Police Unity Tour: 2025 registrations now open

1 April 2025

Registration is now open for the 2025 Police Unity Tour (PUT) with event leader for Dyfed Powys encouraging Federation members to sign up and take part for a deserving cause.

The PUT is set to be held in the UK for the 13th time across the weekend of Friday 1 August, as police officers and staff from around the country cycle hundreds of miles in honour of colleagues who have died in the line of duty.

The other purpose of the event is to raise money and awareness for the Care of Police Survivors (COPS), a charity which provides care and support to bereaved families of fallen officers.

As part of an overall Wales chapter for the ride, participants from Dyfed Powys will team up with cyclists from North Wales, South Wales and Gwent.

This year’s planned route for the chapter will begin at Aberystwyth, go up through northern Wales and eventually over to Lichfield, Staffordshire – the site of the National Memorial Arboretum, where, as with tradition, the PUT will conclude with COPS’ Annual Service of Remembrance on Sunday 3 August.

Sergeant Sarah Evans, who organises logistics for Dyfed Powys riders, said: “We are already looking forward to another tour, and the opportunity to commemorate all the colleagues who have lost their lives in service to the police force.

Tired legs

“It’s a complete mixture of emotions over the weekend – scenic views, challenging hills, tired legs and food cravings like you’ve never experienced before.

“I think I can say on behalf of every rider that the family unity and bond we have developed over the years is what keeps us all turning those pedals.

“As with previous years, specific Dyfed Powys officers we will ride for include Inspector Gareth Earp, who died in 2023, and DC Roger Meyrick, who died in 1990. We will honour them, among others, for the ultimate sacrifice they made.”

Also typically involved in the PUT are family members of late officers – or ‘survivors’ – either cycling themselves or meeting with the chapter along its route at Drayton Manor theme park in Staffordshire.

Sarah went on to pay tribute to COPS for its support of these family members.

Charity

“COPS has continued to develop and grow in the level of support it can offer. It acts as that blanket that you can wrap around families when the worst thing in the world happens to them,” she continued.

“If anything was to ever happen to me in the line of duty, I know the support would be in place for my loved ones, and I take great comfort from that.

“It’s just an amazing, caring, family-oriented charity. And the remembrance service is always beautiful, too.”

Rounding off, Sarah added the PUT is ‘open to anyone’, with participants only requiring ‘a bike, a helmet and some enthusiasm’.

Federation members can register online to be part of this year’s PUT.

Entry costs £200 and in return, riders will receive a Police Unity Tour cycling jersey, a wristband engraved with a fallen officer’s name, and three nights’ accommodation and constant cycling support across the weekend.

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