In a ceremony at the STARS Center in Whittier on May 18 to commemorate the lives of the peace officers who were killed in the line of duty while serving the residents of Los Angeles County, law enforcement personnel gathered with friends and family of those partners who sacrificed everything.

This year paid special tribute to the following officers:
Recently Fallen:

Officer Ricardo “Ricky” Galvez
Downey Police Department
EOW: 11/18/2015

Fallen In the Past:

Officer Ralph Miover
Los Angeles Police Department
EOW: 04/11/1925

Officer William A. Guidera
Monterey Park Police Department
EOW: 09/09/1927

Deputy Otto R. Ellinger
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
EOW: 12/06/1934

Lieutenant Arthur W. Bethel
Los Angeles Police Department
EOW: 07/13/1941

Sergeant Thomas J. Fonte
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
EOW: 10/02/1990