Laguna police honor fallen Officer Jon Coutchie

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Members of the Laguna Beach Police honor guard, including Sgt. Dave McGill, holding the flag, and Cpl. Jason Ferris, center, march in unison during a remembrance ceremony Wednesday in honor of fallen Officer Jon Coutchie, who died in the line of duty in 2013.

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Luciana Coutchie hugs a supporter during a remembrance ceremony in Laguna Beach on Wednesday that honored fallen Officer Jon Coutchie, who died in the line of duty in 2013.

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Members of the Laguna Beach Police Department and others stand and salute during a remembrance ceremony Wednesday that honored fallen Officer Jon Coutchie, who died in the line of duty in 2013.

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Luciana Coutchie, mother of Jon Coutchie, places flowers during a ceremony Wednesday to honor her son and fellow fallen Officer Gordon French. Both died in the line of duty while working for the Laguna Beach Police Department: Coutchie in 2013 and French in 1953.

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Members of the Laguna Beach Police Department honor guard carry a flag during a remembrance ceremony Wednesday.

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Members of the Laguna Beach Police Department honor guard change the flag during a remembrance ceremony Wednesday that honored Officer Jon Coutchie, who died in the line of duty in 2013.

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Luciana Coutchie hugs a supporter during a remembrance ceremony Wednesday that honored her son, Jon Coutchie, a Laguna Beach police officer who died in 2013.

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By Bryce Alderton

Sept. 22, 2016 3:55 PM PT

The Laguna Beach Police Department remembered one of its fallen officers with a ceremony at the police memorial near the department’s headquarters Wednesday.

About 90 people attended the event at 505 Forest Ave. to honor Officer Jon Coutchie, who died in 2013 while on duty.

Coutchie, 41, was riding his motorcycle on South Coast Highway at 11:45 p.m. Sept. 21, 2013, when he struck a pickup truck turning left onto Cleo Street. Authorities said Coutchie was thrown from his motorcycle and died at the scene.

Wednesday’s ceremony marked three years to the day when Coutchie died. He had been with the department four years and was an Army Ranger veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The police memorial honors two Laguna officers killed while on-duty — Coutchie and Gordon French, who died in 1953 after being shot by a prisoner attempting to escape from the police station.

bryce.alderton@latimes.com

Twitter: @AldertonBryce