Watch LAPD Honor Nearly 240 Officers Killed in the Line of Duty

A memorial ceremony by the LAPD featured traditional police honors and included a special tribute to officers who died of complications from COVID-19.

May 6, 2022

By Irfan Khan

Source Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday honored 238 officers killed in the line of duty, including a special tribute to those who died of complications from COVID-19.

The ceremony featured traditional police honors: the "missing man" helicopter flyover formation, the riderless horse, a solo bugler playing taps, and the "end of watch broadcast." Families placed a long-stem rose near their loved one's name plate at the newly renovated memorial wall.

Chief Michel Moore was to announce the inclusion of 15 officers who died in 1918-19, as a result of the Spanish flu.

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