Memorial to officers to be dedicated

WARREN -- A memorial to honor city police officers who died in the line of duty will be dedicated at noon Saturday in Monument Park on Courthouse Square.
The dedication will occur during a memorial service in honor of all law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty, which will be held in observance of National Police Memorial Week.
The 6-foot-high marble monument, known as the Warren Police Memorial and funded by Warren Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 34, will be inscribed "In honor of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice."
It will bear the names of Warren Police Chief Frank Flowers, who died in an automobile accident on Niles Road on April 3, 1919, and Warren Patrolman Irving Baker, who died Jan. 6, 1933, of complications from injuries he suffered when he responded to a bar fight at Dana Street and North Park Avenue in 1932.
The monument will also bear the U.S. flag in color, the Warren police badge insignia and the FOP national lodge insignia.
Mayor Michael O'Brien and Police Chief John Mandopoulos will participate in the ceremony. Patrolman Brian Crites, FOP Lodge 34 president, will play the bagpipes while members of the Baker family lay a wreath.