On September 11th, Omaha will remember a national tragedy and a local one. Sergeant Jason "Tye" Pratt was shot in the line of duty a year ago Saturday and died eight days later. Fellow officers are honoring their fallen colleague.

Pratt's memorial at the northeast precinct isn't as grand as some of the others that honor him but it was made by his fellow officers, on their own time and with their own money.

Tucked in behind the memorial for Jimmy Wilson Jr., you take a short path up to Sgt. Pratt's Memorial Garden.

At the center of the garden is a heart-shaped rock with the hand prints of Tye's daughters Jordyn and Madison on the stone. It provides the garden's most personal touch and shows just a part of what Tye left behind.

Sgt. Kirk Kunze says, "She wanted them to especially be involved with that, so it's a neat reminder for all of us in years to come."

In the year since his death, Sgt. Pratt has been honored in many ways. The public lined the streets for his funeral procession, there was a community vigil during the struggle for life that he would eventually lose and his name has been added to fallen officer memorials in Omaha and Washington.

Sgt. Kunze says, "The officers wanted to have something here at the precinct."

So they joined Pratt's widow Stacy and the girls planting the garden. In comparison to other memorials the garden at the northeast precinct is small and tranquil, just like it's intended to be. It's not a place for large public displays or ceremony.

"We picked this site because it was a little bit out of the way and wasn't over by the cars and the traffic," Sgt. Kunze says.

In January, the Omaha Police Department presented the Purple Heart award to Sergeant Pratt's family. In May, the Omaha Police Foundation named him Officer of the Year.

Stacy Pratt is working to bring change from tragedy. She's the driving force behind the JASON task force with a goal of increasing public safety by holding judges accountable for their decisions.

Albert Rucker, the man who shot Pratt, was on the streets despite being arrested more than 140 times. Those crimes included a shooting.

The JASON task force released its first report earlier this month. Between 2000 and 2002, it found 93 cases in Douglas County in which felony offenders were given probation instead of jail time. The cases include five assaults on police officers, 11 sexual assaults and a manslaughter case.

The task force plans to track chronic, violent offenders as they go through the system and eventually post judges' decisions on their Web site.