35th Annual Riverside County Peace Officers' Memorial Ceremony & Run
Published: 05/20/2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 20, 2018
Contact:
Officer Ryan J. Railsback
Riverside Police Department
Community Services Bureau
(951) 373-6032
35th Annual Riverside County Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony & run
Riverside, CA – On Monday, May 21, 2018, Riverside County law enforcement agencies and surviving family members will remember those peace officers who have died in the line of duty at a solemn ceremony. It will take place in front of the “Safe in His Arms” memorial statue, at 4102 Orange Street in Riverside, beginning promptly at 6:15 p.m. The public is invited to attend the ceremony and participate in the moderate run/jog which will begin prior at 5:45 p.m., at the corner of Orange Street and 12th Street. Registration is NOT required for the run and is open to everyone of all ages and abilities.
The ceremony, steeped with police service traditions, will recognize those who died in service prior to 2018. Fortunately, Riverside County did not see the tragedy of a Fallen Officer this past year, but the memory of losing Jose “Gil” Vega and Lesley Zerebny of the Palm Springs Police Department in 2016 still rests in the forefront of all our hearts.
Senior law enforcement officials taking part include: Master of Ceremonies - Chief Jeff Wade of the Blythe Police Department, Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner Stan Sniff, Cathedral City Police Chief Travis Walker, Corona Police Interim Chief James Patton, Palm Springs Police Chief Bryan Reyes, Beaumont Police Chief Sean Thuilliez, and many other agency leaders, and city and county government officials from all over Riverside County.
The “Safe in His Arms” memorial statue displays the names of twenty-one Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies, sixteen Riverside Police Officers, nine California Highway Patrol Officers, eight United States Border Patrol Agents, four Palm Springs Police Officers, two Cathedral City Police Officers, and one each from the Corona Police Department, California Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement, Union Pacific Railroad Police Department and the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation-Norco.
Join us as we honor those who have laid down their lives for the community members of Riverside County, and to support the families and friends they left behind.
There will be free parking available in the parking structures located at 3535 12th Street and 4080 Lemon Street.
TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES AND NO PARKING AREAS ON MAY 21, 2018
Orange Street between 10th and 12th Streets will be closed from 1:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
There will be no parking on Orange Street between 10th & 12th Streets, and on 12th Street between Orange and Lemon Streets from 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Proper signs will be posted in the affected areas.
Riverside County Peace Officer Roll of Honor
Year Officer Agency
1895 Frank Hamilton Riverside County Sheriff
1907 Preston Swanguen Riverside Constable for Temecula
1912 John Baird Riverside Police Department
1912 Del Macintyre Riverside Police Department
1913 Grant Alexander Corona Police Department
1921 Henry F. Nelson Riverside County Sheriff
1921 Theodore Crossley Riverside County Sheriff
1925 Ross Gardner United States Border Patrol
1938 Clinton Burtner Riverside Police Department
1940 Edward Bertino Riverside Police Department
1944 Arthur Simpson Riverside Police Department
1947 Anthony Oneto United States Border Patrol
1954 Frank Epperson California Highway Patrol
1956 Raymond Geiger California Highway Patrol
1956 Howard R. Scheffler Riverside County Sheriff
1961 Gale G. Eldridge Palm Springs Police Department
1961 Roger A. Strong Riverside County Sheriff
1962 Lyle W. Larrabee Palm Springs Police Department
1967 Theodore Newton Jr. United States Border Patrol
1967 George F. Azrak United States Border Patrol
1969 William J. Rutledge Riverside County Sheriff
1969 William F. Carter Riverside County Sheriff
1969 Ambers Shewmaker California Highway Patrol
1971 Richard Morello Calif. Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement
1971 Leonard Christiansen Riverside Police Department
1971 Paul Teel Riverside Police Department
1973 William Prettyman Riverside Police Department
1974 Larry Walters Riverside Police Department
1974 Edward Schrader Riverside County Sheriff
1977 Edward A. Parker California Highway Patrol
1980 James B. Evans Sr. Riverside County Sheriff
1980 Dirk A. Leonardson Riverside County Sheriff
1982 Phillip Trust Riverside Police Department
1982 Dennis Doty Riverside Police Department
1987 Michael Brandt California Highway Patrol
1987 Mark Taylor California Highway Patrol
1988 Michael D. Davis Riverside County Sheriff
1988 David Vasquez Cathedral City Police Department
1989 Randy R. Lutz Riverside County Sheriff
1993 Gary Cavender Riverside Police Department
1993 Kent Hintergardt Riverside County Sheriff
1994 Mark Kemp Riverside County Sheriff
1996 Aurelio Valencia United States Border Patrol
1997 Michael P. Haugen Riverside County Sheriff
1997 James Lehmann Jr. Riverside County Sheriff
1997 Saul Martinez California Highway Patrol
1997 Daniel Muehlhausen California Highway Patrol
1998 Claire Connelly Riverside Police Department
1999 Eric Thach Riverside County Sheriff
2001 Charles D. Jacobs III Riverside Police Department
2003 Bruce Lee Riverside County Sheriff
2003 Brent Jenkins Riverside County Sheriff
2003 Shannon Distel California Highway Patrol
2007 Richard Goldstein United States Border Patrol
2007 Manuel Villegas Riverside County Sheriff
2008 Aaron Garcia Union Pacific Railroad Police Department
2009 Nathaniel A. Afolayan United States Border Patrol
2009 Trena McLaughlin United States Border Patrol
2010 Ryan Bonaminio Riverside Police Department
2011 Jermaine Gibson Cathedral City Police Department
2013 Michael Crain Riverside Police Department
2013 Gilbert Cortez Calif. Department of Corrections & Rehab.
2016 Jose “Gil” Vega Palm Springs Police Department
2016 Lesley Zerebny Palm Springs Police Department
