Police Chief Remembers Officer Ashley Guindon

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Chief Stephan Hudson speaks at the Feb. 28 press conference at the Western Prince William Police Department with Commonwealth Attorney Paul Ebert, Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart and acting-County Executive Chris Martino. Prince William Police Chief Stephan Hudson speaks at the Feb. 28 press conference at the Western Prince William Police Department with Commonwealth Attorney Paul Ebert, Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart and Acting-County Executive Chris Martino. Photo of fallen officer Ashley Guindon.

Prince William’s Chief Stephan Hudson shared kind words, describing fallen officer Ashley Guindon, 29, during Sunday’s press conference.

Guindon died her first day on the job as an officer for the PWCPD, allegedly shot by Ronald Williams Hamilton, 32, while responding to a domestic incident at the 15000 block of Lashmere Court in Woodbridge, Saturday evening.

“She literally was sworn in the day before. And this was her first day back with us on the street riding in a field officer training program,” Hudson said.

Guindon was accompanied field-training officer, David McKeown, and officer Jesse Hempen who were also shot but are expected to survive.

Hudson said Guindon had a history with the department, participating in a summer internship with the department’s forensic team. She was later was accepted as a police officer, attending the Prince William Police academy and graduating in June of 2015.

“Subsequently during her field training period, she choose to resign for personal reasons,” Hudson said, “And then some months later, she came later and reapplied, and we simply had just rehired her, Friday.”

Hudson said he does not know the reasons Guidnon decided to leave the force, but said she displayed the kind of passion the departments looks for in its officers.

“When she came back and reapplied, we were struck by her passion to do her job…What she did share with us when we rehired her is she still felt that she wanted to do this job; she couldn’t get it out of her blood. It is something that she thought she could pour herself into, which is why she reapplied and sought to be rehired. She clearly had a passion to serve others in a way that went beyond herself.”

Guindon was highly educated, holding a bachelor degree in aeronautics from the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytonal Beach, Florida. She earned her masters in forensics from George Washington University, and also served in the U.S. Marine Corps reserved.

Hudson told a reporter that she has been described as very intelligent from those who knew her.

“She excelled in her undergraduate and her graduate work, obtaining a degree in forensics in her master’s work, so, it’s very clear to me that she was not only driven and passionate, but exceedingly intelligent,” Hudson said. “She struck us that way as we interviewed her prior to hiring and rehiring her, and that’s always the type office we’re seeking, with that kind of passion and intelligent.”

Guindon was survived by her mother Sharon Nowack Guindon, her father, David Guindon had previously passed. She grew up in Merrimack, New Hampshire.

More information about Ashley Guindon was shared by Prince William County Government.

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