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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

  
Darnell Calhoun

Deputy Darnell Calhoun

Riverside Co. Sheriff's Office

EOW: January 13, 2023

At approximately 4:30pm on January 13, 2023, Deputies from the Riverside Co. Sheriff’s Office responded to a call for service in the 18500 block of Hilldale Lane, just east of Grand Avenue, in the unincorporated community that borders Lake Elsinore. The call was described as…

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Isaiah Cordero

Deputy Isaiah Cordero

Riverside Co. Sheriff's Office

EOW: December 29, 2022

On the afternoon of Thursday, December 29, 2022, shortly before 2:00pm, Deputy Isaiah Cordero with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle in the 3900 block of Golden West Avenue in Jurupa Valley. As Deputy Cordero approached the vehicle…

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Joseph Santana

Officer Joseph Santana

El Monte Police Department

EOW: June 14, 2022

At approximately 4:45pm on June 14, 2022, two officers from the El Monte Police Department responded to a call for a welfare check and possible stabbing at the Siesta Inn in the city of El Monte. Authorities reported the officers confronted the suspect and gunfire erupted…

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Michael Paredes

Sergeant Michael Paredes

El Monte Police Department

EOW: June 14, 2022

At approximately 4:45pm on June 14, 2022, two officers from the El Monte Police Department responded to a call for a welfare check and possible stabbing at the Siesta Inn in the city of El Monte. Authorities reported the officers confronted the suspect and gunfire erupted…

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Houston Ryan Tipping

Officer Houston Ryan Tipping

Los Angeles Police Department

EOW: May 29, 2022

Officer Houston Tipping of the Los Angeles Police Department was working as a bike instructor, participating in a defensive tactics scenario with another officer at the Elysian Park Police Academy, when he fell and suffered a spinal cord injury. Other officers immediately…

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Jorge David Alvarado

Officer Jorge David Alvarado

Salinas Police Department

EOW: February 25, 2022

At approximately10:41pm, on Friday, February 25, 2022, Salinas Police Officer Jorge David Alvarado conducted a traffic stop in the area of Market and Griffin Streets. During the stop, a subject opened fire on Officer Alvarado and he was fatally shot. Officer Alvarado’s…

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Steve M. Taylor

Correctional Lieutenant Steve M. Taylor

Riverside Co. Sheriff’s Office

EOW: February 24, 2022

Correctional Lieutenant Steve Taylor died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside. Correctional Lieutenant Taylor was a 27-year veteran of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and is survived by his…

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Nicholas Vella

Officer Nicholas Vella

Huntington Beach Police Department

EOW: February 19, 2022

At approximately 6:30pm on Saturday, February 19, 2022, Huntington Beach PD’s helicopter “HB1” was responding to a disturbance call in Newport Beach when it crashed into the waters off the southeast end of Lido Peninsula. The Orange County Fire Authority, Orange County…

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Tyler Ryan Lenehan

Officer Tyler Ryan Lenehan

Elk Grove Police Department

EOW: January 21, 2022

On the morning of January 21, 2022, at 0514 hours, the California Highway Patrol received a call of a wrong-way driver on Highway 99 near 47th Avenue in Sacramento. The calls indicated the driver was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of Highway 99. The CHP’s…

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Armando Cantu

Detective Armando Cantu

San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department

EOW: November 18, 2021

Armando Cantu, known fondly as Mando and Junior to close friends and family, was born in San Diego, California, before moving to Texas as a child. As everyone who knew him would attest, his Texas pride was incomparable. After graduating from Conroe High school in 1997,…

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Memorial Ceremony

Candlelight Vigil Sunday, May 7, 2023
8:30pm – 9:30pm

Enrollment Ceremony Monday, May 8, 2023
10:30am – 12:30pm

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