A Polk County police officer killed in the line of duty will be laid to rest Tuesday. Funeral services for Detective Kristen Hearne will be Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at the Victory Baptist Church in Rockmart, Georgia.

Interment will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 3:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at the church.

The Floyd County Law Enforcement Honor Guard will be serving as Pallbearers. Members of the Polk County Police Department and any and all other law enforcement officials will serve as Honorary Pallbearers.

Detective Hearne started her career in law enforcement with the Floyd County Sheriffs Department in 2008 as a Deputy Sheriff.

In July 2012 she began working for the Polk County Police Department as a Patrolman.

In 2013 she was promoted to the rank of Detective and was assigned to the Criminal Investigation’s Division of the Polk County Police Department.

You can leave condolences by going to the Lester C. Litesey Funeral Home website.

Meanwhile, the Polk County Police Department issued the following statement on it’s Facebook page:

“The Polk County Police Department and our community were struck with tragedy on Friday September 29, 2017 when one of our finest, Detective Kristen Hearne, was shot and killed while on a call for service on Santa Clause Mountain road in Cedartown. Kristen was a true professional who loved her job and it was reflected by her work ethic and compassion she showed every day. She will be missed. Please pray for our agency, the Hearne family and Officer David Goodrich who was also shot during this tragedy but is recovering. They both are heroes.”

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