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California Peace Officers' Memorial Foundation

California Peace Officers' Memorial Foundation

Honoring Our Fallen Heroes

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    A nonprofit charitable foundation whose mission is to recognize and honor California's peace officers who gave their lives In The Line of Duty serving the citizens of this great state, and provide support to the family members left behind.


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Honoring Our Fallen Officers

  
Joshua Byrd

Parole Agent Joshua Byrd

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

EOW: July 18, 2025

At approximately 12:50pm on Thursday, July 17, 2025, Parole Agent Joshua Byrd of the Oakland Division of Adult Parole Operations (DAPO) was shot inside a parole office at the corner of Edgewater Drive and Pardee Lane in East Oakland. He was immediately transported to a…

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Shiou L. Deng

Sergeant Shiou L. Deng

Los Angeles Police Department

EOW: June 23, 2025

At approximately 1:58 a.m. on Monday, June 23, 2025, Sergeant Shiou L. Deng of the Los Angeles Police Department was traveling south on the 405 in his marked patrol vehicle when he witnessed a collision. After activating his emergency lights, he exited his patrol vehicle to…

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Samuel Riveros

Officer Samuel Riveros

Baldwin Park Police Department

EOW: May 31, 2025

At approximately 7:12 p.m. on Saturday, May 31, 2025, Baldwin Park Police Officers Samuel Riveros and Anthony Pimental responded to a call of a male suspect firing a rifle in the street and an unresponsive person lying on the ground in a neighborhood near the 4200 block of…

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Osmar Rodarte

Officer Osmar Rodarte

Marysville Police Department

EOW: March 26, 2025

In the early morning hours of Wednesday, March 26, 2025, multiple law enforcement agencies executed a series of over 20 search warrants across Yuba, Sutter, Tehama, and Butte counties as part of a years-long transnational drug trafficking investigation by the Yuba-Sutter…

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Timothy Corlew

Deputy Timothy Corlew

Riverside Co. Sheriff's Office

EOW: January 08, 2025

At approximately 5:30am on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, Riverside County Deputy Sheriff Timothy Corlew had just cleared a traffic stop on CA 91. While traveling westbound in the HOV lane east of La Sierra Avenue, Deputy Corlew’s patrol motorcycle collided with a vehicle,…

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Austin Machitar

Officer Austin Machitar

San Diego Police Department

EOW: August 26, 2024

Shortly after 11:30pm on Monday, August 26, 2024, officers from the San Diego Police Department witnessed a vehicle traveling at an excessively high rate of speed on surface streets and initiated a traffic stop. The driver did not yield, and a short pursuit ensued. Due to…

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Matthew Bowen

Officer Matthew Bowen

Vacaville Police Department

EOW: July 11, 2024

At approximately 10:31am on Thursday, July 11, 2024, Vacaville Police Officer Matthew Bowen was conducting a traffic stop near the intersection of Leisure Town Road and Orange Drive when he was struck from behind by another vehicle. Officer Bowen began receiving medical aid…

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Alfredo “Freddy” Flores

Deputy Alfredo “Freddy” Flores

Los Angeles Co. Sheriff's Department

EOW: April 20, 2024

On October 10, 2023, Deputy Alfredo “Freddy” Flores of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was training with a fellow deputy inside the mobile shooting range at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic when an equipment malfunction ignited a fire at…

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Tuan Le

Officer Tuan Le

Oakland Police Department

EOW: December 29, 2023

Long before Officer Tuan Le became a peace officer, he exhibited a kind and generous spirit. Born in Vietnam, Le moved to Oakland when he was a child. At Tuan’s memorial service, his cousin, Jennifer Ky, emotionally told a story about Tuan that has stuck with her all these…

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Chad E. Swanson

Officer Chad E. Swanson

Manhattan Beach Police Department

EOW: October 04, 2023

On October 4, 2023, Officer Chad Swanson of the Manhattan Beach Police Department was killed in a motorcycle crash on the 405 Highway at Del Amo Avenue. At approximately 5:15am, a vehicle struck his department motorcycle after another vehicle made an unsafe lane change. The…

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Memorial Ceremony

Candlelight Vigil Sunday, May 3, 2026
8:30pm – 9:30pm

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10:30am – 12:30pm

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