PW Police Officer Chris Yung portrait unveiled on first anniversary of his death

The Prince William County Police Department honored the life and service of Officer Chris Yung Dec. 31, 2013 on the first anniversary of his line-of-duty death. The ceremony concluded with the unveiling of an official oil portrait of the fallen motorcycle officer.

Officer Yung was killed at the intersection of Nokesville Road and Piper Lane in Bristow on Dec. 31, 2012, at 2:03 p.m. He was responding to a separate traffic crash in Nokesville at the time of the incident.

The Department hosted a portrait unveiling ceremony at 2 p.m. Dec. 31 at the Prince William County Criminal Justice Academy, 13101 Public Safety Drive in Nokesville. Members of Officer Yung’s family attended the ceremony.

Police Chief Steve Hudson said the portrait of Officer Yung is a reminder of his service, his family and his sacrifice.

Hudson was quoted in a news release as saying, “Chris was a good husband, father, son, brother and police officer. Chris lived a life of service, and all of us in this Department are honored that he chose to serve the people of Prince William County alongside us.

Officer Yung was the third Prince William officer killed in the line of duty and the last law enforcement officer in America to lose his life in 2012.

The portrait, which will hang alongside oil portraits of the Department’s other two fallen officers at the Academy, was painted by Donald Poore.

Poore, who painted the portraits of Officer Mike Pennington and Officer Pete White that hang at the Academy, lives in southwest Virginia. He is a former Virginia State Police trooper.