Photos: Memorial service for California Highway Patrol Officer Philip Dennis Ortiz
Fellow law enforcement officers salute as the casket carrying the body of California Highway Patrol Officer Philip Dennis Ortiz enters the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Jessica Ortiz wears her husband’s badge while giving his eulogy. Officer Ortiz was fatally injured June 9 when he was hit by a car while writing a ticket. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Cardinal Roger Mahony disperses incense around the coffin during the memorial service. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Burning incense hangs in the air as the funeral ends. Hundreds of law enforcement officials attended the service. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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George Clare, 11, joins his mother, CHP Officer Laura Clare, to his left, at the funeral. Clare worked with Ortiz in Los Angeles before moving to San Francisco. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Motorcycle officers from the CHP and other law enforcement agencies lead the funeral procession to Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
CHP officers line the doorway of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels to salute the departure of Officer Philip Dennis Ortiz after his funeral. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
