Percy L. Clark carried badge No. 132 for the Salt Lake City Police Department for 21 years, and carried a single-action Colt revolver that earned him the moniker “Dirty Harry,” above his established nickname, “Perc.”
“My dad was one hell of a guy,” Clark’s daughter, Kathy Koester, said Thursday.
Koester was one of dozens of family members, police officers and municipal officials gathered at Salt Lake City police headquarters to honor Clark and 24 other members of the department who died because of their work.
The annual Fallen Officer Memorial Service included a bugler playing taps, a piper performing “Amazing Grace,” and the Salt Lake City police SWAT team giving a 21-volley salute, sending three sharp claps of rifle fire into the gray and windy afternoon.