{"id":321188,"date":"2026-05-18T13:28:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/321188\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:28:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:28:29","slug":"39th-call-to-duty-marks-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-ggpd-orange-county-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/321188\/","title":{"rendered":"39th \u2018Call to Duty\u2019 marks the end of an era for the GGPD \u2013 ORANGE COUNTY TRIBUNE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RETIRED GGPD Lieutenant Steve Sanders was the guest speaker (Tribune photo).<\/p>\n

By Jim Tortolano
Orange County Tribune<\/p>\n

The 39th Annual \u201cCall to Duty\u201d memorial of the Garden Grove Police Department event on Thursday was a bridge between the heroism and service of one era and looking forward to another one.<\/p>\n

Retired GGPD Lieutenant Steve Sanders spoke to a gathering in front of the \u201cold\u201d police facility and eulogized the GGPD officers who gave their lives \u2014 \u201cThe Fallen Six\u201d \u2013 in service to their community.<\/p>\n

The new police department building \u2013 three stories high with gleaming mirrored walls \u2013 was under construction nearby on Acacia Parkway.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will be the last memorial held at this facility, a place where many of us spent our entire career here. These walls have seen our triumphs, our challenges, our laughter and our tears,\u201d said Sanders.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is only fitting that we start this ceremony with those who had a dream to serve, to protect, wear the badge with pride.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey served with honor, dignity and compassion. They served their community with courage that defined their character and shaped their legacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd today, we say their names because their names deserve to the spoken with pride.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cFallen Six\u201d are:
\u2022 Sgt. Myron Trapp, 1959;
\u2022 Reserve Officer Andy R. Reese, 1970;
\u2022 Officer Donald F. Reed, 1980;
\u2022 Officer Micheal L. Rainford, 1980;
\u2022 Master Officer Howard E. Dallies, Jr, 1993;
\u2022 Lieutenant John Reynolds, 2021.<\/p>\n

The ceremonies included comments by Police Chief Amir El-Farra, performances by the Bolsa Grande High School Concert Choir, a recitation of the patriotic poem \u201cMy Name is Old Glory\u2019 by GGPD Sgt. Jose Herrera and a singing of \u201cThe Star Spangled Banner\u201d by Orange Police Department Officer Lavance Reed.<\/p>\n

The welcome, introduction and \u201cthank you\u201d were by Captain Luis Payan.<\/p>\n

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