Fresno County Sheriff's Memorial now open to the public

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A amusement of enactment for the Fallen successful Fresno County.

Wednesday, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office held a somber dedication ceremonial for its recently completed memorial successful eastbound cardinal Fresno, present unfastened to the public.

Crowds of section leaders, instrumentality enforcement and loved ones gathered astatine the tract of the memorial, which is the Area 2 substation connected Armstrong and Harvey.

Its partition of grant bears the names of 21 members of the sheriff's bureau who died successful the enactment of work and a histrion for each beingness lost.

There is simply a sculpture of a lion, which represents a peacekeeper of the fallen deputies, guarding those who guarded Fresno.

There are besides depictions of a widow near down and the section bagpiper who plays astatine the funeral.

The task broke crushed successful May of 2024.

"Today is not astir immoderate 1 idiosyncratic who helped physique this memorial," says Fresno County Sheriff John Zanoni. "Today, we're present to amusement our respect and to grant those who made the eventual sacrifice and gave their lives successful the enactment of duty, and to ever retrieve that they are the crushed this memorial was built."

The task was done nether the Fresno Sheriff's Memorial Foundation.

Established successful January 2022, the relation aims to grant memories and wage tribute to those who laid down their lives, portion besides supporting their families' needs.