With four flag-draped caskets cradled around a stage and nearly 20,000 law enforcement officers watching in silence, a ceremonial honor guard opened the memorial for four slain Lakewood Police officers the Tacoma Dome about 2 p.m.
Officers from around North America crisply saluted the families — including nine children — of the slain officers as they were seated for a service expected to last more than three hours.
The memorial was proceeded by a procession of 2,000 law enforcement vehicles, red-and-blue lights flashing, that began at 10:05 a.m. crawling along a somber, 10.3-mile route from McChord Air Force Base to the Tacoma Dome.
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