The Glendale Public Safety Memorial was dedicated on Jan. 4, 2011. It is located in the Glendale
Civic Center Plaza, 5750 W. Glenn Drive.
The memorial honors two police officers and
one firefighter killed in the line of duty in Glendale. The names of the fallen include:
- Fire Engineer Lester Hillis
September 7, 1974
- Sergeant Pat Campbell
September 22, 1985
- Officer Anthony Holly
February 19, 2007
The 15-foot-tall bronze memorial features two police officers and two firefighters
rescuing a child while connected by an eternal flame. Behind the statue is a 28-foot-long
granite wall with plaques of honor with background information on Hillis, Campbell and
Holly. The artist for the memorial is
Hai Ying Wu.
Coordinators of the memorial include: The Glendale Public Safety
Memorial Committee, Glendale Arts Commission, Glendale Police Department, Glendale
Fire Department and Glendale Marketing/Communications Department. |