The California Peace Officers' Memorial - Sacramento, CA
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N 38° 34.609 W 121° 29.721
10S E 631066 N 4270890
Located on the west side of the Capitol building in Sacramento, California.
Waymark Code: WM60QV
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/13/2009
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They stand tall. At about 9 feet, they cast a long shadow.
They have to. For the three bronze figures represent the more than 1,400 peace officers who have died in the line-of-duty since California became a state.
The three look down on a life-sized figure of a woman comforting a child sitting on a bench, representing the grief-torn families they left behind.
Vic Riesau, who retired in 1977 as a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s division chief after a 25-year career, started a new career as an artist and sculptor.
His bronze figures depict a County sheriff of the 1880s, a state trooper of the 1930s and a City patrolman of the 1980s.
To build the tribute, more than $200,000 was raised in private donations, primarily from the law enforcement community. Much of it came through the sale of desk replicas at $1,250 each.
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