Ceremonies will take place Sunday, May 7, and Monday, May 8
Sunday, May 7
Candlelight Vigil
8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
California Peace Officers’ Memorial Monument
10th Street and Capitol Mall – Sacramento
At dusk families, friends, community members, and colleagues walk in solidarity to the Memorial Monument to remember and celebrate their fallen heroes.
Monday, May 8
Law Enforcement Caravan
9 a.m. department from CHP academy in West Sacramento
10 a.m. arrival at California Peace Officers’ Memorial Monument
Walk of Honor
10:30 a.m.
State Capitol, West Steps
Enrollment Ceremony
11 a.m.
California Peace Officers’ Memorial Monument
10th Street and Capitol Mall – Sacramento
10 a.m. arrival at California Peace Officers’ Memorial Monument
Formal ceremonial events include a memorial procession for law enforcement vehicles, a Walk of Honor for department representatives and immediate family members of officers being enrolled, and the Enrollment Ceremony, where the names of newly enrolled officers are formally added to the Memorial Monument.
This beautiful and solemn ceremony incorporates many law enforcement traditions including a riderless horse presentation, the folding of the United States Flag, releasing of doves, and concludes with a 21-gun salute and the playing of Taps.
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