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# Services set for SMPD officer killed in Iraq
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/services-set-for-smpd-officer-killed-in-iraq/
- Published: 2005-05-30T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:12:41.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

A funeral mass for Major Ricardo “Rick” Crocker, a Santa Monica police officer who was killed on May 26 while serving with the Marine Corp. in the Al- Anbar province of Iraq, will be held Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Monica Catholic Church at 725 California Ave.

A burial service will be held at the Puerto Rico National Cemetery at a time and date to be determined by the family.

Four hundred seats of the 800-person-capacity sanctuary are being reserved for uniformed law enforcement and military personnel. The remaining 400 seats are reserved for family, city employees and members of the public.

Crocker’s remains are at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware and will be transported to Santa Monica on Tuesday.

In lieu of flowers, Crocker’s family has requested that donations be made to the Santa Monica Police Activities League. Checks should be made payable to: Santa Monica PAL C/O Santa Monica Police Department, 333 W. Olympic Drive, Santa Monica, CA 90401.

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A makeshift memorial of flowers surrounds a life-sized cardboard image of Santa Monica Police Officer Rick Crocker, who, as a Marine, died in combat in Iraq last week. (Photo: Carolyn Sackariason/Daily Press)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 30, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/053005.pdf?ref=smdp.com)