LAPD Officer Heather Monroe to be remembered at funeral Thursday



Family, friends and colleagues will gather Thursday to pay their last respects to Los Angeles police Officer Heather Monroe, who was killed in an off-duty traffic collision early New Year’s Day in Simi Valley, at the Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills cemetery, authorities said.

The funeral for Monroe, 30, of Simi Valley, who was assigned to the Los Angeles Police Department’s Devonshire Division in Northridge, will take place at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills’ Hall of Liberty, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, with an interment immediately following the service, LAPD Officer Norma Eisenman said.

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Monroe was pronounced dead at the scene after the Scion tC she was riding in collided with a Nissan Maxima driven by an Uber driver at an intersection shortly after 2 a.m. on Jan. 1, according to Simi Valley police. The driver of the Scion, the driver of the Maxima and a passenger in the Maxima were taken to an area hospital with nonlife threatening injuries and have since been released.

Monroe died as a result of “blunt force injuries” and the manner of death was ruled accidental, according to Investigator James Baroni of the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Simi Valley police have said they believe one of the vehicles involved ran a red light but are still investigating the cause of the collision.

Monroe had worked for the LAPD for seven years, working in both the Mission and Devonshire divisions. Monroe was promoted to a field training officer at Devonshire in the spring of last year and had also worked bicycle patrol.

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Capt. Bryan Lium said Sunday that although Monroe died while off-duty, he expects much of his Northridge-based Devonshire Division to attend Monroe’s funeral. Officers from other stations will be on loan to ensure the division has enough officers on duty, he said.

“She was such a positive, inspirational kind of worker,” Lium said. “She truly was ‘whatever you need, I’ll do. I’ll get it done.’ Whether she was riding bikes (or) working patrol.”

Lium said he plans to speak at Monroe’s funeral on Thursday.

“I really want to do right by her,” Lium added. “I really liked her and respected her.”

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