Their badges wrapped in black bands of mourning, police officers from throughout the West gathered for a tearful tribute to Officer Howard Ellsworth Dallies Jr. who was gunned down March 9, 1993 during a routine traffic stop.

Dallies, a veteran officer who helped train recruits and was soon to be promoted to sergeant, was remembered as a “fallen hero” in a moving ceremony at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove.

A well-liked officer and father of two, the 36-year-old patrolman was the third Southern California police officer to be slain on duty since Feb. 22.

“I do not feel that Howard is a hero simply because of his untimely death at the hands of a cowardly assassin,” Garden Grove Sgt. George Jaramillo said of his slain colleague. “I feel strongly that Howard is a hero because of the way he lived his life. Howard Dallies typified our department’s motto as he lived his life with courage, courtesy and commitment.”

Dallies’ gun was still strapped in its holster when he was shot at 2:45 a.m. on March 9, apparently while making a traffic stop in a quiet residential neighborhood in Garden Grove. He was the fifth officer from Garden Grove, and the 3lst in Orange County to be killed while on duty since 1912. He was wearing a bullet-proof vest when he was shot.

Dailies is survived by his wife, Mary their two sons Christopher, 7, and Scott, 4, and his father, Howard Dallies Sr. At the funeral, Jaramillo quoted Christopher as saying, “I think my dad was a very special man. He was shot but is not forgotten.”

Dallies began his law enforcement career at age 17 in the U.S. Army’s military police force, then attended the Orange County Sheriff’s Academy. Raised in Garden Grove, he joined that city’s force in 1984, after brief stints as an Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy and a police officer in Placentia. Dallies also has worked for Orange County’s Regional Narcotics Suppression Program and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

During his eight years with Garden Grove, Dallies received 26 citizen commendations and was named a master officer, serving as a mentor for rookies and earning a reputation as a “cop’s cop.”

“He stood out as an exceptional police officer in a department made up of exceptional police officers,” John R. Robertson said at the funeral.

“Howard did have tremendous courage, he had sincere courtesy, he was an officer who could balance the tools of coercion with sympathy and empathy,” added Robertson, a former Garden Grove police chief who now heads the Orange Police Department. “There’s going to be a void because of the tremendous talent Howard Dallies possessed.”

At the funeral, Garden Grove Police Chaplain Steven R. La Fond read a poem sent in by a 13-year-old boy. “He was a hero, not just another man… He was a savior an outstretched hand,” the teenager wrote. “I write for the memory of a man I never knew……. A man who, through death, influenced me too.”

Referring to memorials for slain police officers in Sacramento and Washington, Knee said: “Let us pray, let us set as a goal that Howard Dallies’ name is the last one to be added to those memorials.”

The 125-officer Compton Police Department grieved for two fellow officers who were gunned down following a vehicle stop on Feb. 22, 1993. Reserve Officer James Wayne Mac Donald, 24, and Officer Kevin Michael Burrell, 29, were the first officers in the department to die in the line of duty.

At some time between 11 p.m. and 11:15 p.m., the officers were answering an unrelated disturbance call when they spotted a “possible traffic violation of suspicious circumstances,” and decided to make a traffic stop on a customized red Chevrolet pick-up truck traveling westbound on Rosecrans Avenue from Wilmington Avenue. The pick-up truck was pulled over and stopped on Rosecrans Avenue just east of Dwight Avenue.

Based on witness statements after the event, Officers Burrell and Mac Donald approached the red truck and the suspect exited the driver’s door. Reportedly, both officers were attempting to physically restrain the suspect, each officer was attempting to control the suspect’s arms by placing them behind his back. During the struggle the suspect was able to arm himself from his person with a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol and began shooting at both officers.

Upon falling to the ground, officers still received gunfire from the suspect. The suspect re-entered the truck and fled the scene.

The Police Department received a number of telephone calls from citizens who reported hearing shots being fired and/or observing two uniformed officers “down” in the street in the area of Rosecrans and Dwight Avenues. Compton patrol officers quickly arrived on the scene and observed both officers suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to their heads and bodies laying motionless in the street near the front of their patrol car, their service weapons were still holstered and secured and their backup weapons still in their pockets.

