David Fukuto

As a lone bagpiper played a soulful rendition of "Amazing Grace," an estimated 4,000 mourners gathered Monday on a grassy knoll overlooking Los Angeles Harbor to bid farewell to two slain Palos Verdes Estates police officers, who were lauded as heroes for saving fellow officers by breaking up an armed robbery. The afternoon service and the funeral that preceded it were an exercise in high formality and raw emotion. Capt. Michael Wayne Tracy and Sgt.

On those mornings at dawn when Francine Spada would run the woodsy hills of Elysian Park in training to become a Los Angeles police officer, her husband and daughter would follow her in the family car just to make sure she was safe. That was 11 years ago; if only it were that easy to keep her safe today.

James Wayne MacDonald, 23 Compton Police Department, reserve officer The incident: Shot execution-style on Feb. 22, 1993, after making a traffic stop with partner Kevin Michael Burrell. Status of investigation: Suspect Regis Deon Thomas, 22, is awaiting trial. Family: Single. "The one thing Jimmy never doubted was that his career would involve giving to people, involve doing for the people," longtime friend Paul Smith, speaking at MacDonald's funeral.