LAPD and L.A. County Fire Department honor fallen comrades
The family of LAPD Officer Randal Simmons -- son Matthew, daughter Gabriela and widow Lisa -- bow their heads during the benediction at the annual Police Week Memorial Ceremony at the Los Angeles Police Department’s administration building Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles. Simmons was shot and killed in 2008 during a tense standoff with a gunman in the San Fernando Valley. Fallen officers were honored with bagpipes, a 21-rifle volley, a missing man formation helicopter flyover and the reading of the officers’ names. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Roses and gloves adorn the memorial wall at the LAPD administration building. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
The annual Police Week Memorial Ceremony allows members of the LAPD and family members of the fallen to honor the dead. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Spent shell casings fly over the heads of the honor guard during a 21-rifle volley. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
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Lori Quinones, wife of fallen L.A. County firefighter Arnaldo “Arnie” Quinones, holds their 7-month-old daughter, Sophia, as she touches the engraved name of her husband during the Firefighters Memorial Ceremony honoring four members of the department who died in the line of duty or from job-related illness in 2009. Quinones and Fire Capt. Tedmund D. Hall died during the Station fire. The names of the four firefighters were added to the firefighter memorial wall located at the L.A. County Fire Department headquarters. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles County Fire Department officials bow their heads in prayer at the memorial for firefighters. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Ray Hall kisses his wife, Donna, as they stand at the wall bearing the name of their son, Los Angeles County Fire Capt. Tedmund D. Hall, who died during the Station fire in 2009. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles County fire engineer Todd Jameson, right, and other officials wear black ribbons over their badges in honor of the fallen. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