The information was broadcast over the radio and shortly dozens of patrol units from various agencies converged on the location. An intensive manhunt for the suspect was conducted throughout the night and days following. The suspect a member of a notorious Los Angeles gang known as “Bounty Hunters”, was eventually identified.

Through news media coverage he became aware that he was wanted by the Compton Police in connection with the murders of Officers Burrell and Mac Donald, he arranged with the news media to surrender himself to a television reporter, who subsequently surrendered the suspect to authorities.

The suspect who was on parole was subsequently tried and convicted of the murders, he received the death penalty and is presently awaiting his appeal.

Kevin Burrell was a 6-foot-6-inch gentle giant known for his basketball prowess and easy manner as a policeman, friends and fellow officers said.

Lt. Gary Anderson groomed Burrell in both passions. Anderson’s voice broke several times as he talked about his friend. “I’ve known him since he was a kid around here – when he was 15 and an Explorer Scout.”

Burrell would fill out reports at the counter for eight hours and then work another eight hours accompanying Anderson as he worked patrol on the graveyard shift.

When Burrell became an officer in 1988, Anderson coached him on the Compton P.D. basketball team that competed in the Police Olympics.

Burrell, the fifth of seven children, was a starting center for the Compton High School basketball team in 1981, when the team finished second in the Moore League.

He went on to California State University/Dominguez Hills, where he was a captain of the basketball team and a student escort for the campus police.

“I watched him grow up professionally,” said Michael Lordanich, police chief at CSUDH. “He was as kind a person as you would want to meet. He was a gentle giant.”

Burrell attended CSUDH from 1981 through 1985, studying public administration and criminal justice. He then went to work for the Compton P.D. as a civilian for several years before becoming a sworn officer.

As a police officer “he always had time to chit-chat with you. It made you feel like he was your own son or father” said Gladys Russell, a Compton resident since 1956.

“He wasn’t the kind to throw you up against a car. He would have long talks with young people in trouble,” she said.

The day before he died, Burrell, who was single, talked with a high school chum about sports, his 3-year-old son, Kevin Jr., and the city where he grew up and still lived. “He knew everybody. He felt safe,” said Greg Woods.

Feb. 23rd would’ve been the last shift for Compton Reserve Officer James Mac Donald. Officer Mac Donald had only about 15 minutes left on his last shift the night he was shot. The athletic 24-year-old was on his way to San Jose, where he was to enter the San Jose P.D. Academy.

“It’s sad. I sit back and think, could we have started the academy class a month early?” said San Jose Police Sgt. Gary Bertelson, who heads up recruitment for the department. Mac Donald was one of 60 candidates selected out of 240 applicants for the l,250-officer department.

Mac Donald grew up in Santa Rosa and attended Piner High School, a private school in that city. In 1987, when he was a senior, MacDonald was the quarterback and led the football team to a 9-1 season.

Mac Donald, who was single, continued to play sports, mostly adult league basketball and softball.

He briefly attended California State University Sacramento, before coming to California State University Long Beach, where he was close to graduating with a degree in speech communications and criminal justice.

Mac Donald was sitting in a criminal justice class at CSULB when he was recruited as a reserve for the Compton P.D., said Lt. Flores. That was June 1, 1991.

Reserve officers go through training and then volunteer for 16 hours per month and are paid an hourly wage for additional hours worked.

“‘Jimmy Mac’ (as Mac Donald was known) was a very fine reserve officer. He worked a lot and learned quickly,” said Sgt. Michael Markey, who is president of the Compton Police Officers Association.

“His department thought very highly of him,” Bertelson said. “He was only a reserve, but he was putting in a full weeks work, which is above and beyond the requirement.

“He was so looking forward to leaving and starting his new job,” said police Officer Mark Lobel, a close friend of Mac Donald’s.

At the site of the killing, an impromptu memorial to the slain officers was established on a small patch of grass beside the curb. Also scattered about Compton are copies of a poem written by a local bus driver.

It reads in part: “You can never replace Officers Mac Donald and Burrell. God knows the dangers of doing what’s right.”

