gathered at the new police headquarters, May 28, to honor his memory in a way that will not soon be forgotten.

That is because anyone who has occasion to be in the new facility’s training and community room will see Officer Ketchum’s name emblazoned in gold and affixed to the wall. On that somewhat somber afternoon, the department’s public gathering space was formally renamed the Officer Stephen A. Ketchum Community Room