Sacramento Baseball Field Renamed For Fallen Officer Tara O'Sullivan
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The memory of fallen Sacramento police officer Tara O'Sullivan will live on at a local park.
On Tuesday, city leaders voted to rename the Woodlake Park Baseball Field as Tara O'Sullivan Memorial Field.
@SacPolice Officer Tara O'Sullivan was a champion for the north Sacramento beat she covered. Her name and memory will live on. Thank you @CM_AllenWarren, for bringing this forward. https://t.co/W6S0PJidxw
— @mayor_Steinberg (@Mayor_Steinberg) February 12, 2020
The 26-year-old rookie officer was gunned down last year while helping a victim of domestic violence get her belongings from a home.
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Today, Sacramento Mayor & City Council announced the naming of the ball fields at Woodlake Park in the memory of fallen SPD Officer Tara O'Sullivan. ???? Such a touching tribute to a fallen hero. #tarastrong #belikeTara #TaraOSullivan #sacpd #bethedifference #sacpdstrong pic.twitter.com/RFg8zvwPes
— Sacramento Police Department (@SacPolice) February 12, 2020
O'Sullivan's parents, Kelly and Dennis O'Sullivan, were present at the Sacramento City Council meeting on Tuesday and praised for their strength while grieving.
Officer O'Sullivan was a graduate of Sacramento State's first Law Enforcement Candidate Scholars Program.