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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

  
Andy Ornelas

Officer Andy Ornelas

CHP - Antelope Valley

EOW: December 02, 2020

On November 23, 2020, at approximately 7:05 pm, Officer Andy Ornelas of the CHP Antelope Valley Area Office was responding to assist with a traffic collision on SR-14. While on his way to the scene, a motorist pulled from the right shoulder to make a U-turn directly in his…

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Harry Cohen

Sergeant Harry Cohen

Riverside Co. Sheriff's Department

EOW: October 18, 2020

On Sunday, October 18, 2020, Sergeant Harry Cohen and his assigned deputies participated in a Quarterly Physical Fitness Qualification (PFQ) at the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Enforcement Bureau Fitness Training Facility.  At…

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Jose Cruz Mora

Detective Jose Cruz Mora

Fresno County Sheriff's Office

EOW: September 07, 2020

Detective Jose Cruz Mora of the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office passed away on September 7, 2020 after contracting the COVID-19 virus.  Immediately prior to his death, Detective Mora had been working two separate investigations, a homicide and a kidnapping, which…

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Damon Gutzwiller

Sergeant Damon Gutzwiller

Santa Cruz Co. Sheriff's Office

EOW: June 06, 2020

At approximately 1:30pm on Saturday, June 6, 2020, the Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office received a call reporting a suspicious van in a turnout near Jamison Creek Road in Boulder Creek. The caller reported guns and bomb making materials were visible inside the van. As deputies…

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Terrell D. Young

Deputy Terrell D. Young

Riverside Sheriff's Department

EOW: April 02, 2020

In the early morning hours of April 2, 2020, Deputy Terrell Young, a 15-year veteran of the Riverside Sheriff’s Department, passed away from complications related to the COVID-19 virus.  Deputy Young had been assigned to the Cois Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta. …

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Mary Lou Armer

Detective Mary Lou Armer

Santa Rosa Police Department

EOW: March 31, 2020

On March 31, 2020, Detective Marylou Armer of the Santa Rosa Police Department passed away due to complications from COVID-19.  Detective Armer, age 43, was a 20-year veteran of the Santa Rosa Police Department, beginning her service as a Field Evidence Technician in…

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Brian Ishmael

Brian Ishmael

El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office

EOW: October 23, 2019

In the early morning hours of Wednesday, October 23, 2019, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office received a request for service for suspected theft at a residential marijuana grow in the area of Sand Ridge Road and Mt. Aukumn Road in Somerset.  Deputy Brian Ishmael…

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Andre Moye, Jr.

Officer Andre Moye, Jr.

CHP – Riverside Area

EOW: August 12, 2019

At approximately 5:37pm on Monday, August 12, 2019, Officer Andre Moye, Jr., of the CHP Riverside Area Office conducted a traffic stop on a white GMC truck in the area of Box Springs Boulevard and Eastridge Avenue, just west of Interstate 215.

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Tara O’Sullivan

Officer Tara O’Sullivan

Sacramento Police Department

EOW: June 19, 2019

On Wednesday, June 19, 2019, Sacramento Police Department Officers received reports of a domestic disturbance between a man and a woman at a home in north Sacramento near Edgewater Road and Redwood Avenue.  Later that afternoon officers were assisting the woman with…

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Steve Licon

Sergeant Steve Licon

California Highway Patrol, Riverside

EOW: April 06, 2019

At approximately 4:26pm on April 6, 2019, Sergeant Steve Licon, a CHP motorcycle officer from the Riverside Area Office, was conducting a traffic stop on the 15 Freeway near Nichols Road in Lake Elsinore. He was positioned on the shoulder of the highway behind a Chrysler…

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