Honoring Fallen Officers
Communities across three countries honor fallen police officers with memorial services and tributes.
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Communities in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia are honoring police officers and staff who died in the line of duty through memorial services, ceremonies and tributes. In Cumbria, Commissioner David Allen remembered fallen officers, including Constable George Russell, who was killed while trying to apprehend a gunman in 1965. Alberta is marking its 28th annual remembrance of fallen police and peace officers, with 108 deaths recorded in the province since 1876; a ceremony is planned at the provincial legislature. Shepparton is holding a public service with a wreath-laying to remember Victoria Police members who died in the past year. In Queensland, a candlelight vigil honored 151 officers on the service’s roll of honor and recognized the lasting loss borne by their families, colleagues and communities.
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Cumbria Commissioner David Allen said he had personally served alongside officers who died on duty, recalling that the shock of those losses stays with him.
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Alberta’s fallen-officer count includes four officers with ties to Lethbridge; Lethbridge Police has created a dedicated webpage remembering local officers killed in the line of duty.
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Shepparton’s memorial service is open to the public and will be followed by a morning tea for attendees.
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At Queensland’s vigil, each candle represented one of the 151 officers on the QPS honour roll, whose names span generations of policing in the state.
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