Procession held for Chowchilla Police officer killed in on-duty crash

CHOWCHILLA, Calif. (KFSN) --
Red and bluish lights stretched on Highway 99 Wednesday arsenic a procession for precocious Chowchilla Police Officer Raymond Barrantes made its mode done the Central Valley.

"They conscionable cognize erstwhile they spot a reddish and bluish airy going connected and it's lit up, they conscionable cognize something's happening," Chowchilla Police Chief Jeff Palmer said. "Something of value is happening."

The procession began astatine the Madera County Coroner's bureau and ended astatine a ceremonial location successful Hughson

On each overpass, a solum salute with constabulary and firefighters lasting broadside by side.

"There's a comfortableness successful knowing that each those men and women successful law-enforcement and occurrence showing up the mode they did too," Chief Palmer said. "Knowing that they're each determination and they'll person our backs."

On October 3, Officer Barrantes was connected his regular patrol connected authorities way 152 and roadworthy 13 erstwhile his conveyance collided with a large rig hauling tomatoes.

This is the archetypal clip the Chowchilla Police Department mislaid 1 of their ain successful the enactment of duty.

The lobby of the section is present a memorial that's filled with flowers and messages.

For different allied agencies similar Merced police, it's a feeling acold excessively familiar.

"Having a section that besides mislaid 1 of our ain successful enactment of work means a lot, and it brings backmost a batch of memories for them," Merced Police Chief Steven Stanfield said. "It brings backmost a batch of tears, a batch of sorrow, but besides conscionable a motion of the unit that we tin beryllium present for 1 another."

Officer Barrantes had a combined 15 years of service. The 37-year-old leaves down 3 children and a bequest of dedication, mentorship and beardown household values.

"He was a dada to his kids and helium was a dada to immoderate of my younger officers truthful conscionable beryllium he's going to beryllium missed," Chief Palmer said.

The Chowchilla Police Department volition big a candlelight vigil connected Thursday astatine 8 p.m.

Funeral services volition beryllium held connected October 16 present successful Chowchilla and past Officer Barrantes volition beryllium laid to remainder successful his hometown of Dos Palos.

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