By Ricardo Kaulessar- Photos by Ricardo KaulessarÂ
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![Outside St. Aloysius Church in Jersey City after the service for Officer Melvin Santiago](https://riverviewobserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ricardo-photo-santiago-emotion-outside-church-200x150.jpg)
![Fellow Police Officers carry JCPD Officer Melivn Santiago's casket into St. Aloysius Church](https://riverviewobserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ricardo-photo-santiago-casket-going-in-church-200x150.jpg)
The funeral for Jersey City Police
![Fellow Officers from as far as Philadelphia fill the church for Police Officer Melvin Santiago's funeral](https://riverviewobserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Ricardo-photo-santiago-inside-church-sea-of-blue-200x150.jpg)
Officer Melvin Santiago on Friday offered a somber pause, a reflective respite from a very tense week for law enforcement and the public at large.
The 23-year-old was laid to rest at St. Aloysius Church on West Side Avenue, mourned by grieving family and friends, his fellow officers, and elected officials. Also, hundreds of officers from locations as far away as Philadelphia lined the street outside when his casket was brought into the church. Continue reading Fallen Jersey City Police Officer Melvin Santiago Remembered at Funeral