{"id":262943,"date":"2026-05-08T03:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T03:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/262943\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T03:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T03:00:09","slug":"miami-dade-memorial-ceremony-honors-171-fallen-officers-adds-2-new-names-to-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/262943\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade memorial ceremony honors 171 fallen officers, adds 2 new names to wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0May 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI \u2014 Families and law enforcement officers from across Miami-Dade County gathered Thursday night at a memorial ceremony honoring South Florida officers who died in the line of duty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The ceremony recognized 171 officers whose names are etched on the memorial wall after making the ultimate sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This year, two more names were added: David Cajuso and Devin Jaramillo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Both officers died last fall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Cajuso, a motorman for Miami Beach Police Department, lost control of his motorcycle on Interstate 75 near Hialeah while on his way to work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Jaramillo, a deputy with the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office, was shot and killed while responding to a minor traffic crash. Investigators said the suspect attacked the deputy and killed him with his own service weapon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">During the ceremony, Cajuso\u2019s widow, Eileen Cajuso, spoke about her grief while remembering the man she once stood beside at the same event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cBack then I stood here as his wife watching him. Today I stand here as his widow,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve stood on the edge looking in. And now I\u2019m on the inside living it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Jaramillo\u2019s parents and siblings also attended the ceremony and spoke about the deputy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cPolicing is more than a career,\u201d said Devin\u2019s father, David Jaramillo. \u201cIt was a life calling for him. He followed in my footsteps even though thats not what i wanted. He carried himself with dedication and compassion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Magdala Louissaint\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/37f8699f-d0f0-420f-8dfa-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Magdala Louissaint<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Magdala Louissaint joined WPLG in August 2025 and is thrilled to call South Florida home. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0May 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM MIAMI \u2014 Families and law enforcement officers from across Miami-Dade County gathered&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-262943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}