Mac Donald was a star athletic in high school and had won numerous awards for his athletic ability. He enjoyed all sports. Each year in Mac Donald’s hometown of Santa Rosa, Ca. The Jimmy Mac Donald Memorial Softball Tournament is held to raise money for a scholarship fund set up by three of Mac Donald’s friends. The Jimmy MacDonald Peace Officer Scholarship has been established at the Exchange Bank’s Coddingtown branch, 1300 Guerneville Road, Santa Rosa 95401. The scholarship is awarded to someone attending the police academy.

You never get over the loss of a child, but knowing that our sons name is on the wall in Sacramento, Washington, D.C., The Miami Police Hall of Fame, and the wall in Whittier, California, means to us, he will never be forgotten, said his parents.

Compton Police Officers Association has created a trust fund to help provide for the families of the two slain officers.

Donations can be sent to CPOA, Kevin Burrell/James Mac Donald Memorial Fund, P0. Box 5368, Compton 90224.

(Part of this account was written and submitted to the CPOM online by Officer Mac Donald’s mother.)

The 125-officer Compton Police Department grieved for two fellow officers who were gunned down following a vehicle stop on Feb. 22, 1993. Reserve Officer James Wayne Mac Donald, 24, and Officer Kevin Michael Burrell, 29, were the first officers in the department to die in the line of duty.

At some time between 11 p.m. and 11:15 p.m., the officers were answering an unrelated disturbance call when they spotted a “possible traffic violation of suspicious circumstances,” and decided to make a traffic stop on a customized red Chevrolet pick-up truck traveling westbound on Rosecrans Avenue from Wilmington Avenue. The pick-up truck was pulled over and stopped on Rosecrans Avenue just east of Dwight Avenue.

Based on witness statements after the event, Officers Burrell and Mac Donald approached the red truck and the suspect exited the driver’s door. Reportedly, both officers were attempting to physically restrain the suspect, each officer was attempting to control the suspect’s arms by placing them behind his back. During the struggle the suspect was able to arm himself from his person with a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol and began shooting at both officers.

Upon falling to the ground, officers still received gunfire from the suspect. The suspect re-entered the truck and fled the scene.

The Police Department received a number of telephone calls from citizens who reported hearing shots being fired and/or observing two uniformed officers “down” in the street in the area of Rosecrans and Dwight Avenues. Compton patrol officers quickly arrived on the scene and observed both officers suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to their heads and bodies laying motionless in the street near the front of their patrol car, their service weapons were still holstered and secured and their backup weapons still in their pockets.

The information was broadcast over the radio and shortly dozens of patrol units from various agencies converged on the location. An intensive manhunt for the suspect was conducted throughout the night and days following. The suspect a member of a notorious Los Angeles gang known as “Bounty Hunters”, was eventually identified.

Through news media coverage he became aware that he was wanted by the Compton Police in connection with the murders of Officers Burrell and Mac Donald, he arranged with the news media to surrender himself to a television reporter, who subsequently surrendered the suspect to authorities.

The suspect who was on parole was subsequently tried and convicted of the murders, he received the death penalty and is presently awaiting his appeal.

Kevin Burrell was a 6-foot-6-inch gentle giant known for his basketball prowess and easy manner as a policeman, friends and fellow officers said.

Lt. Gary Anderson groomed Burrell in both passions. Anderson’s voice broke several times as he talked about his friend. “I’ve known him since he was a kid around here – when he was 15 and an Explorer Scout.”

Burrell would fill out reports at the counter for eight hours and then work another eight hours accompanying Anderson as he worked patrol on the graveyard shift.

When Burrell became an officer in 1988, Anderson coached him on the Compton P.D. basketball team that competed in the Police Olympics.

Burrell, the fifth of seven children, was a starting center for the Compton High School basketball team in 1981, when the team finished second in the Moore League.

He went on to California State University/Dominguez Hills, where he was a captain of the basketball team and a student escort for the campus police.

“I watched him grow up professionally,” said Michael Lordanich, police chief at CSUDH. “He was as kind a person as you would want to meet. He was a gentle giant.”

