RECALLING A DEPUTY; SLAIN LAWMAN MEMORIALIZED WITH MONUMENTS.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer Emotions were raw as loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl and colleagues gathered Tuesday to tearfully dedicate a memorial to Deputy Shayne York, who was slain in August 1997 during an off-duty robbery near Buena Park Buena Park (bwā`nə), city (1990 pop. 68,784), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1953. Food processing, the manufacture of aircraft, and tourism are important to the city's economy. . ``If you would have asked me a year-and-a-half ago if something good could have come out of this, I would have said no,'' said Deputy Jennifer Parish, York's fiancee, who met him when both were assigned to the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center A detention center or a detention centre is any location used for detention. Specifically, it can mean:
Parish was joined by Sheriff Lee Baca Leroy David Baca (b. May 27 1942, East Los Angeles, California) is the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California. After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School (Los Angeles) in 1960, Baca worked his way through East Los Angeles College before starting with the L.A. and the slain deputy's parents, Daniel York and Patricia Steele, in dedicating the 2-acre park named in his honor, along with an 1,800-square-foot gym, a 7-foot-tall granite monument with an inscribed in·scribe tr.v. in·scribed, in·scrib·ing, in·scribes 1. a. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface. b. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters. brass plaque and a cast-iron torch with an eternal flame. Sheriff's deputies volunteered their time and labor to design and build the memorial across the street from East Facility, often using donated materials. Because York was shot in Buena Park, officers from that city's police department held charity golf tournaments and donated proceeds to help pay for the memorial. ``No one should die the way Shayne did, being compliant,'' said Sgt. Greg Simon, one of York's former supervisors at East Facility. As a trumpeter played taps, deputies raised the flags - and then lowered them to half-staff - in the patio next to the monument. Later, Parish, Steele and the elder York lit the eternal flame to the mournful mourn·ful adj. 1. Feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful. 2. Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy: the mournful sound of a train whistle. strains of a bagpiper's ``Amazing Grace "Amazing Grace" is a well-known Christian hymn. The words were written late in 1772 by Englishman John Newton. They first appeared in print in Newton's Olney Hymns, 1779 that he worked on with William Cowper. .'' The slain deputy's father fought back tears while paying tribute. ``I would rather have given my own life in place of my son's, but that cannot be,'' York told the crowd of sheriff's deputies, relatives and friends. ``We have had to learn how to adjust our lives without Shayne.'' York said that he thinks of his son every day, and cries every year on Shayne's birthday, on the anniversary of the killing and every time a holiday rolls around. ``This is something I will never get over (but) today makes things a little easier on the family,'' he said. Meanwhile, the two men charged with killing York remain in custody without bail at the Orange County Jail, awaiting the trial that's expected to get under way in September, officials said. Andre Montel Willis, 33, and Kevin Boyce, 27, could receive the death penalty if convicted of murder, robbery and burglary. Capt. Taylor Moorehead, who was the commander of East Facility during York's tenure, said that the senseless nature of the killing also disgusted and saddened those the young deputy guarded. ``Even the inmates wrote letters. That's the part that I found amazing - even the inmates liked him,'' Moorehead said. IN HONOR AND MEMORY The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. unveiled a brass plaque during a ceremony Tuesday in memory of a slain jail deputy. The inscription reads: ``In honor and memory of Deputy Shayne Daniel York Pitchess Detention Center - East Facility Born March 21, 1971 Entered the department: May 31, 1995 End of Watch: Aug. 16, 1997'' ``On Aug. 16, 1997, Deputy Shayne York's life was violently taken from him. Deputy York lost all he had and would have been for one reason, and one reason only: He chose to serve the citizens of this county by proudly wearing the badge of a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Deputy Sheriff. Deputy York stood proudly for the department and the badge he wore. He made the ultimate sacrifice. For this, he will forever be remembered.'' CAPTION(S): 3 Photos, Box PHOTO (1--Color) Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies salute during the flag-raising ceremony over the memorial to Deputy Shayne York on Tuesday. (2--Color) Sheriff's Lt. Bruce Harris Bruce Harris (born 1955 in Scotland, United Kingdom) is the disgraced former executive director of Casa Alianza, from 1989 to September 2004. He was dismissed from this post after admitting he had paid a young adult male, who had earlier been in the care of Casa Alianza, for sex. plays taps during a ceremony to inaugurate in·au·gu·rate tr.v. in·au·gu·rat·ed, in·au·gu·rat·ing, in·au·gu·rates 1. To induct into office by a formal ceremony. 2. a memorial for slain Deputy Shayne York. (3) Deputy Jennifer Parish, Deputy Shayne York's girlfriend at the time of the shooting, sits beside Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca. Hans Gutknecht/Daily News BOX: IN HONOR AND MEMORY (See text) |
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