NOTE: Please note staging time change and staging location update below.The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited by the family of Detective Joshua Kelley-Eklund and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to participate in the funeral of their loved one. It will be our honor and privilege to attend.
Detective Kelley-Eklund served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for 19 years. Tragically, Detective Kelley-Eklund was killed in a lethal blast with two other deputies while moving ordinance. All three were highly trained members of the department arson explosives detail.
Detective Kelley-Eklund joined the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in March 2006 under Academy Class 348. He was later assigned to the Pitchess Detention Center North and North County Correctional Facility. Detective Kelley-Eklund later transferred to Lennox Sheriff Station in 2010 and became a Field Training Officer at South Los Angeles Station, mentoring several new deputies as trainees. He was known as an outstanding field training officer who was professional and articulate. Detective Kelley-Eklund later promoted to the rank of Detective at Narcotics Bureau in 2016 where he was assigned to the LA Impact Team investigating complex crimes, seizing large quantities of narcotics, and assisting in the arrests of murder suspects. In 2022 he became an Arson and Explosive Investigator with the Special Enforcement Bureau and received his bomb tech certifications as well as other training accolades.
Detective Kelley-Eklund is survived by his loving wife, Jessica Eklund, and their seven children.
NOTE: This mission posting is to facilitate your voluntary participation in honoring this law enforcement officer who died in the line of duty. For those interested, and all PGR members are welcome, this is a flag line only mission at Grace Baptist Church in Santa Clarita, CA
https://maps.app.goo.gl/vmK63exSHdCM8cen8. For those who would like to participate, please see the timetable and we will meet you there.
TIMETABLE FOR THURSDAY, 07 AUGUST 20250930: Service will be held at Grace Baptist Church, 22833 Copper Hill Dr, Santa Clarita, CA. Stage in overflow parking lot to the left of the church on Fir Ct as you come off Copper Hill Dr. The church is directly to the right across the street.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/qeSxtrVjKZESRogd60945: Mission briefing. Standby for the flag line as our hero and family arrive.
Dave Eng
SoCal PGR Ride Captain
Daveeng19@yahoo.com
(805) 208-1206You do not have to be a veteran or a motorcycle rider to attend this mission. All PGR members are welcome. We encourage those who do not ride to attend in your car. If this will be your first mission go to the initial staging area and you will be briefed there by the Ride Captain (RC). Dress for motorcycle riding or dress casually if you are driving a cage (car). Please feel free to attend any portion of this mission you can. Please ride/drive safely.
Please remember that our mission is to stand tall and silent, and with honor and respect for our heroes. No talking, smoking, or cell phone use during the flag line or service. Please keep radios off and engine noise to a minimum.
