Update 3:25 p.m. A ceremony to honor law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty is scheduled at 6 p.m. Monday Dec. 9 in Palm Desert.
Among those who will be remembered are Riverside police Officer Michael Crain, gunned down by rogue former LAPD cop Christopher Dorner on Feb. 7 in Riverside, and San Bernardino County sheriff's Detective Jeremiah MacKay, slain in the final standoff with Dorner Feb. 12 east of Angelus Oaks.
Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff invites the public to join his department in the Blue Light Ceremony "to honor the brave men and women in law enforcement who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect and serve their community."
The ceremony will be held at the Palm Desert Station, 73-705 Gerald Ford Drive.
The Riverside County Sheriff's Department plans to recognize the following officers dating back to 1895:
1895 Frank Hamilton: Riverside County Sheriff's Department
1907 Preston Swanguen: Riverside County 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's Department
1921 Theodore Crossley: Riverside County Sheriff's Department
1925 Ross A. 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 Howard R. Scheffler: Riverside County Sheriff's Department
1956 Raymond A. Geiger: California Highway Patrol
1961 Gale G. Eldridge: Palm Springs Police Department
1961 Roger A. Strong: Riverside County Sheriff's Department
1962 Lyle W. Larrabee: Palm Springs Police Department
1967 Theodore L. Newton, Jr.: United States Border Patrol
1967 George F. Azrak: United States Border Patrol
1969 William J. Rutledge: Riverside County Sheriff's Department
1969 William F. Carter, Jr.: Riverside County Sheriff's Department
1969 Ambers O. Shewmaker: California Highway Patrol
1971 Leonard Christiansen: Riverside Police Department
1971 Paul Teel: Riverside Police Department
1971 Richard F. Morello: Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement
1973 William Prettyman: Riverside Police Department
1974 Edward M. Schrader: Riverside County Sheriff's Department
1974 Larry Walters: Riverside Police Department
1977 Edward A. Parker, III: California Highway Patrol
1980 James B. Evans, Sr.: Riverside County Sheriff's Department
1980 Dirk A. Leonardson: Riverside County Sheriff's Department
1982 Dennis Doty: Riverside Police Department
1982 Phillip Trust: Riverside Police Department
1987 Michael Brandt: California Highway Patrol
1987 Mark Taylor: California Highway Patrol
1988 Michael D. Davis: Riverside County Sheriff's Department
1988 David Vasquez: Cathedral City Police Department
1989 Randy R. Lutz: Riverside County Sheriff's Department
1993 Gary Cavender: Riverside Police Department
1993 Kent Hintergardt: Riverside County Sheriff's Department
1994 Mark Kemp: Riverside County Sheriff's Department
1996 Aurelio Valencia: United States Border Patrol
1997 Michael P. Haugen: Riverside County Sheriff’s Department
1997 James W. Lehmann, Jr.: Riverside County Sheriff’s Department
1997 Saul Martinez: California Highway Patrol
1997 Daniel Muehlhausen: California Highway Patrol
1998 Claire Connelly: Riverside Police Department
1999 Eric A. Thach: Riverside County Sheriff's Department
2001 Charles Doug Jacobs, III: Riverside Police Department
2003 Brent C. Jenkins: Riverside County Sheriff's Department
2003 Bruce K. Lee: Riverside County Sheriff’s Department
2003 Shannon L. Distel: California Highway Patrol
2007 Manuel Villegas: Riverside County Sheriff’s Department
2007 Richard Goldstein: United States Border Patrol
2008 Aaron Garcia: Union Pacific Railroad Police Department
2009 Nathaniel A. Afolayan: United States Border Patrol
2009 Trena Renee McLaughlin: United States Border Patrol
2010 Ryan P. Bonaminio: Riverside Police Department
2011 Jermaine Gibson: Cathedral City Police Department
2013 Michael Crain: Riverside Police Department
A second ceremony is scheduled at 6 p.m. Dec. 16 at the Riverside County Administrative Center, 4080 Lemon St. in downtown Riverside.
"During the ceremonies we will adorn the buildings with symbolic blue lights, as part of the national recognition program to pay respect to our fallen law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line of duty," Sniff's staff said.
The Blue light Awareness Program was established by the Concerns of Police Survivors organization to enhance public awareness of law enforcement deaths across the country.
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