COLUSA, CA (MPG) – The future Colusa County Law Enforcement Memorial now has an official home after the Colusa County Board of Supervisors approved its location Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the historic Colusa County Courthouse.
Supervisors approved the location as part of the meeting’s consent calendar without separate discussion. The action designates an area on the west side of the courthouse near the flagpole, where a Bradford pear tree was recently removed.
The approval marks another step for a project intended to create Colusa County’s first memorial dedicated to law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty.
The board formally approved construction of the memorial June 30 but requested that its final location return for separate approval. The board previously received updates on the project in October 2025 and January.
Supervisor Merced Corona, who chairs the memorial committee, told supervisors in January that the memorial would honor five Colusa County law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty.
“This comes down to whether we want to make the commitment as a county and as a board to honor those five officers and to have a place where they will not be forgotten,” Corona said during the Jan. 13 presentation.
The committee initially considered placing the memorial in front of the courthouse before shifting the proposed location to the west side near the flagpole. Corona said in January that organizers wanted to preserve the historic appearance of the courthouse.
“We were very sensitive to not doing anything that would take away from the courthouse,” Corona said. “That is why we agreed to move the location to the west side near the flagpole.”
Plans call for the memorial to occupy an area of roughly 20 feet by 20 feet, with possible benches and walkways depending on available funding. Corona previously said the tallest portion of the memorial would stand about 5 feet high.
The memorial will include engraved panels bearing the names, agencies and badges of the five fallen officers from three local law enforcement agencies. The design will also provide space to add names should another local officer die in the line of duty.
The project will rely entirely on private donations and carries no fiscal impact to the county, according to the Aug. 11 agenda report.
“We’ve met our first milestone of fundraising,” said Merced Corona. “We have the stone ordered, but still raising funds to complete the monument.”
Corona added that he believes they are on schedule to have the monument completed in May of 2027, just in time for National Police Officers Week.
Tax-deductible donations to the Colusa County Law Enforcement Memorial may be made by check payable to the Colusa County Law Enforcement Memorial and mailed to P.O. Box 782, Arbuckle, CA 95912. Donations may also be made online at https://nvcf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=9906.