Academy Class #374 Honors Fallen Deputy Escalante

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACADEMY CLASS #374 TO HONOR

FALLEN DEPUTY JUAN ABEL ESCALANTE

 

           

WHO:              CAPTAIN GREGORY ADAMS, TRAINING BUREAU, AND THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT TRAINING ACADEMY STAFF.

 

WHAT:            ACADEMY CLASS #374 WILL BE HOSTING THEIR COLORS RUN WHICH WILL START AT RIO DE LOS ANGELES PARK, LOS ANGELES, AT 6:30 A.M.  THE ACADEMY CLASS HAS DEDICATED THEIR CLASS IN HONOR OF FALLEN DEPUTY JUAN ABEL ESCALANTE, WHO WAS ASSIGNED TO MEN’S CENTRAL JAIL.  DEPUTY ESCALANTE WAS TRAGICALLY SHOT AND KILLED IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE ON AUGUST 3, 2008.

 

ALL SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL ARE INVITED TO RUN THIS 5-MILE COURSE THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE DEPUTY ESCALANTE WAS KILLED.  THE CLASS WILL MAKE A BRIEF STOP AT THE SITE OF DEPUTY ESCALANTE’S MURDER FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.  AFTER THE RUN, ALL DEPARTMENT MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE WELCOMED TO ATTEND A PANCAKE BREAKFAST AT RIO DE LOS ANGELES PARK.

 

WHEN:            FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2008, AT 6:30 A.M.

 

WHERE:         RIO DE LOS ANGELES PARK

                        1900 NORTH SAN FERNANDO ROAD

                        LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA  90065

                        (THOMAS GUIDE PAGE 482, A-7)

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT DEPUTY PETE ENCISO OR SERGEANT SUSAN VAZIRI, RECRUIT TRAINING UNIT, AT
(562) 946-7863.

SHB-145M-08                                                                         X     X     X                                                       NOVEMBER 13, 2008