Burrell attended CSUDH from 1981 through 1985, studying public administration and criminal justice. He then went to work for the Compton P.D. as a civilian for several years before becoming a sworn officer.

As a police officer “he always had time to chit-chat with you. It made you feel like he was your own son or father” said Gladys Russell, a Compton resident since 1956.

“He wasn’t the kind to throw you up against a car. He would have long talks with young people in trouble,” she said.

The day before he died, Burrell, who was single, talked with a high school chum about sports, his 3-year-old son, Kevin Jr., and the city where he grew up and still lived. “He knew everybody. He felt safe,” said Greg Woods.

Feb. 23rd would’ve been the last shift for Compton Reserve Officer James Mac Donald. Officer Mac Donald had only about 15 minutes left on his last shift the night he was shot. The athletic 24-year-old was on his way to San Jose, where he was to enter the San Jose P.D. Academy.

“It’s sad. I sit back and think, could we have started the academy class a month early?” said San Jose Police Sgt. Gary Bertelson, who heads up recruitment for the department. Mac Donald was one of 60 candidates selected out of 240 applicants for the l,250-officer department.

Mac Donald grew up in Santa Rosa and attended Piner High School, a private school in that city. In 1987, when he was a senior, MacDonald was the quarterback and led the football team to a 9-1 season.

Mac Donald, who was single, continued to play sports, mostly adult league basketball and softball.

He briefly attended California State University Sacramento, before coming to California State University Long Beach, where he was close to graduating with a degree in speech communications and criminal justice.

Mac Donald was sitting in a criminal justice class at CSULB when he was recruited as a reserve for the Compton P.D., said Lt. Flores. That was June 1, 1991.

Reserve officers go through training and then volunteer for 16 hours per month and are paid an hourly wage for additional hours worked.

“‘Jimmy Mac’ (as Mac Donald was known) was a very fine reserve officer. He worked a lot and learned quickly,” said Sgt. Michael Markey, who is president of the Compton Police Officers Association.

“His department thought very highly of him,” Bertelson said. “He was only a reserve, but he was putting in a full weeks work, which is above and beyond the requirement.

“He was so looking forward to leaving and starting his new job,” said police Officer Mark Lobel, a close friend of Mac Donald’s.

At the site of the killing, an impromptu memorial to the slain officers was established on a small patch of grass beside the curb. Also scattered about Compton are copies of a poem written by a local bus driver.

It reads in part: “You can never replace Officers Mac Donald and Burrell. God knows the dangers of doing what’s right.”

Mac Donald was a star athletic in high school and had won numerous awards for his athletic ability. He enjoyed all sports. Each year in Mac Donald’s hometown of Santa Rosa, Ca. The Jimmy Mac Donald Memorial Softball Tournament is held to raise money for a scholarship fund set up by three of Mac Donald’s friends. The Jimmy MacDonald Peace Officer Scholarship has been established at the Exchange Bank’s Coddingtown branch, 1300 Guerneville Road, Santa Rosa 95401. The scholarship is awarded to someone attending the police academy.

You never get over the loss of a child, but knowing that our sons name is on the wall in Sacramento, Washington, D.C., The Miami Police Hall of Fame, and the wall in Whittier, California, means to us, he will never be forgotten, said his parents.

Compton Police Officers Association has created a trust fund to help provide for the families of the two slain officers.

Donations can be sent to CPOA, Kevin Burrell/James Mac Donald Memorial Fund, P0. Box 5368, Compton 90224.

(Part of this account was written and submitted to the CPOM online by Officer Mac Donald’s mother.)

“Working the night shift in tough South Central Los Angeles, former Saginaw Township resident Edward E. Reed Jr. never complained of his duties, colleagues say.

“This guy followed everything I told him to do,” said Sgt. William J. Thomson of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Police Department.

“This kid just loved being a cop, loved doing his job.”

Transit Police Officer Reed was fatally injured and fellow officer Eric Waterman was seriously injured in an on-duty early morning traffic accident involving an alleged drunk driver on Sunday, Feb. 21, 1993.

Reed was killed when a car ran a red light, broadsiding the patrol car and causing it to slam into a pole. The man abandoned his car, then fled the scene before being apprehended at his residence after an intensive search was conducted with the help of the Los Angeles Police Department.

