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Officially called the Police and Fire Memorial, the structure is made up of small triangles meant to look like folded flags engraved with the names of 14 fire and 29 police service members that have died in the line of duty since each department’s inception in Long Beach.
Flags, folded 13 times over in the form of a triangle, are traditionally given to families of those who died. Some of the memorial’s bronze flags remain blank.
A color guard member walks behind the new memorial at the Long Beach Civic Center. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.
“To every family, friend and colleague, this memorial is something to be proud of,” said Mayor Robert Garcia, adding that the hope is no new names will ever need to be added.
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At that point in 2016, the Downtown lockup was in “shambles,” according to one department official’s assessment, with violations of state standards that included deficient mental health services, substandard training, lax record-keeping and even inadequate jailhouse bedding.
With no oversight from prior managers, staffers had gone “rogue” and were abusing overtime, the official said in internal police documents.
And it was the freshly hired Tom Behrens’ job to reform the troubled operation. But the assignment wouldn’t last long.
Then-LBPD Jail Administrator Tom Behrens, third from left, at a promotions ceremony with several high-ranking Long Beach police employees in 2016. Photo courtesy the Long Beach Police Department.
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