{"id":300294,"date":"2026-05-05T04:33:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/300294\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T04:33:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:33:33","slug":"see-californias-fallen-peace-officers-honored-in-sacramento-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/300294\/","title":{"rendered":"See California\u2019s fallen peace officers honored in Sacramento ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

California\u2019s law enforcement community gathered near the state Capitol on Monday to hold a sober ceremony enrolling new names of fallen officers on the California Peace Officers\u2019 Memorial.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s ceremony remembered 12 officers who died in the line of duty in 2025, including Marysville Police Department Officer Osmar Rodarte, who was slain on March 26, 2025, while helping execute a search warrant.<\/a><\/p>\n

Also honored was Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Paul W. DeRouen, who died on March 29, 2008, from injuries sustained 22 years earlier. DeRouen was six-year veteran of the department in 1986 when he was hit by vehicle while attempting to subdue a suspect on the side of an Elk Grove road in the fog. His left leg and part of his left hip were amputated.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is painful to hear the names of our fallen, because they are not just names to us \u2013 they are our family, they are our friends,\u201d said keynote speaker Los Angeles Sheriff Robert Luna, whose department lost three deputies in a training facility explosion last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey represent all that is good, brave, and honorable in our profession, and they remind us of what is sometimes the overwhelming cost.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 11 honored peace officers who died in the line of duty in 2025:<\/p>\n

Riverside County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Timothy B. Corlew<\/p>\n

San Bernardino County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Hector Cuevas, Jr.<\/p>\n

Baldwin Park Police Officer Samuel S. Riveros<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Police Sgt. Shiou Lih Deng<\/p>\n

California Department of Corrections parole agent Joshua L. Byrd<\/p>\n

Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Detective Joshua R. Kelley-Eklund<\/p>\n

Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Detective Victor M. Lemus<\/p>\n

Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Detective William C. Osborn<\/p>\n

La Mesa Police Officer Lauren A. Craven<\/p>\n

San Bernardino County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Andrew Nunez<\/p>\n

Alhambra Police Officer Alec J. Sanders<\/p>\n

The ceremony concluded with a 21-gun salute and playing of \u201cTaps.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bee\u2019s Hector Amezcua contributed to this story.<\/p>\n

\"Gov.<\/p>\n

Gov. Gavin Newsom places the American flag on the monument to fallen officers during the annual California Peace Officers\u2019 Memorial enrollment ceremony in Sacramento on Monday.<\/p>\n

(HECTOR AMEZCUA\/hamezcua@sacbee.com)\"Gov.<\/p>\n

Gov. Gavin Newsom is escorted by California Highway Patrol Commissioner Sean Duryee, left, and California Peace Officers\u2019 Memorial Foundation President Juan Viramontes during the 48th annual California Peace Officers\u2019 Memorial enrollment ceremony in Sacramento on Monday.<\/p>\n

(HECTOR AMEZCUA\/hamezcua@sacbee.com)\"Retiring<\/p>\n

Retiring Sacramento Police Chief Kathy Lester, right, marches with her interim replacement Zachary Bales to the annual California Peace Officers\u2019 Memorial enrollment ceremony in Sacramento on Monday. Lester will retire on May 15. <\/p>\n

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