Premier Mike Baird said it was remarkable that someone would lay down their life for a friend but even more remarkable that they might do so for a stranger.
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“It’s been our wish for a few time to also formally remember other employees who died as a direct result of their police duties”, he said.
Since the inception of the Northern Territory police in 1870, nine officers have been killed while on duty.
“We remember our past fallen colleagues, whose names are on the wall of remembrance, for the commitment and sacrifice they made”.
Police and peace officers of all colours and stripes attended a memorial service in St. John’s this weekend, honouring local officers who have died in the line of duty.
Lisa Mead, whose husband Sergeant Vaughan Mead passed away past year from cancer, said the service was a good time to remember loved ones.
He served in Wellington for thirty-one years with a stint in Timaru for five-years.
Queensland Police Service Commissioner Ian Stewart said police had about 15,000 interactions with the public each day.
“They do it because they love it and they do it because they have strength of character and it’s really important to have those people looking after everybody, they just go that extra mile to do that, everyday”. “You lose a child – even though she was 28 – it’s still a child”, he said.
Darlene Litch, a widow of a deputy, was at Sunday’s 5K run showing her support for officers.
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The Canadian Police Memorial Ride to Remember arrives on Parliament Hill Saturday, September 26, 2015.
