UpdatedMon, May 10, 2021 at 12:03 pm PT
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Fallen police officers in California and across America will be remembered during National Police Week, which runs from May 9-15 in 2021. (Shutterstock)
CALIFORNIA The biggest effect the coronavirus pandemic had on National Police Week isn t that activities in California and elsewhere have been postponed, but the number of police officers whose lives and careers were cut short by the virus.
While their names won t be read at the National Police Officers Memorial Service until its Oct. 16 rescheduled date, they will be honored virtually during National Police Week from May 9-16 this year.
The coronavirus has been cited for six police officer line of duty deaths in California in 2021, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. Nationally, 63 of the 119 police line of duty deaths in 2021 as of May 4, just under 53 percent, have been due to the virus.
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LA County sheriff s deputies honor one of their own, who was killed in Lakewood crash
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An L.A. County sheriff s deputy who was killed in a crash last week was honored by his fellow deputies in a touching tribute over the weekend.
Deputy Thomas Albanese s body was moved from the coroner s office to Rose Hills Mortuary on Sunday.
Fellow deputies lined the procession route to pay their respects.
After joining the department in 2013, Albanese became a deputy in 2015. He first worked at the Men s Central Jail and then transferred to Transit Services at the Lakewood station.
A Los Angeles County sheriff s motorcycle deputy was killed in a traffic collision, Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced Thursday morning.
After joining the department in 2013, Albanese became a deputy in 2015. He first worked at the Men s Central Jail and then transferred to Transit Services at the Lakewood station.
His dream was to become a motorcycle officer and he passed motor school in March 2020, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said. Since then, he had been assigned to the Pico Rivera station. At the time of the crash, he was working overtime at the Lakewood station.
Albanese is survived by his wife and two sons, ages 7 and 11.