{"id":306428,"date":"2026-05-23T23:39:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T23:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/306428\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T23:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T23:39:29","slug":"el-paso-its-police-officers-family-honors-fallen-officers-at-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/306428\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso, its police officers, family honors fallen officers at memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I take immense pride in leading a department filled with individuals who exemplify courage, integrity, and unwavering dedication that fallen officers lived and served by.&#8221; \u2014 El Paso Police Chief Peter Pacillas<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Those words of honor and purpose were an important part of the message delivered during a memorial service as part of National Police Week on May 15 at the El Paso Police Officer Memorial Monument at Chuck Heinrich Park.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Officers perform a 21-gun salute during the El Paso Police Memorial in honor of National Police Week at Chuck Heinrich Park, May 15, 2026. It symbolizes ultimate respect, gratitude and brotherhood.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/213d825fd5e7e94b7290122d58c1cc0f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Officers perform a 21-gun salute during the El Paso Police Memorial in honor of National Police Week at Chuck Heinrich Park, May 15, 2026. It symbolizes ultimate respect, gratitude and brotherhood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pacillas, wearing his EPPD uniform with black tape across his badge, offered his condolences and prayers to the family members of officers killed in the line of duty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Chairs draped in white covers held photos showing the fallen officers were real people \u2014 not faceless figures on the front lines of public service in the El Paso community.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A photo of fallen El Paso Police officer Gerardo Morales sits on a chair during the El Paso Police Memorial in honor of National Police Week at Chuck Heinrich Park, May 15, 2026.&#10;Provide your feedback on BizChat\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5c2a99b894f93da80d1f1f22db447737.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A photo of fallen El Paso Police officer Gerardo Morales sits on a chair during the El Paso Police Memorial in honor of National Police Week at Chuck Heinrich Park, May 15, 2026. Provide your feedback on BizChat<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Family members sat respectfully during the solemn gathering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Your loved ones will be remembered and honored within our hearts and throughout our department,&#8221; the chief said. &#8220;We pledge to carry their legacy forward, ensuring their sacrifices remain in our collective memory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Speaking to the officers who attended the memorial, Pacillas called on them to &#8220;reaffirm the principles that guide our work: Integrity, respect and unwavering dedication to our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"El Paso Police officers listen to remarks by Chief Peter Pacillas during the El Paso Police Memorial in honor of National Police Week at Chuck Heinrich Park, May 15, 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4399928bdedc746dafcd71a02c06b506.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>El Paso Police officers listen to remarks by Chief Peter Pacillas during the El Paso Police Memorial in honor of National Police Week at Chuck Heinrich Park, May 15, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pacillas closed his remarks with an intentional pause.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Let us take a moment of silence to honor those we have lost and to celebrate their invaluable contributions,&#8221; he said. &#8220;May their spirits guide us as we fulfill our essential mission of serving our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Remembering the fallen: El Paso police memorial pays tribute<\/p>\n<p>1 of 18<\/p>\n<p>Officers perform a three\u2011volley salute during the El Paso Police Memorial in honor of National Police Week at Chuck Heinrich Park, May 15, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>(Omar Ornelas\/El Paso Times)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elpasotimes.com\/story\/news\/2026\/05\/23\/el-paso-pauses-to-honor-fallen-officers-during-national-police-week-police-department\/90201989007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:El Paso pauses to honor fallen officers during National Police Week;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;El Paso pauses to honor fallen officers during National Police Week&quot;}\" class=\"link \">El Paso pauses to honor fallen officers during National Police Week<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;I take immense pride in leading a department filled with individuals who exemplify courage, integrity, and unwavering dedication&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[111017,138,140,139,111015,111019,111016,111018],"class_list":["post-306428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-a-memorial-service","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-el-paso-police-chief-peter-pacillas","tag-memorial-monument","tag-national-police-week","tag-officers-killed-in-the-line-of-duty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}