Mike and Carrie Kralicek listen as names of fallen Idaho officers are read at the state's Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony on Wednesday; Mike Kralicek, who was shot while on duty as a Coeur d'Alene Police officer in 2004, was the keynote speaker. (Betsy Z. Russell)

Two weeks ago, retired Coeur d’Alene Police Officer Mike Kralicek lost his best friend, killed in the line of duty while serving in Oregon. “Then we got the call in the morning, when Greg was shot,” he said – Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore, a friend and fellow officer who was fatally shot while patrolling a quiet Coeur d’Alene neighborhood. Kralicek prayed. “I wanted him to live, but I didn’t want him to suffer,” he said.

He knows suffering. Ten and a half years ago, he was shot by a fleeing suspect, and survived grievous injuries that left him permanently disabled. Kralicek was the keynote speaker for the annual Idaho Peace Officers Memorial ceremony today, which was even more solemn than usual, coming on the heels of Moore’s death/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.