DeKalb County Police Sgt. Tre Jones knew he would pick David Rose to lead his police academy class on day one, a decision that usually takes four to six weeks to make.

What he didn’t know about were Rose’s swift moves on the basketball court. But he would soon see them in action at a local church’s court while Rose’s wife and kids cheered him on from the bleachers.

Weeks after he was fatally shot in the Aug. 8 shooting at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, law enforcement colleagues described Rose as a courageous leader who put his family above all else at a memorial service Friday at a church north of Atlanta. 5

“Without question, he was the finest I ever had the pleasure of training,” Jones said. “He was unshakable. His attitude toward

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