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La Mesa Police Officer Lauren Craven was killed on Monday night, the department\u2019s first line-of-duty death.<\/p>\n
(La Mesa Police Department)<\/p>\n
Craven and the driver of the overturned vehicle both died. <\/p>\n
Craven had been with the La Mesa Police Department for about a year and a half, starting with the patrol division in 2024. It was the first line-of-duty death in the department\u2019s history, according to La Mesa Police Lt. Travis Higgins.<\/p>\n
\u201cOfficer Craven\u2019s actions in her final moments exemplified her unwavering dedication to service and the safety of others \u2014 a reflection of how she lived every day,\u201d the statement said. Craven had been with the department since 2024.<\/p>\n
Flags at the California Capitol flew at half-staff Tuesday in honor of Officer Craven, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
\u201cOfficer Craven served her community with pride and dedication,\u201d Newsom said in a statement. \u201cJennifer and I are heartbroken by her loss and the significant impact her passing leaves on the larger San Diego community.<\/p>\n
City News Service contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 25-year-old police officer was struck and killed after she stopped to help a motorist in an overturned…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,283,14547,14549,6246,287,14551,14552,6572,1594,14548,2325,3145,14550,4747,3025],"class_list":["post-16773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-car","tag-craven","tag-dedication","tag-department","tag-driver","tag-half-staff-tuesday","tag-honor","tag-la-mesa","tag-other","tag-overturned-vehicle","tag-police-officer","tag-pride","tag-san-diego-freeway","tag-service","tag-statement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}