SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Officer William Berte is being remembered by the Springfield Police Department on Wednesday. No injuries after car catches fire on Sumner Ave in Springfield On January 8th, 1973, Officer William Berte was killed in the line of duty. Officer Berte started serving in Springfield on October 7th, 1969. He was just 28 years old when he died, serving with the Springfield Police Department for three years. A total of 17 Springfield officers died in the line of duty since the city’s founding in 1636. A Fallen Officer Memorial is located outside the police headquarters on Pearl Street. Springfield Police Fallen Officers Thomas Miller 10/05/1675 Daniel Donovan 09/29/1908 Adelbert St. Marie 08/31/1934 Carl Rolf 11/02/1938 John P. Sullivan, Sr. 02/02/1940 Thomas F. Murphy 02/02/1940 Raymond Moriarty 09/02/1946 John W. Connors 02/20/1953 Leo Hamel 10/31/1955 Francis Sears 09/11/1967 Walter C. Juskiewicz 06/21/1969 William R. Berte 01/08/1973 Richard D. Vigneault 04/11/1973 Paul F. Mawaka 10/30/1973 Michael Schiavina 11/12/1985 Alain Beauregard 11/15/1985 Kevin Ambrose 06/04/2012 Local News Headlines Massachusetts sees largest population increase in 60 years College student dies in skiing accident at Massachusetts ski resort, Jiminy Peak 22News Hiring: Meteorologist Trump again knocks wind energy, subsidies WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.