Photos: Ceremony marks Los Angeles Police Memorial Week

LAPD officers salute during a ceremony held at the department’s downtown headquarters to honor the more than 200 officers killed over the years in the line of duty.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck bows his head during the benediction, part of the memorial ceremony honoring LAPD officers killed in the line of duty. The event included a reading of the officers’ names and the unveiling of street signs that will go up around the city honoring the fallen.   (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Esther Lee, a family friend of LAPD officer Nicholas Lee who was killed in a car crash while on duty, wipes her eyes during an event honoring fallen LAPD officers.   (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, right, unveils new street signs that will be put up around the city to honor fallen officers.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

LAPD Officer Donald Levier takes a photo of the department’s traveling Memorial to Fallen Officers.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

LAPD officers are reflected as they look at the department’s Memorial to Fallen Officers.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

A pair of empty boots, backwards in the stirrups, represents the fallen police officers of the LAPD.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Choung Lee, the mother of LAPD Officer Nicholas Lee, bows her head at a memorial wall that lists the names of officers killed on duty.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

LAPD officers Myra Villafana, left, and Paul Cruz, right look at a monument wall dedicated to 207 LAPD officers who have died in the line of duty.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Lillie Price, the widow of Officer Christopher Cortijo, touches the nameplate honoring him on a monument dedicated to LAPD officers killed in the line of duty.   (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Roses are placed near the names of the fallen at the conclusion of the event honoring more than 200 officers killed over the years in the line of duty.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)