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LAPD honors 238 officers killed in the line of duty

Officer Dylan Wells places a flower at the memorial monument during a ceremony
Officer Dylan Wells places a flower at the memorial monument during a ceremony to honor the 238 LAPD officers killed in the line of duty.
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By Irfan KhanStaff Photographer 

The Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday honored 238 officers killed in the line of duty, including a special tribute to those who died of complications from COVID-19.

The ceremony featured traditional police honors: the “missing man” helicopter flyover formation, the riderless horse, a solo bugler playing taps, and the “end of watch broadcast.” Families placed a long-stem rose near their loved one’s name plate at the newly renovated memorial wall.

Chief Michel Moore was to announce the inclusion of 15 officers who died in 1918-19, as a result of the Spanish flu.

A LAPD riderless horse at a memorial ceremony to honor the 238 LAPD officers killed in the line of duty
A riderless horse is led at a memorial ceremony to honor the 238 L.A. police officers killed in the line of duty over the years, held at LAPD headquarters on Wednesday.
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LAPD color guard at the memorial ceremony
An LAPD color guard at the memorial ceremony held at LAPD headquarters.
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LAPD Rifle Volley presents 21-gun salute at a memorial ceremony to honor the 238 LAPD officers.
An LAPD rifle volley performs a 21-gun salute.
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A line of mourners
Choung Ja Lee, fifth from left, mother of fallen Officer Nicholas Lee, and other family members at the ceremony.
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Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore, left, Flo Speck and Mayor Eric Garcetti at a memorial ceremony.
Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore, left, Flo Speck and Mayor Eric Garcetti at the ceremony.
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Family members of fallen officers assemble with police officers
Family members of fallen officers stand in front of a group of LAPD officers assembled for the ceremony.
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LAPD officers at the memorial ceremony.
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A young girl places a flower at a memorial
Joleen Olivia Salinas, 3, granddaughter of fallen Officer Joe Rios, places a flower at the memorial monument after the ceremony.
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Irfan Khan

Irfan Khan was a staff photographer with the Los Angeles Times from 1996 to 2024. He previously served as a freelance photographer for the publication beginning in 1989. Khan started his career as a commercial photographer in 1973 in Pakistan and moved to Dubai in 1977, where he worked for an advertising agency and at a leading English newspaper. Khan’s assignments have taken across Southern California and the U.S. Internationally, he has photographed the Hajj in Saudi Arabia and war zones of the Pakistan/Afghanistan border in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. He was part of the team awarded the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news for coverage of the 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino. In his spare time, he enjoys listening to semi-classical music of the Indian subcontinent and playing cricket on Sundays.

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