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Emotional vigil held for slain Sacramento officer

Emotional vigil held for slain Sacramento officer
COMMUNITY HOW SHE CAME TOGETHER. >> HAND-IN-HAND, A WAVE OF BLACK AND BLUE FILLING THE SACRAMENTO STATE CAMPUS. OFFICER TARRA O'SULLIVAN'S MEMORY. TONIGHT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FROM ALL AROUND UNITED BY THE BLACK RIBBON OVER THEIR BADGES. A CIRCUMSTANCE OF SUPPORT AROUND O'SULLIVAN'S FAMILY. SACRAMENTO'S POLICE CHIEF MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, OFFICERS, DEPUTIES, STUDENTS, AND FRIENDS WHO SAY THEY ARE MORE LIKE FRIENDLY. >> SHE HAD A BIG HEART. EVEN WHEN TIMES WERE DOWN, WHEN THE WHOLE WORLD WAS COMING DOWN SHE KEPT A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND HEALTH EVERYBODY AROUND HER. >> SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN TO GRADUATE FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM THAT PROFESSOR SHELBY MOFFITT FOUNDED. >> SHE ALWAYS WANTED TO HELP OTHERS. I'LL USE HOPEFULLY WHAT SHE WAS IN THE PROGRAM AS A LEGACY TO THE NEXT GROUP COMING IN, IN THE FALL AS WELL. >> AS FRIENDS AND FAMILY LIGHT CANDLES IN HER MEMORY THEY SAY HER LIGHT WILL NEVER BE EXTINGUISHED. >> WE NEED POLICE LIKE HER. WE NEED PEOPLE WITH BIG HEARTS. WE NEED PEOPLE WHO CARE. >> TO MAKE SURE HER MEMORY STAYS ALIVE THE SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT SAYS THEY ARE ESTABLISHING A TARA O'SULL
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Emotional vigil held for slain Sacramento officer
Officers, classmates and complete strangers gathered at Sacramento State to pay tribute to Officer Tara O'Sullivan days after she was shot and killed in the line of duty.Watch the video above to see scenes from the emotional vigil.

Officers, classmates and complete strangers gathered at Sacramento State to pay tribute to Officer Tara O'Sullivan days after she was shot and killed in the line of duty.

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Watch the video above to see scenes from the emotional vigil.