The suspect pled guilty to manslaughter charges in Dept. 112 of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County on March 22, 1993. He was sentenced to seven years in state prison.

Reed was the first officer killed in the line of duty in the 14-year history of the Transit Authority police force, which is separate from tile Los Angeles Police Department.

The injured officer Waterman, 25, a member of the force since May 1990, was admitted to USC Medical Center for treatment of a fractured vertebrae.

Reed, assigned to early morning patrol, was an avid runner who served in the U.S. Army as a MP. He was born in New Jersey and lived in Washington State before joining tile Transit Police in December 1991. He was single, but had recently announced his engagement to Jeanette Starr and planned to be married Sept. 10.

“We all felt good when you called for a back-up. You knew he (Reed) was on his way,” said Ofc. Sheryl Peterson who had worked with Reed on the same watch.

“He was the type of cop you’d want on your squad,” said Sgt. Mo Angel, adding that “he (Reed) never complained, he just went out and did his job. You could count on him.”

Reed will be missed and remembered by his fellow Transit police officers for his contribution and dedication to the department.

He is survived by his parents, Ed and Betty Reed, of Puyallup, WA, sisters Alice and Kathy, and fiancee, Jeanette Starr.

Donations can be made in Ofc. Reed’s name to the California Peace Officers’ Memorial Fund, 1911 F Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.

Arthur Paul Parga, a Merced native, was named outstanding officer in his police academy graduating class.

Parga died in the line of duty Friday, Jan. 22, 1993, while on the job as a member of Stockton Police Department’s special weapons and tactical unit that was assisting CRACNET a countywide narcotics task force, in serving a search warrant.

He and the man believed to have shot him, 63-year-old Manuel Medina Ramirez, were killed as drug agents raided a residence early Friday. Parga was shot fatally in the head and leg during an exchange of gunfire as he and other officers tried to serve a search warrant shortly after 2 a.m.

“SWAT members entered the house and were confronted by a resident of the house,” a police spokesman said.

“This subject was armed and shot one of the officers, fatally wounding the officer. Another officer confronted the subject, who was still armed, and shot the subject.”

The killings occurred in a north Stockton neighborhood of well-kept, fairly new single-family homes. A neighbor said she had seen no sign of drug dealing but often heard gunfire in the area at night.

The raid on the house was part of an investigation into marijuana trafficking.

Parga had been on the Stockton police force for 3 1/2 years and previously was a Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Deputy from January 1984 to August 1989. While working at the Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Department, he led the investigation of the notorious “freeway rapist” and was responsible for his arrest.

Parga grew up in Merced County, received an associate of science degree from Merced College before earning an administration-of-justice degree from San Jose State University in 1984.

Stockton Police Chief Lucian Neely, wiping tears from his eyes, at Parga’s funeral offered some remembrances and named Parga Stockton’s Officer of the Year. “Art was an architect designing the future of the Stockton Police Department,” Neely said. “He will be missed.”

Stockton police Capt. David Swim said Parga’s name, etched in the granite memorial, means “his memory will be with us in the line of duty. He made the ultimate sacrifice.” Swim urged family and friends to remember Parga’s “goodness, kindness… his courage.” He added, “We share your grief, anger and pain.”

Deputy Chief of Operations Ed Chavez said Parga’s death, the first for a police officer in the line of duty since Timothy White was killed in 1990, has shaken the department.

“I can tell you it’s a time of extreme difficulty and solace in this department,” Chavez said. “Art was a very professional officer and well-liked by everybody who knew him.”

Parga was a member of the National Association of Field Training Officers.

Parga, 31, was survived by his pregnant wife, Lisa Marie, and a 5-year-old son, Arthur. Trust funds for his family have been established at Union Safe Deposit Bank, 5555 N. Pershing Ave., Stockton, CA 95207, and at Bank of America, 1546 St. Marks Plaza, Stockton, CA 95207.

On May 27, 1992, while on bicycle patrol in the Hollywood area, Officer Joe Rios struck an automobile which exited a parking lot obstructing Rios’ path. Rios sustained a cerebral concussion which contributed to his death eight months later of a massive seizure and cardiac arrest.

