LOS ANGELES – The flag-draped coffin of Marine Sgt. Major Robert Cottle emerged from the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters building at 11:55 a.m. Monday, past rows of officers saluting ...

A somber procession on Tuesday morning snaked its way through downtown Los Angeles as thousands honored LAPD SWAT Officer Robert J. Cottle, who was killed March 24 in Afghanistan while on Marine ...

They're not on TV. They're not in the sports. These are the real people because they're on the front line. WATT: Robert J. Cottle was killed on March 24, during a patrol in Afghanistan's Helmand ...

Maj. /*Robert J. Cottle*/ at the /*Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels*/ in downtown Los Angeles. Bagpipers led the massive procession carrying Cottle's flag-draped coffin to the Roman Catholic cathedral.

U.S. Marines Sgt. Major Robert Cottle, 45, and Lance Corporal Rick Centanni, 19, had a lot in common despite their age difference. The two were team members in a reserve tank unit based at Camp ...

Robert J. Cottle, a member of the LAPD's SWAT unit, is the first active Los Angeles police officer to be killed in Iraq or Afghanistan. Cottle, 45, was a Sergeant Major with a United States Marine ...