A group of officers from Bristol, Connecticut, applauded as the wife and new baby of their slain colleague left a hospital in New Haven, according to local news reports.

Footage posted to the Bristol Connecticut Police Department Facebook page shows a line of officers applauding as their late colleague’s wife, Laura DeMonte, leaves the hospital.

The department shared images of the newborn baby girl, Penelope Dustin-Ann DeMonte, and said she and her mother were doing well.

Sergeant Dustin DeMonte and another officer were killed while responding to a domestic disturbance call in Bristol in October 2022. Credit: Bristol Connecticut Police Department via Storyful

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