Morgan Haynes had just one more request for Santa Claus – she wanted her daddy back. It’s a wish that won’t come true for the 3-year-old Benicia girl.

Richmond police Officer David T. Haynes, was shot to death along with fellow Officer Leonard W. Garcia at 6:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 28, 1992, half an hour before they were scheduled to go off duty.

“She asked if she could talk to Santa Claus to see if he could bring daddy home from the hospital,” Haynes’ wife, Kyle, said after learning of her husband’s death.

That eventful Monday would have been Haynes’ last day on patrol duty, his wife said. He was scheduled to join Richmond’s detective team, investigating juvenile crime. The 30-year-old leaves behind two children, his daughter and a 1-year-old son.

“I don’t think any of us will ever be the same,” said Leonard Garcia’s brother, Ron. Both officers were shot to death when they tried to intervene in an argument between a distraught man and his ex-wife.

In a scene reminiscent of past arguments with his wife, Jay Choe had arrived at her apartment with a gun, the tool by which he had planned to bring the family together. But this time, he used it, shooting both officers, his wife and their son, before apparently turning the gun on himself. All three men were killed. Choe’s wife and son survived.

Friends and colleagues said the Richmond Police Department had lost two of its best. Both were dedicated officers who got into the business because they wanted to help others.

Garcia, 31, grew up in San Pablo and was last living in Suisun. “He knew what he wanted to do, and he did it with conviction,” Ron Garcia said of his younger brother. “He wanted to be where he thought he could make a difference.”

Garcia had been assigned to the graveyard shift for almost a year. He spent about three years in the narcotics division before that.

“I can speak from the perspective as his boss. He seemed to have a great personality and a good sense of humor,” said Richmond Lt. Ray Howard, commander of the Iron Triangle Community Policing Project and a 20-year veteran of the force.

Haynes was known for his expert work with evidence such as fingerprints. Ironically, he was the officer who took a rifle away from Choe two years ago and booked it as evidence that helped sentence him to a year in jail.

Howard said he was impressed with Haynes’ sense of compassion and religious devotion. A Woodland native, Haynes had attended seminary and completed a one-year mission in Chile, his wife said. Both were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Benicia.

“(Haynes) was truly a nice man. Being a good officer aside, he was just truly a nice man,” Howard said. “He was very religious and thoughtful. He cared about his fellow human beings and wanted the best for everybody, not just those in the department.”

In just a few years on the police force, both men had accumulated numerous commendations from their superiors, said Sgt. Mike Pon.

Morgan Haynes had just one more request for Santa Claus – she wanted her daddy back. It’s a wish that won’t come true for the 3-year-old Benicia girl.

Richmond police Officer David T. Haynes, was shot to death along with fellow Officer Leonard W. Garcia at 6:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 28, 1992, half an hour before they were scheduled to go off duty.

“She asked if she could talk to Santa Claus to see if he could bring daddy home from the hospital,” Haynes’ wife, Kyle, said after learning of her husband’s death.

That eventful Monday would have been Haynes’ last day on patrol duty, his wife said. He was scheduled to join Richmond’s detective team, investigating juvenile crime. The 30-year-old leaves behind two children, his daughter and a 1-year-old son.

“I don’t think any of us will ever be the same,” said Leonard Garcia’s brother, Ron. Both officers were shot to death when they tried to intervene in an argument between a distraught man and his ex-wife.

In a scene reminiscent of past arguments with his wife, Jay Choe had arrived at her apartment with a gun, the tool by which he had planned to bring the family together. But this time, he used it, shooting both officers, his wife and their son, before apparently turning the gun on himself. All three men were killed. Choe’s wife and son survived.

Friends and colleagues said the Richmond Police Department had lost two of its best. Both were dedicated officers who got into the business because they wanted to help others.

Garcia, 31, grew up in San Pablo and was last living in Suisun. “He knew what he wanted to do, and he did it with conviction,” Ron Garcia said of his younger brother. “He wanted to be where he thought he could make a difference.”

