{"id":21965,"date":"2025-06-05T00:04:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T00:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/flags-ordered-at-half-staff-in-honor-of-fallen-bpd-officer\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T04:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:10:20","slug":"flags-ordered-at-half-staff-in-honor-of-fallen-bpd-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/flags-ordered-at-half-staff-in-honor-of-fallen-bpd-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Flags ordered at half-staff in honor of fallen BPD officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=3c1355d2-79cc-5eba-aa3b-8b7283ec2cc1&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1461\" alt=\"Timothy Ontiveros\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Timothy Ontiveros<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>In memory of fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy Ontiveros, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has ordered that flags in New Mexico to be at half-staff Thursday through sundown Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfficer Ontiveros exemplified extraordinary bravery and unwavering dedication in serving and protecting his fellow New Mexicans,\u201d Lujan Grisham said. \u201d He will be greatly missed by his family and community and will be remembered as a dedicated father to his two daughters, a fighter and a true public servant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The honor will coincide with Ontiveros\u2019 memorial service, which will be at 9 a.m. Mondayat the Bloomfield High School Football Field.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomfield Police Chief Phillip Francisco said a procession will begin about 7 a.m. Monday from Farmington Funeral Home to the high school.<\/p>\n<p>After the memorial, a procession from Bloomfield High School will return to the funeral home, 2111 W. Apache St., for a public viewing from 1-5 p.m. there will be a public viewing.<\/p>\n<p>Francisco said Lujan Grisham has reached out to his department and to the Ontiveros family, after Ontiveros died Sunday from injuries sustained in the line of duty.<\/p>\n<p>Ontiveros was shot during a traffic stop on May 26, and he died June 1 at University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a very good thing that the governor has been reaching out to us and understands the importance of officer Ontiveros to the community,\u201d Chief Francisco said.<\/p>\n<p>Francisco added the city of Bloomfield already ordered flags to be flown at half-staff throughout the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is appropriate and proper to acknowledge Officer Ontiveros\u2019 life and service through a public period of mourning across New Mexico,\u201d Lujan Grisham said.<\/p>\n<p>Francisco added. \u201cIt is a great way for the whole state to honor that when an officer has fallen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timothy Ontiveros memorial set for 9 a.m. Monday <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-21965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77527,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21965\/revisions\/77527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21965"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=21965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}