A riderless horse carried an empty boot as lots of of regulation enforcement officers and residents turned out for the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff’s Peace Officers Memorial on Thursday.
The annual occasion is held to honor those that made the final word sacrifice within the line of responsibility and officers acknowledged return to the 1800’s. The primary officer killed was Santa Clara Deputy Sheriff Martin J. Roohan in 1862. Roohan was stabbed to dying by an prisoner who was awaiting execution.
The final officer who died within the line of responsibility was San Jose police officer Michael Katherman, who was killed in a bike accident in 2016.
Sheriff Robert Jonsen gave the greeting to the group and the Sheriff’s Honor Guard Unit posted the colours whereas the Pipes and Drum Corps performed. The nationwide anthem was sung by the Pursue Kids’s Choir and the Honor Guard additionally gave a 21-gun salute.
Pastor Michael Burchfield gave the invocation and the benediction to conclude the solemn ceremony which many relations of fallen officers attended.
A riderless horse is walked previous the group through the Peace Officer’s Memorial on the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Might 15, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
Theresa Le observes a second of silence through the Peace Officer’s Memorial on the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Might 15, 2025. She was representing for fallen San Jose police officer Michael Katherman, who was killed in a bike accident whereas on responsibility in 2016. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
Santa Clara Sheriff’s Deputies increase flags through the Peace Officer’s Memorial on the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Might 15, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputy Ortega and others attend the Peace Officer’s Memorial on the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Might 15, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
Regulation enforcement officers and others take heed to audio system through the Peace Officer’s Memorial on the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Might 15, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
A Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputy wears a black band over his badge through the Peace Officer’s Memorial on the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Might 15, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputies observe a second of silence through the Peace Officer’s Memorial on the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Might 15, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
Santa Clara County Superior Courtroom Decide Socrates Peter Manoukian listens as fallen officer’s names are learn through the Peace Officer’s Memorial on the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Might 15, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
A California Freeway Patrol officer and a Palo Alto police officer observe a second of silence through the Peace Officer’s Memorial on the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Might 15, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
A big American flag is draped over the constructing through the Peace Officer’s Memorial on the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Might 15, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
Palo Alto cops hear as names are learn through the Peace Officer’s Memorial on the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Might 15, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
Wreaths adorn the stage through the Peace Officer’s Memorial on the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Might 15, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputy Guarnera performs “Taps” through the Peace Officer’s Memorial on the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Might 15, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputies put together to lift flags through the Peace Officer’s Memorial on the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Might 15, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
Kevin Richlin, son of fallen Sunnyvale police officer Gary Larson, listens as names are learn through the Peace Officer’s Memorial on the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Might 15, 2025. Officer Larson was shot and killed whereas trying to arrest a liquor retailer theft suspect in 1962. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
Sunnyvale Division of Public Security Deputy Chief Daniel Pistor salutes through the Peace Officer’s Memorial on the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Might 15, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputies increase flags through the Peace Officer’s Memorial on the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Might 15, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
The Pursue Kids’s Choir sings the nationwide anthem through the Peace Officer’s Memorial on the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Might 15, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
A bell is rung as names are learn for every fallen officer through the Peace Officer’s Memorial on the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Might 15, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
Santa Clara County Sheriff Robert Jones salutes through the Peace Officer’s Memorial on the Santa Clara County Workplace of the Sheriff in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Might 15, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)
