SAN DIEGO (CNS) – Mourning family members and law enforcement colleagues came together Tuesday to honor the life, service and ultimate sacrifice of a young La Mesa police officer who was fatally struck by a DUI suspect’s car last week as she was assisting a motorist at the scene of a College-area freeway accident.
Procession, funeral held for La Mesa Police Officer Lauren Craven
A ceremonial motorcade consisting of hundreds of police vehicles from an array of agencies traveled from Mission Valley to Rancho San Diego prior to the late-morning church funeral services for Officer Lauren Craven, who died late on the evening of Oct. 20 at the scene of the wreck on Interstate 8 near Fairmount Avenue.
At the memorial, La Mesa Police Chief Ray Sweeney praised Craven as a “remarkable police officer, colleague and friend.”
“Lauren, her smile and her resiliency is a light that will shine forever on our La Mesa community,” Sweeney told the gathering at Skyline Church on Campo Road. “She loved what she did. She loved the community she served.”
The chief quoted a statement that Craven wrote during her hiring process: “It has always been my passion to serve others, and there has never been a doubt in my mind that being in law enforcement is what I am meant to do.”…