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Officers killed in line of duty remembered in Lake County

Posted May 13, 2016 1:00 am

Lee Filas

Waukegan Police officer Kristin Luka places 17 roses on a wreath as the names of the officers killed in the line of duty are read Friday during the Lake County Police Memorial in Waukegan. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com

About 50 officials, judges and spectators joined about 75 law enforcement officers at the Lincoln Memorial Plaza in Waukegan on Friday to honor police officers killed in the line of duty.

Speakers at the annual Lake County Police Memorial included Waukegan Police Chief Wayne Walles, Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor, Lake County State's Attorney Michael Nerheim, Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran, Lake County Undersheriff Raymond Rose and John Tannahill, chief of the Lake County Chiefs of Police Association.

The ceremony, outside the Lake County government center, also featured memorials including a 21-gun salute, the playing of Taps, and the song "Amazing Grace" performed by the Northern Illinois Pipes and Drums group.

"Today, we honor and pray for those we lost, and we pray for their families," Lawlor said.

Police departments in Lake County have lost 17 officers in the line of duty since Det. Patrick H. Owens was killed Aug. 25, 1894.

Police officers from across Lake County attend the 2016 police memorial Friday at the Lincoln Memorial Plaza in Waukegan. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com

Lake County Undersheriff Raymond Rose, left, Sheriff Mark C. Curran Jr., chaplain John Sfire and Sheriff's Det. Christopher Covelli listen to Waukegan High School student Frankie Paredes sing the Star Spangled Banner during Friday's Lake County Police Memorial in Waukegan. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com

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