LAPD Holds Memorial Bike Ride in Northeast Valley to Honor Officer Who Died from COVID-19

A year after Valentín “Val” Martinez became the first Los Angeles Police Department front-line officer to die from COVID-19, the Mission Hills Community Police Station where he worked honored his memory with a memorial bike ride that started at the station and rode through Pacoima, the City of San Fernando, Sylmar and Granada Hills — the communities he patrolled. At the time, Martinez, 45, was […]