Tina Frances Zapata-Kerbrat, a 34-year-old rookie officer with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), tragically lost her life on February 11, 1991. She was the first female LAPD officer to be killed in the line of duty. On that fateful day, Officer Kerbrat and her partner, Officer Earl Valladares, were on patrol in Sun Valley, Los Angeles. They stopped to question two men who appeared to be drinking beer in public. During this routine stop, one of the men, identified as 32-year-old Jose Amay
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