Garcia had been assigned to the graveyard shift for almost a year. He spent about three years in the narcotics division before that.

“I can speak from the perspective as his boss. He seemed to have a great personality and a good sense of humor,” said Richmond Lt. Ray Howard, commander of the Iron Triangle Community Policing Project and a 20-year veteran of the force.

Haynes was known for his expert work with evidence such as fingerprints. Ironically, he was the officer who took a rifle away from Choe two years ago and booked it as evidence that helped sentence him to a year in jail.

Howard said he was impressed with Haynes’ sense of compassion and religious devotion. A Woodland native, Haynes had attended seminary and completed a one-year mission in Chile, his wife said. Both were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Benicia.

“(Haynes) was truly a nice man. Being a good officer aside, he was just truly a nice man,” Howard said. “He was very religious and thoughtful. He cared about his fellow human beings and wanted the best for everybody, not just those in the department.”

In just a few years on the police force, both men had accumulated numerous commendations from their superiors, said Sgt. Mike Pon.

Officer David C. Schmid, 34, Los Angeles Police Dept., died in the line-of-duty on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1992, in Palmdale as a result of an on-duty traffic accident while riding his motorcycle to work.

Schmid, who celebrated his 34th birthday on Nov. 19, was appointed to the department on March 5, 1984. He worked at the LAPD’s Valley Traffic Division.

Schmid was killed when a ’91 Toyota Camry driven by Denise Elletson made a left turn in front of him. He collided with the vehicle, was ejected, and struck the curb suffering a broken neck, arm, and other injuries. He was taken to the Palmdale Medical Center where he died eight hours later.

Thousands of people including officers from law enforcement agencies throughout Southern California attended funeral services for Schmid, which were held on Dec. 22 at the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church.

Numerous police cars were included in the procession to the Eternal Valley Cemetery where he was buried.

Survivors include his wife, Teresa, who was pregnant; his mother, LaMoine Schmid; father David Schmid; stepmother Linda Schmid; and stepdaughter, Tiffany Jansen.

A Los Angeles Police Department officer killed when his motorcycle collided with a car was remembered as a quiet and hard working man who was devoted to his wife and six children.

Raymond A. “Skip” Messerly, Jr., 42, was eulogized by his longtime friend, Officer Bruce Christensen, as someone who would go out of his way to help others.

“Skip was a worker, not a talker,” said Christensen, who trained Messerly when the Vietnam veteran joined the police force 11 years ago. “Skip could work on anything. He would take his own time to help you.”

Messerly died Oct. 22, 1992, the day after he collided with a car and was thrown from his motorcycle while pursuing a traffic violator.

“Goodbye Ray, Skip, Officer Messerly, and to the fortunate few, Dad,” Christensen said. “It’s 9 Mary 103, Oct. 22, 1992. 9 Mary 103, end of watch.”

The “9 Mary 103” reference was to Messerly’s radio call numbers at the time of the accident.

Officer Edward Hale sang “Amazing Grace” while another accompanied on guitar at the service, which was attended by 1,500 officers, friends, and relatives at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley.

An officer explained that while serving as a pall bearer at another officer’s funeral earlier this year, Messerly had asked that Hale sing the hymn at his service if he were killed in the line-of-duty.

The flag-draped casket was surrounded by bouquets of flowers and flanked by a photograph of Messerly. After the brief tribute, a cavalcade of motorcycle officers from the California Highway Patrol as well as contingents of officers from Santa Barbara, Chino, Ontario, Montclair, Claremont, and other Southern California agencies drove to Mission Hills, where Messerly was buried.

Police Chief Willie L. Williams handed the flag to the officer’s widow, Marie Messerly, during the burial service.

Former Police Chief Daryl F. Gates attended, as did Councilman Nate Holden and other dignitaries.

At the burial, “Amazing Grace” was played on bag pipes, and “Taps” was performed on the bugle.

An honor guard from the Air Force, in which Messerly was in the reserves, was present at the burial as was an Los Angeles Police Dept. honor guard.

Messerly is survived by his widow, Marie, and six children, Renee, 18, Ryan, 15, Lisa, 13, and triplets Raymond, Ronnie, and Richard, 11.