The name of state Sheriff's Deputy Daniel Browne-Sanchez, who was killed during a botched robbery last year, will be added to a long list of law enforcement officers who have been recognized nationally for their heroic acts.

Browne-Sanchez was recognized by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and his name will be added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C., officials here said yesterday.

At a ceremony yesterday, sheriff's deputies in uniform and in plainclothes. stood in silence as a 15-minute video replayed the media coverage of Browne-Sanchez's funeral, including a pass and review in front of the state Capitol and the scattering of his ashes off Kewalo Basin.

His mother, Robina Browne, sat in the front row at the auditorium yesterday, tissue box in hand as she watched the images stream past.

Browne-Sanchez was 27 when he was killed in February while attempting to stop an armed gunman at the Osake Sushi Bar and Lounge on Kapi'olani Boulevard, where he was working as a bartender's assistant.

Browne-Sanchez is the first sheriff's deputy in recent memory to be killed, on or off duty.

"Sheriff's deputies are charged with enforcing the law 24/7," Sheriff's Deputy Lt. Michael Oakland said yesterday after the ceremony at the state Capitol. "Because of his actions that saved so many people, we wanted to have him recognized."

The International Association of Chiefs of Police is the world's oldest and largest nonprofit membership organization of police executives, with more than 20,000 members spread across 89 countries.

Browne-Sanchez's name will be added to the national memorial — which was dedicated in 1991 by President George H.W. Bush to honor federal, state and local law officers — in May during National Police Week.

Inscribed on the memorial's blue-gray marble walls are the names of more than 17,500 officers killed in the line of duty, dating back to the first such known death in 1792.

"I want to convey my condolences on this anniversary," Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona said. "He did the job he loved, serving the state he loved even more. He didn't lose his life, he gave it."

Oakland said that whenever an officer is killed, it garners national attention.

"It's a fitting tribute," Oakland said. "Every time I watch that video, I choke up."

Sheriff's Deputy Charlie Among, who had worked with Browne-Sanchez at Honolulu International Airport, said he can't forget the sadness at the hospital after his comrade was shot.

Browne-Sanchez was shot three times by John Lorenzo Jr., who was convicted of second-degree murder in the slaying. His sentencing has been set for March 11.

Browne-Sanchez had been a sheriff's deputy for five years and had earned the distinction of being a "top gun" from a federal sniper training certification program he attended in Boise, Idaho.

"He was a true warrior, a true hero," Among said. "He cared a lot for people."