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California Peace Office Memorial Day 2023
Peace Officers Memorial Day is held annually in the United States on May 15 in honor of federal, state and local officers killed or disabled in the line of duty. It is observed in conjunction with Police Week.  In 1962, President Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar week in which May 15 falls as National Police Week.
The California Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremonies are held the first week of May at the California Peace Officers’ Memorial Monument in Sacramento on State Capitol grounds. The ceremonies serve to formally enroll peace officers who have died in the line of duty the preceding year, pay tribute to the over 1500 officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice since California became a state, and to honor the families left behind.
The ceremonies are a two-day event, beginning with a Candlelight Vigil at the Memorial Monument. At dusk, families, friends, community members, and colleagues walk in solidarity to the Memorial Monument to remember and celebrate their fallen heroes.
The next morning’s formal ceremonial events include a memorial procession for law enforcement vehicles, a Walk of Honor for department representatives and immediate family members of officers being enrolled, and the Enrollment Ceremony, where the names of newly enrolled officers are formally added to the Memorial Monument. This beautiful and solemn ceremony incorporates many law enforcement traditions, including a riderless horse presentation, the folding of the United States Flag, releasing of doves, and concludes with a 21-gun salute and the playing of Taps.

 
Honoring Our Fallen Heroes
 
Officer Tyler Ryan Lenehan
Elk Grove Police Department
End of Watch
January 21, 2022
 
Officer Nicholas Vella
Huntington Beach Police Department
End of Watch
February 19, 2022
 
Correctional Lieutenant Steve M. Taylor
Riverside Co. Sheriff’s Office
End of Watch
February 24, 2022
 
Officer Jorge David Alvarado
Salinas Police Department
End of Watch
February 25, 2022
 
Officer Ryan Tipping
Los Angeles Police Department
End of Watch
May 29, 2022
 
Sergeant Michael Paredes
El Monte Police Department
End of Watch
June 14, 2022
 
Officer Joseph Santana
El Monte Police Department
End of Watch
June 14, 2022
 
Deputy Isaiah Cordero
Riverside Co. Sheriff's Office
End of Watch
December 29, 2022
 
Deputy Darnell Calhoun
Riverside Co. Sheriff's Office
End of Watch
January 13, 2023
 
Officer Gonzalo Carrasco, Jr.
Selma Police Department
End of Watch
January 31, 2023