In 2019, California lost 10 police officers in the line of duty. In honor of police week, here are their names, and we will be posting about them a little each day.
Police Officer Natalie Becky Corona
@cityofdavispd Davis Police Department, CA
#EOW: Thursday, January 10, 2019
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Sergeant Steven Lawrence Licon
@ChpRiverside
#EOW: Saturday, April 6, 2019
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Police Officer Esmeralda Ponce Ramirez
@LAPDHQ #EOW: Sunday, June 9, 2019
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Police Officer Tara Christina O'Sullivan
@SacPolice
#EOW: Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Officer Andre Maurice Moye, Jr.
@ChpRiverside
#EOW: Monday, August 12, 2019
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Carlos J. Cammon
@OCSheriff CA
#EOW: Friday, August 23, 2019
Cause of Death: Duty related illness
Captain Albert E. Torres
Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, CA
#EOW: Saturday, October 12, 2019
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Deputy Sheriff Brian David Ishmael
@ElDoradoSheriff
#EOW: Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Police Officer Elmer Jonathan Diaz
@lemoore_pd
#EOW: Saturday, November 2, 2019
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Across the United States, in 2019, 146 Officers and 28 K9 Officers were killed in the line of duty. Firearms-related fatalities were the leading cause of officer deaths for the year.
#thinblueline #backtheblue #eow
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