From 1920 to 2021, 49 Imperial County law enforcement officials who have died in the line of duty were honored Friday night on the courthouse steps in the City of El Centro.
Community gathers to honor fallen law enforcement
2021 memorial looks a little different due to COVID-19 restrictions
EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - The Imperial Valley Law Enforcement Memorial in partnership with local law enforcement agencies honors our fallen officers Friday evening.
Last year’s motorcade was cancelled due to the pandemic. Authorities have since been eager to honor their fellow officers and agents, with the rest of the community. Typically for the law enforcement memorial, we do a whole stand-in ceremony at the courthouse on the steps. Due to COVID, we re unable to do that,” says Sergeant for the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office Steven Green. So, we came up with a game plan, and the best we could think of to honor the fallen officers, was to set up the flags and the display at the courthouse in the yard there; and then to do a motorcade from here as we normally do every year, from here to the courthouse.