On December 8, 2009 in Tacoma, unprecedented ten's of thousands of police officers from all over the USA, Canada, and overseas showed up for the funeral for the 4 slain police officers from Lakewood. Over 20,000 police officers arrived for the funeral. 1,000 RCMP officers dressed in red serge formed a massive sea of red. Over 100 officers attended from New York, and another 100 from Boston. McChord Air Force Base was the staging area for over 1,000 police vehicles that would form a procession from Lakewood to the Tacoma Dome. An amazing 3,000 vehicles showed up from all over the USA and the procession took 4 hours to wind their way through streets lined with thousands of folks.
