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San Luis Obispo Police Detective Luca Benedetti.
–Local leaders released statements Tuesday evening expressing their condolences for the death of San Luis Obispo Police Detective Luca Benedetti and sending their well wishes to injured officer Detective Steve Orozco.
Detective Benedetti, 37, was a 12-year veteran of law enforcement. He joined the San Luis Obispo Police Department in 2012, after having served for four years with the Atascadero Police Department. He is survived by his wife and two young daughters.
District Attorney Dan Dow statement
I first met Luca Benedetti when he was a rookie trainee with Atascadero Police Department in 2008 or 2009 and I went for several ‘ride-a-longs’ with him and his field training officer. I was impressed then with how calm, professional, and caring he was in performing his duties as a police officer. I was not surprised when several years later, in November 2012, to hear of him helping a woman in labor deliver her baby in the Atascade
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