Thousands attend funeral for San Diego police officer, Marine Captain

Thousands attend funeral for San Diego police officer

BY DEBBI BAKER, REPORTER - POLICE & FIRE
KRISTINA DAVIS, REPORTER - PUBLIC SAFETY
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AUGUST 12, 2011

SAN DIEGO — He was a captain in the Marines with a chest full of medals and a natural gift of leadership. He could have done anything, gone anywhere.

Which was why his family back in Texas couldn’t fathom why Jeremy Henwood would want to become a San Diego police officer.

“I tried to tell him, ‘Jeremy, why would you want to go to back to the academy with a bunch of kids 10 years younger than you and be a rookie cop?,’” his younger brother, Robbie, recalled. “I tried to tell him to come join me in federal law enforcement ... He wouldn’t hear of it, he wouldn’t discuss it. Jeremy absolutely loved San Diego, he loved the PD.”

That dedication to the two uniforms he wore and lived by was evident Friday, when an estimated 3,500 law enforcement officers, Marines, family and friends packed the Rock Church in Point Loma to near-capacity to honor his life.
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