Fallen officer’s mother raises money for MPD selling handmade Afghans [Video]

OUTSIDE ITS OWN LOCATIONS. THE MOTHER OF FALLEN MILWAUKEE POLICE OFFICER PETER GERVING IS USING HER ARTISTIC TALENTS TO HELP POLICE RECRUITS. AS 12 NEWS MALLORY ANDERSON SHOWS US, PATTI GERVING HAS BEEN BUSY CROCHETING AFGHANS TO RAISE MONEY FOR THOSE NEW OFFICERS. A UNIQUE COMBINATION IS TAKING OVER THE MILWAUKEE POLICE ACADEMY. CROCHET AND COPS. I’M TOO OLD TO BE A POLICE OFFICER AND SO I WANT TO DO WHAT I CAN, YOU KNOW, TO TO HELP HELP THEM OUT. PATTI IRVING’S SON PETER, WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN FEBRUARY 2023. NOW SHE’S TURNING HER TRAGEDY INTO ACTION, CROCHETING THESE 21 AFGHANS WITH THE INTENTION OF IMPROVING A NEW OFFICER’S LIFE. WHEN WE GOT BACK FROM WASHINGTON, DC, WHERE THEY ENGRAVED PETER’S NAME ON THE NATIONAL FALLEN HEROES MONUMENT, I GOT DEPRESSED. YOU KNOW, ALL THE HONORS FOR PETER WAS OVER, AND I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT …