TUSTIN, Calif.—The Orange County Sheriff Department’s advisory council hosted a memorial May 27 to pay tribute to the 53 peace officers that have been killed while in the line of duty throughout county. The event is held at Orange County Peace Officers’ Memorial site in Tustin every year, although last year’s in-person event was cancelled due to COVID-19. While the event had a somber tone, organizers did note that this was the seventh consecutive year that a peace officer’s name has not been added to the memorial wall, meaning there have been no line-of-duty deaths since 2014. “While that is a positive milestone, one we should always strive and be grateful for, we should not let this fact mislead us to thinking that the inherent risks of this profession have subsided,” said Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes. “2020 was one of the highest risk years for Orange County police officers. We faced a pandemic, civil unrest, wildfires…as well as the …