UPDATE: Ceremony to Honor Law Enforcement Officers Killed in Line of Duty

Update 3:25 p.m. A ceremony to honor law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty is scheduled at 6 p.m. Monday Dec. 9 in Palm Desert.

Among those who will be remembered are Riverside police Officer Michael Crain, gunned down by rogue former LAPD cop Christopher Dorner on Feb. 7 in Riverside, and San Bernardino County sheriff's Detective Jeremiah MacKay, slain in the final standoff with Dorner Feb. 12 east of Angelus Oaks.

Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff invites the public to join his department in the Blue Light Ceremony "to honor the brave men and women in law enforcement who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect and serve their community."

The ceremony will be held at the Palm Desert Station, 73-705 Gerald Ford Drive.

The Riverside County Sheriff's Department plans to recognize the following officers dating back to 1895:

1895 Frank Hamilton: Riverside County Sheriff's Department

1907 Preston Swanguen: Riverside County Constable for Temecula

1912 John Baird: Riverside Police Department

1912 Del MacIntyre: Riverside Police Department

1913 Grant Alexander: Corona Police Department

1921 Henry F. Nelson: Riverside County Sheriff's Department

1921 Theodore Crossley: Riverside County Sheriff's Department

1925 Ross A. Gardner: United States Border Patrol

1938 Clinton Burtner: Riverside Police Department

1940 Edward Bertino: Riverside Police Department

1944 Arthur Simpson: Riverside Police Department

1947 Anthony Oneto: United States Border Patrol

1954 Frank Epperson: California Highway Patrol

1956 Howard R. Scheffler: Riverside County Sheriff's Department

1956 Raymond A. Geiger: California Highway Patrol

1961 Gale G. Eldridge: Palm Springs Police Department

1961 Roger A. Strong: Riverside County Sheriff's Department

1962 Lyle W. Larrabee: Palm Springs Police Department

1967 Theodore L. Newton, Jr.: United States Border Patrol

1967 George F. Azrak: United States Border Patrol

1969 William J. Rutledge: Riverside County Sheriff's Department

1969 William F. Carter, Jr.: Riverside County Sheriff's Department

1969 Ambers O. Shewmaker: California Highway Patrol

1971 Leonard Christiansen: Riverside Police Department

1971 Paul Teel: Riverside Police Department

1971 Richard F. Morello: Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement

1973 William Prettyman: Riverside Police Department

1974 Edward M. Schrader: Riverside County Sheriff's Department

1974 Larry Walters: Riverside Police Department

1977 Edward A. Parker, III: California Highway Patrol

1980 James B. Evans, Sr.: Riverside County Sheriff's Department

1980 Dirk A. Leonardson: Riverside County Sheriff's Department

1982 Dennis Doty: Riverside Police Department

1982 Phillip Trust: Riverside Police Department

1987 Michael Brandt: California Highway Patrol

1987 Mark Taylor: California Highway Patrol

1988 Michael D. Davis: Riverside County Sheriff's Department

1988 David Vasquez: Cathedral City Police Department

1989 Randy R. Lutz: Riverside County Sheriff's Department

1993 Gary Cavender: Riverside Police Department

1993 Kent Hintergardt: Riverside County Sheriff's Department

1994 Mark Kemp: Riverside County Sheriff's Department

1996 Aurelio Valencia: United States Border Patrol

1997 Michael P. Haugen: Riverside County Sheriff’s Department

1997 James W. Lehmann, Jr.: Riverside County Sheriff’s Department

1997 Saul Martinez: California Highway Patrol

1997 Daniel Muehlhausen: California Highway Patrol

1998 Claire Connelly: Riverside Police Department

1999 Eric A. Thach: Riverside County Sheriff's Department

2001 Charles Doug Jacobs, III: Riverside Police Department

2003 Brent C. Jenkins: Riverside County Sheriff's Department

2003 Bruce K. Lee: Riverside County Sheriff’s Department

2003 Shannon L. Distel: California Highway Patrol

2007 Manuel Villegas: Riverside County Sheriff’s Department

2007 Richard Goldstein: United States Border Patrol

2008 Aaron Garcia: Union Pacific Railroad Police Department

2009 Nathaniel A. Afolayan: United States Border Patrol

2009 Trena Renee McLaughlin: United States Border Patrol

2010 Ryan P. Bonaminio: Riverside Police Department

2011 Jermaine Gibson: Cathedral City Police Department

2013 Michael Crain: Riverside Police Department

A second ceremony is scheduled at 6 p.m. Dec. 16 at the Riverside County Administrative Center, 4080 Lemon St. in downtown Riverside.

"During the ceremonies we will adorn the buildings with symbolic blue lights, as part of the national recognition program to pay respect to our fallen law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line of duty," Sniff's staff said.

The Blue light Awareness Program was established by the Concerns of Police Survivors organization to enhance public awareness of law enforcement deaths across the country.