Peace officer's memorial relay ends at Altadena Station

Sheriff Sgt. Marsha Williams passed on this news about the weekend's torch relay that ended at our own Station 7:

Just wanted to pass on information and a few photos of our Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department annual Peace Officer’s Memorial Torch Relay that culminates at Altadena Station each year.  The relay race begins at Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau, Friday, May 22, 2009 at 9 AM, with runners who carry the lit torch to East Los Angeles station, where it is handed off to that station’s runners.  The relay continues until each Sheriff’s station in Los Angeles County has handed the torch to their runners, a total distance covering over 300 miles.  The relay ended today, Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 2:30 PM where Altadena Station personnel brought in the torch and conducted a memorial ceremony to honor peace officers who were killed in the line of duty in Los Angeles county during the past twelve months.     The runners were escorted into the station from Fair Oaks Avenue and Altadena Drive by sheriff’s patrol vehicles and Los Angeles County Fire Department vehicles with lights flashing.

The following officers were honored in the ceremony:
L.A. County Deputy Sheriff Juan A. Escalante, August 2, 2008
L. A. Police Dept. Officer Spree DeSha, September 12, 2008
L. A. County Deputy Randy Hamson, Oct 24, 2008
CHP Officer  Joseph  Sanders, December 15, 2008
Culver City Police Dept. Lieutenant Curtis A. Massey, January 28, 2009
L.A. County Deputy Sheriff David Larimer, Dec. 31, 1942  (Altadena Station’s only officer killed in the line of  duty, honored in 2009).

PIctured:  The Altadena station runners carry the torch from Crescenta Valley Station; the Altadena station runners; memorial service at the Altadena station.