Police, Community to Honor San Leandro Police Captain

Announcement, photo via San Leandro Police Nixle Alerts:

Law enforcement officers from several agencies and community members from throughout the San Francisco Bay Area will honor San Leandro Police Captain Edward Tracey on Saturday, April 25th, who lost a long battle with cancer last week. Captain Tracey, who served in the San Leandro, Oakland, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and Union City Police Departments during his 25 year law enforcement career, will depart the Santos Robinson Mortuary in San Leandro on Saturday at 7:30 am, paying a final tribute for his service to those cities and communities in which he served.

Led by a procession of police motorcycle officers from the San Leandro and Oakland Police Departments, Captain Tracey will be driven through San Leandro, past the Oakland Police Department, and into Oakland’s Chinatown, where he once served Oakland’s Chinese community. The ceremonial procession, which publicly displays honor and respect of a fallen law enforcement officer, will return to San Leandro, where the police motorcade will lead San Leandro and Oakland Police personnel through San Leandro, into Castro Valley, with its final arrival at the 3 Crosses Neighborhood Church, where Captain Tracey will be honored during the formal, police funeral ceremony.

Family members, supported by hundreds of law enforcement personnel and community members are expected to attend the funeral services, which will begin at 10:00am. The procession is expected to pass by the Oakland Police Department and enter Oakland’s Chinatown at 8:00am. San Leandro and Oakland Police personnel will line E. 14th St. from Broadmoor Blvd. to the San Leandro Police Department, and will salute Captain Tracey as he is returned back to his San Leandro community at 8:30am.

The procession will travel south on E. 14th St. into Castro Valley, with its final destination being the 3 Crosses Neighborhood Church. Community members are invited to attend the funeral services to honor Captain Tracey’s service, dedication, professionalism, and commitment to the law enforcement profession.

Previous:

• San Leandro Police Captain Dies From Cancer at 45 After Two-Decade Law Enforcement Career

Those wishing to donate to a memorial fund for Captain Tracey’s wife and daughter may do so by doing the one of the following:

• On-Line Donations: www.gofundme.com/edtracey
• Gateway Bank, 360 8th St., Oakland, CA 94607

The following ceremonial route will be taken and may impact traffic for short periods of time:

• Depart Santos Robinson Mortuary and drive west on Estudillo Ave. to E. 14th St.

• South on E. 14th St. to Davis St.

• West on Davis St. to I-880 North

• Exit I-880 at Broadway Ave. in Oakland

• Pass the Oakland Police Department and turn east on Washington Ave.

• South on 7th St., passing OPD’s entrance

• North on Harrison St. to 8th St.

• North on 8th St., passing the Asian Advisory Committee on Crime offices

• East on Franklin St. to 11th St.

• South on 11th St. to Madison St.

• Madison St. to I-880 south

• Exit 98th Ave. and drive east to International Blvd.

• South on International Blvd. into San Leandro, where officers in formation will salute Captain Edward Tracey as he passes by the San Leandro Police Department

• South on E. 14th St. to Mattox Rd. / Castro Valley Blvd.• Arrival at 3 Crosses Neighborhood Church.

FUNERAL SERVICE INFORMATION: Saturday, April 25, 2015 – 10:00am

3 Crosses Neighborhood Church20600 John Dr.Castro Valley, CA