Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest in peace Deputy Sheriff Jerry Ortiz, your legacy continues to live on.

Daniel Cervantes

June 27, 2024

SIR, I STILL RECALL THE NEWS OF YOUR SACRIFICE, AS IT BROKE OUT IN CHANNEL 34/UNIVISION ON THAT FRIDAY AFTERNOON OF JUNE 24TH, 2005. IT IS EXTREMELY SAD TO KNOW IT IS NOW, OVER 19 YEARS FROM YOUR PASSING. YOUR SERVICE TO THE LA COUNTY COMMUNITY IS CERTAINLY REMEMBERED AND IS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, SIR.

OSCAR JESUS HERNANDEZ MARQUEZ

June 26, 2024

Sir, I recently learned about you in the academy and I wanted to express my gratitude for your ultimate sacrifice, dedication, and also want to express my gratitude to your family as well. Your legacy and memory still carries on here at the academy. Gone but never forgotten. Rest In Paradise.

DST RECRUIT CLASS 477
LASD

June 26, 2024

Can’t believe it has been 19 years since you were taken from us. You are greatly missed, and your memory continues to live on. Please continue to watch over Chela and your friends.

Tyrone Laces
Friend

June 25, 2024

Rest in peace deputy. Never forgotten. Dear God.

Robert W
Citizen Volunteer LAPD

June 24, 2024

He will Never Ever be forgotten. RIP

Retired First Sergeant Thomas Webb
New York State Police

February 27, 2024

Remembering Deputy Ortiz. My thoughts and prayers to those that have gone on years of remembering their friend, co worker, father, husband and protector.

Tonya LaFarr
Private Citizen, Law Enforcement Supporter

November 7, 2023

Jerry Ortiz I meet you when I was 15 years old and you were at century station in Lynwood my family had a restaurant there you were very friendly and got along great with my father you would bring us pizza and my dad cigars your were one nicest professional person always treated every one with respect ur were my dad’s favorite deputy and he meet many of them having a business we were very saddened of ur loss I know you and my dad are now angels looking over us may god rest ur soul deputy Ortiz gone but never forgotten

Noel Padilla
Friend La Playita Restuarant

September 25, 2023

Another year without you yet still feels like yesterday. You are greatly missed!!!

Tyrone Laces
Family

June 25, 2023

Hey Jerry miss you brother. God bless you and your family. Time flies and I remember you daily in prayer and thought with my family who also has passed. Never forget Jerry Ortiz. ❤️

Omar Luevano
LASD

June 23, 2023

Sir, I was only 13 when your life was taken. As a resident, I remember the complete mayhem in Hawaiian Gardens that erupted from murder. Many residents from HG were upset that you were killed. I hope to become half the deputy you were. Your memory hasn’t been forgotten. Your friends and family haven’t forgotten about you. Recruits still learn about you.

DST Recruit Class 465 J H
LASD

February 26, 2023

17 years have gone by, but the sadness remains. You will never be forgotten.

Please continue to keep watch over Chela and us.

Tyrone Laces

June 25, 2022

d@#n. Hard to believe you've been gone 17 years, tomorrow.

I think of you often and I believe in angels.

d@#n. I hate that day

Sgt Marc Saunders
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (ret)

June 23, 2022

Think of you today and everyday. You will always be missed and remembered. Please continue to watch over Chela!!

Tyron Laces

June 24, 2021

May you rest in peace Deputy Sheriff Ortiz. while working as an OTS for the department i met a lot of detectives who knew him personally and they had a lot of good things to say about Deputy Ortiz. Deputy Ortiz loved his career.

RECRUIT GARCIA IVAN
LASD

June 20, 2021

Rest in peace Deputy Sheriff Ortiz.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 2, 2021

I had the privilege of knowing Jerry most of his life. We grew up in El Monte together and he played football and baseball with my brothers. Our families became quick friends and after some time like family. After marriage my husband and I lived in the city of Paramount, one day driving to the Lakewood mall Jerry saw us we didn’t know it was him, he flashed his lights and pulled us over. The jokester that he was he said license and registration, my husband was like officer why am I being pulled over Jerry replied “because I waved and you didn’t notice fool” took off his glasses and my husband started cracking up. He found out where we lived and would stop by when he was in the neighborhood and my mother in law would cook him something, we’d all chop it up , he’d sit in front of the house in the car with my 2 year old son (now 22) and put on the lights for him. We got to see him about once a month and he would just hang out on his lunch or just pass by really quick to check on us. He was a kind and loving friend. I watched him become a father and husband and he was an amazing brother and son. We all miss him , he was an beautiful soul. We love you Jerry always. Keep watching out for all of us , I know you and Fredo are up there laughing and goofing off.
Never forgotten

Michelle Barbosa Buelna
Family Friend

May 10, 2021

Thank you for your service Deputy Ortiz. God Bless.

Michael Keane
SFPD Retired

June 24, 2020

Jerry,
Can't believe it's been 15 years since you were taken from us. Sometimes it feels like was just yesterday. You are missed!!!Watch over Chela and your friends.

Tyrone Laces

June 24, 2020

Thank you for your service and always know that your sacrifice is one that will never be forgotten. Rest in peace always.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police (Retired)

June 24, 2020

RIP Deputy Sheriff Jerry Ortiz, you will never be forgotten.

First Sergeant Thomas Webb, Retired.
New York State Police

January 13, 2020

Thinking about You today, Brah.........

Michael B. Parlor

July 12, 2019

It has been 14 years, but feels like yesterday. Please continue to keep watch over Chela and your friends.

T. Laces

June 24, 2019

Every day upon entering our recruit classroom, I see Deputy Jerry Ortiz's picture on the wall with his end of watch. Wondering what had happened to Deputy Ortiz on that fateful day, and learning of how quickly things can go from being calm at one moment and to being shot at the next is a rude awakening.

Reflecting on what happened to Deputy Ortiz has given me a new understanding of how lucky I am to be in the position I am in now. How I am able to go home every night and talk with my loved ones about the day. Seeing how everything can be taken away in an instant gives me the initiative to train hard like my life depends on it and to appreciate everything instead of taking the little things for granted. I appreciate Deputy Ortiz's service and he will always be remembered by the LASD family as well as his own.

DST Recruit Matthew J Hernandez
los angeles county sheriff's department

April 5, 2019

This tragic story has once again made me realize there is no such thing as routine call or day. Deputy Ortiz was conducting his investigation and never expected a heart less individual shoot an end his life. I am truly sorry for what happen to Deputy Jerry Ortiz. His story has made me appreciate life a lot more and be a lot more aware of situations we may face in the field of Law Enforcement. I now understand why the academy emphasizes the importance of moving with a partner, you just don't know. I honor every Deputy or Officer who paid the ultimate price to protect and serve the communities they patrolled. I appreciate Law Enforcement as a whole and hope every Law Enforcement Officer returns safely to their loved ones.

Gonzalez, M
Lasd

April 4, 2019