A SOLDIER, WHO WISHES TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, HAS HONORED FALLEN SANTA CRUZ POLICE OFFICERS SERGEANT BUTCH BAKER AND DETECTIVE ELIZABETH BUTLER…WITH HIS PURPLE HEART MEDAL, AND A TEDDY BEAR. HE SENT A LETTER TO THE SANTA CRUZ POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE SYMBOLOGY INVOLVED. THE TEDDY BEAR IS FOR THE LOVE OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THE POLICE, THE RED RIBBON FOR THE PRECIOUS BLOOD SHED IN THE LINE OF DUTY….AND THE PURPLE HEART IS FOR THE SACRIFICE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY.
SINCE LAST TUESDAY’S FATAL SHOOTING, PEOPLE HAVE CONTINUED TO DROP OFF FLOWERS AND OTHER MEMENTOS AT BOTH THE MEMORIAL AT DOYLE STREET AND NORTH BRANCIFORTE AVENUE NEAR WHERE THE OFFICERS WERE AMBUSHED, AND THE ONE OUTSIDE THE SANTA CRUZ POLICE STATION.
