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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Fresno County held its yearly Peace Officers Memorial Thursday, honoring those who person died successful the enactment of duty.
“Just past twelvemonth successful the United States, the FBI reported 107 officers were killed successful the enactment of duty… That’s 107 families that felt and proceed to consciousness a profound nonaccomplishment for the remainder of their lives,” Fresno Police Chief Mindy Casto said.
To Fresno County’s relief, nary of them were from the section community. That’s not ever the case, though.
The names of 64 officers are etched into the Fresno County Peace Officer Memorial stone.
Family, Fresno County officials, and assemblage members gathered to retrieve them Thursday.
They work the names of those who were killed successful California, played Taps, and honored them with a 21-gun salute.
“You person implicit 60 names connected the partition present for the Fresno County Peace Officer Memorial… Just going backmost to past twelvemonth with Gonzalo Carrasco,” Fresno County Sheriff John Zanoni said.
Carrasco’s household attended the event. They accidental helium was flagged down and killed successful 2023.
“He wanted to beryllium idiosyncratic who radical looked up to. Someone for radical to retrieve him arsenic idiosyncratic who wanted to marque a difference,” Carrasco’s sister Alma Ordaz said.
“The names connected this wall, they’re not forgotten,” Christina Palacios said.
Palacios’ brother, John Palacios, was killed by a drunk operator successful 1976.
His household has attended the memorial lawsuit each azygous year.
“[This memorial] is for those who person paid the eventual sacrifice. We’re present to grant their sacrifice and what they’ve done for the community,” Zanoni said.
Fresno County holds the memorial lawsuit each twelvemonth connected the archetypal Thursday of May.
For the families, it’s a clip to retrieve those they love.
For the different officers, it’s a reminder to unrecorded up to the legacies of those who went earlier them.
“May the loyal and faithful devotion to the information of Fresno County residents unrecorded connected done each of america wearing the azygous today,” Casto said.
