ThinBlueNews remembers Undersheriff Brandon Gaede of the Phillips County Sheriff's Office in Kansas on the anniversary of his End of Watch, Friday, June 27, 2025.
The Officer Down Memorial Page records that Undersheriff Gaede was shot and killed in Phillipsburg while responding to repeated calls about explosions and attempting to arrest a subject. ThinBlueNews is summarizing only the publicly listed memorial facts and is not adding investigative claims beyond ODMP's record.
ODMP lists Undersheriff Gaede as 30 years old, with eight years of law-enforcement service. He served with the Phillips County Sheriff's Office, and his End of Watch is recorded as June 27, 2025.
On this anniversary, the remembrance belongs first to his family, friends, Phillips County colleagues, dispatchers, neighboring agencies, and the Kansas law-enforcement community that continues to carry his name forward.
Anniversary memorials matter because a fallen officer's name should not fade after the funeral, the headlines, or the first year of grief.
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ThinBlueNews creates original remembrance pages to honor law-enforcement sacrifice. ODMP is the nonprofit maintaining the national officer memorial record and providing support resources connected to fallen officers and their families.
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Featured memorial image: ODMP profile photo of Undersheriff Brandon Gaede with ThinBlueNews memorial overlay and source attribution. ThinBlueNews does not claim ownership of the ODMP source portrait.
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