The St. Petersburg Police Department paid homage to 15 officers killed in the line of duty on Tuesday, May 21, during their annual memorial service. The ceremony was held at Demens Landing Park along the waterfront during the early evening hours. Sgt. Marlin Heyward rang the bell 15 times, representing the distinguished service of each officer.
Photos by Kenny Irby, Special to the Times.
![The ceremony was held at Demens Landing Park.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 4032 3024"/%3E "The ceremony was held at Demens Landing Park.")
![Sgt. Marlin Heyward right rang the bell 15 times representing the distinguished service of each officer.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 3024 4032"/%3E "Sgt. Marlin Heyward right rang the bell 15 times representing the distinguished service of each officer.")
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