DALLAS It was a domestic dispute few in the Dallas Police Department will ever forget.
On November 13, 2005, Officer Brian Jackson chased a suspect down an alley and was shot and killed.
Now nearly five years later a new honor and a new location for Officer Jackson's remains.
It's called the Garden of Honor, a unique memorial in the center of Restland Cemetary, where Dallas County's first responders are recognized.
This month, they will be joined by Officer Brian Jackson.
It's a lot of emotions and feelings, but I believe he should be there, said Jo Ann Jackson, the policeman's widow.
Jackson was buried at Restland before the Garden of Honor was established last year. Now his remains will be unearthed and moved to the secluded, beautiful spot where his wife always wanted him to be.
It was just a matter of me being ready emotionally to move him, she said. It's a big thing to bring somebody up and put them somewhere else.
Jackson will join two other Dallas County public safety officials already there: Dallas police Cpl. Norman Smith, who died serving a warrant in 2009; and Lancaster police Officer Craig Shaw, who was shot in June while responding to call.
We're pleased to see him move over there; a very exclusive group of people and colleagues he served with in the police department, said John Jackson, the slain officer's father.
And watching over them is a statue of an ascending angel carrying a police officer in one arm and a firefighter in another, along with symbols that celebrate their service and sacrifice.
I think I'll feel a lot better knowing he's there now, Jo Ann Jackson said. He's where he belongs.
It will be his final resting place, she added.
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