Thousands Honor Fallen SCPD Officers at San Jose Memorial

Thousands of people, including police officers from throughout California and Gov. Jerry Brown, attended the memorial service on Thursday.

With thousands in attendance at HP Pavilion Thursday—including dignitaries like Gov. Jerry Brown, attorney general Kamala Harris and former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and a sea of uniformed law enforcement officials from all over—there were moments that the service for fallen Santa Cruz police officers Sgt. Loran “Butch” Baker and Det. Elizabeth Butler felt more like a rally than a memorial.

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