Remembering Officer Jason Moszer: “He’s Saving Lives Even as He’s Gone”

As many in the community honor the life of Officer Jason Moszer…they often refer to him as a hero.

The Fargo Police Department knows they were lucky to have a man like Officer Jason Moszer.

Chief Todd describes him as a hero and while he may be gone, his legacy will live on forever.
 
“We had lockers within a few lockers of each other so we could see each other almost every day that he worked I would be down there changing out of my uniform as he was changing into his,” says Chief David Todd of Fargo PD.
 
As Chief Todd reflects on his time spent with Officer Moszer, he feels lucky to have called him a Fargo PD brother.
 
“You go through the highs and lows of traumatic situations with your fellow officers and Jason did just that with his fellow officers,” says Todd.
 
Moszer served on the Fargo PD for six years. Before that he was a combat medic in the army. He served in both Bosnia and Iraq.

Saving lives abroad and saving lives at home. In 2011 he was honored with a silver star for saving two children from an apartment fire.
 
“That combat medic, that service minded type of person that Jason was, and that saving lives type of person that he was continued on into his passing,” says Todd.
 
He will continue to save lives, as an organ donor.
 
“In terms of numbers it’s about 3500 people that need a transplant but when you think about all their family and friends whose lives are also impacted by the transplant it’s significant,” says Director of Sanford Transplant Services, Nick Hillman.
 
That’s 3500 people just in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.
 
“He’s saving lives even as he’s gone so that’s the kind of person that Jason Moszer was,” says Todd.
 
“As community members share love and kind words for Jason, this one comment sums up how most of us are feeling: always in our hearts.”
 
But no one can fill the void the Fargo PD feels
 
“You go through the highs and lows of traumatic situations with your fellow officers and Jason did just that with his fellow officers,” says Todd.
 
Chief Todd says he wouldn’t be surprised if more than 5,000 people attend Officer Moszer’s funeral next Monday at Scheels Arena.

The YMCA will be offering free child care during the funeral.