It's been an awfully hard couple of days, especially with the officers' memorial yesterday. Carl is absolutely drained - he was asleep by 7:30 tonight. It was an unbelievable outpouring of support from other agencies and the public.
The memorial began with a procession from McChord AFB to the Tacoma Dome - about 4-5 miles or so - involving emergency and police vehicles from other jurisdictions. It took nearly four hours for the 2,100 cars to make the trip. More than 300 agencies had at least one vehicle in the procession. Some traveled from as far away as the East Coast to participate, including seven officers from Nassau County on New York's Long Island. It has been frigid cold here - and yesterday the day started out at 8 degrees - and the route was lined with the public standing out in the cold, to salute and honor these officers. Amazing. Respectful. Powerful.
Lakewood Police Sgt. Mark Renninger, Officer Ronald Owens, Officer Tina Griswold, Officer Greg Richards, and Seattle Police Officer Timothy Brenton - Rest in Peace.
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