KALAMAZOO -- They held the funeral of Kalamazoo’s First Public Safety officer to be killed in the line of duty Tuesday.  They called Eric Zapata’s name for the final time over the police radio as services for the slain Public Safety Officer got underway Tuesday morning at Miller Auditorium. Officer Zapata was a ten year veteran of the Public Safety Department and was accorded both the honors and traditions of a police officer and a fire fighter who died in the line of the duty.  After a procession through Kalamazoo in the afternoon, the casket carrying his body was returned to his home town, Lake Odessa, for a private burial Wednesday.

KALAMAZOO -- They held the funeral of Kalamazoo’s First Public Safety officer to be killed in the line of duty Tuesday.  They called Eric Zapata’s name for the final time over the police radio as services for the slain Public Safety Officer got underway Tuesday morning at Miller Auditorium.Officer Zapata was a ten year veteran of the Public Safety Department and was accorded both the honors and traditions of a police officer and a fire fighter who died in the line of the duty.  After a procession through Kalamazoo in the afternoon, the casket carrying his body was returned to his home town, Lake Odessa, for a private burial Wednesday.