The wall was recently removed due to construction and a new memorial to our fallen officers has been built. The new memorial site includes a life size statue of a police officer and serves as a constant reminder of the sacrifice each officer made. Washington, D.C., was chosen as the site for a national memorial to law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty and an aggressive fund raising effort was initiated. The result of that effort is the National Law Enforcement Officers Memoria l in Judiciary Square, dedicated in 1991 by President Bush. The Garden Grove Police Department's annual memorial service brings together employees, citizens, students, and organizations.
Music is provided by local high school choirs, colleges, and individuals.
Guest speakers have included politicians, police psychologists, judges, law enforcement support groups, and members of the Stardusters. The memorial ceremony serves to preserve the memory of the fallen officers and their families. If they are forgotten, then they have died twice. And if they are forgotten, then they have died in vain. A man watching a baseball game on TV was upset with a road crew working on the street in front of his house and fired two shots from a rifle in their direction.