Saturday, May 28, 2016

Orange County Peace Officers Memorial and Candlelight Vigil

On May 26th, the Orange County Chiefs’ of Police and Sheriff’s Association and The Orange County Sheriff’s Advisory Council held the 2016 tribute to all the officers who serve the County of Orange, and a remembrance of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice "In the Line of Duty"

Our Chief of Police, Eric R. Nuñez, who is currently serving as President of the Orange County Chiefs' of Police and Sheriff's Association, served as keynote speaker for the occasion.


Excerpt - "Our Fallen: … they are the evidence that what we do has meaning, they are the proof that what we do has purpose, and they are the absolute truth that what we do is truly noble. Their lives and their deaths remind us that we are not immortal but rather we are merely ordinary people who have sworn an oath to take on an extraordinary responsibility to help and protect others in the mundane and the most unimaginable circumstances with a full understanding of what the cost to do so… might actually mean."


The annual memorial and candlelight vigil is held at the Orange County Peace Officers’ Memorial Monument at the Sheriff's Department Regional Training Academy in Tustin.


Orange County Peace Officers Memorial