PHOTOS: Denver Police honor officers who died in the line of duty

• Denver Police Metro SWAT officers fire a 21 gun salute off the roof of the Denver Police Department’s headquarters downtown on May 18, 2023, in Denver. The 21 gun salute was part of a ceremony to honor Denver’s fallen officers who died in the line of duty. This week is National Police Week. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

• Flowers are placed outside the Fallen Officer’s Memorial in Denver on May 18, 2023, during a ceremony to honor Denver’s fallen officers who died in the line of duty. This week is National Police Week. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

• New recruits for the Denver Police Department attend a ceremony to honor Denver’s fallen officers who died in the line of duty, on May 18, 2023, in Denver. This week is National Police Week. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

• Members of the Denver Police Department’s bike squad visit with members of the department’s mounted horseback patrol before a ceremony to honor Denver’s fallen officers who died in the line of duty, on May 18, 2023 in Denver. This week is National Police Week. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

• Members of the Denver Police Department stand at attention outside the Fallen Officer’s Memorial during a ceremony to honor Denver’s fallen officers who died in the line of duty, on May 18, 2023, in Denver. This week is National Police Week. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

• Sergeant Kiarra Jenkins, of District 3 in the Denver Police Department, reads the names of Denver’s fallen officers during a ceremony to honor the officers who died in the line of duty, on May 18, 2023, in Denver. This week is National Police Week. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

The Denver Police Department honored Denver’s fallen officers who died in the line of duty during a ceremony at the department’s headquarters downtown on May 18, 2023, in Denver. This week is National Police Week.