Amber Leist, who was struck by a vehicle after helping a woman cross a Valley Village street. “Amber’s commitment to service is a reflection of what the men and women of the sheriff’s department do every day.”Services were closed to the public, but were livestreamed on the sheriff’s department Facebook page. Advertisement“Our hearts are broken,” Amber’s father, Daniel Leist, told reporters at a vigil earlier this month. But Amber came into this department and she knew what she had to do.”The woman Leist helped the day she was killed also attended the vigil. The sheriff’s department shared on its Twitter page a video tribute to Leist from her classmates at the Sheriff’s Academy that included the caption, ``"Amber touched everyone w/her positive & uplifting personality.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 25, 2020 21:56 UTC