PHOTOS: Funeral for LAPD SWAT Officer Robert Cottle

Kaila Jane Cottle, 9 months, holds the program during the funeral for her father, Robert James Cottle, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
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Marines fold the flag draped over Cottle’s casket.
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LAPD Police Chief Charlie Beck hands the flag to Cottle’s widow, Emily, and daughter, Kaila Jane.
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At the memorial, where Cottle was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star.
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Theresa Barrera, holding a United States Marine Corps flag, is among those watching the procession of Robert Cottle’s casket, taken by horse-drawn wagon from L.A. police headquarters at 1st and Spring streets to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
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A riderless horse with a boot turned backward in the stirrup at the beginning of a funeral procession for Los Angeles Police Department Officer Robert James “R.J.” Cottle on Tuesday. The tradition dates back to ancient Greece and represents the rider lost in battle who will no longer ride again.
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A wagon carries the flag-draped casket of Robert James “R.J.” Cottle with a Los Angeles Police Department honor guard walking beside it at the start of the funeral procession at Los Angeles Police headquarters that continued to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Tuesday.
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Mother and daughter at the funeral service.
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Detail of the boot in the stirrup of a riderless horse in the funeral.
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U.S. Marines at the funeral for LAPD officer and fellow Marine Robert James “R.J.” Cottle at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Tuesday.
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Some of those attending the funeral for Los Angeles Police Department Officer Robert James “R.J.” Cottle.
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A horse-drawn wagon carries the casket of Cottle along Temple Street toward the cathedral.
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Cottle’s sister Bonnie Roybal blows a kiss to her brother during his funeral.
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Cottle is pictured on the program for the service held at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
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The funeral procession for Cottle begins to move through the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday morning.
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Emily Cottle carries Kaila Jane along the procession route.
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Cottle’s flag-draped casket.
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Los Angeles police follow the casket in formation.
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The horse-drawn carriage makes its way down 1st Street in Los Angeles en route to the cathedral.
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Bagpipers led the funeral procession.
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A large contingent of Marines marched with LAPD officers.
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Shadows from the bagpipers are cast at the intersection of 1st and Spring streets.
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