"The purpose of that sticker and this memorial is that we might always remember the great sacrifices made day in and day out by men and women in public service," he said. "We always want to remember."

Commissioner of Public Safety Scott Duncan said he was attending Springville High School when Warren was shot and had met him because his dad also was a UHP trooper.

"I want you to know," he said, addressing Warren's family, "we continue to do things, go on with our days, but we constantly think about those who have passed on, and we think of the families."

Warren's daughter-in-law, Glenna Gardner, said her favorite memory is taking Warren to visit her sons at Scout camp.

Their vehicle at the time was a Jeep without doors or a top.

"It sounded mean, but we took him out of the wheelchair and tied him into the Jeep with ropes so he could go up to eat with them at Scout camp," she said.

He loved it.

But what he really loved was his job and his co-workers, family said.

"At his funeral, it was said he had three loves: church, his family and the highway patrol," Kathleen Warren said. "Wrong. It was the highway patrol, then the church, then the wife. I can't think of anyone better I'd like to run in competition with."

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