Remembering fallen officers

28 September 2019

Police officers of all ranks will join the families of fallen officers at Sunday’s National Police Memorial Day at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall.

Workplace representative Gareth Rees will represent Hertfordshire Police Federation at the annual service.

“National Police Memorial Day is a very important day in the policing year,” says Al Wollaston, secretary of Hertfordshire Police Federation, “Police officers come together to remember fallen colleagues and show their families that their sacrifice is not forgotten. It is a poignant reminder of the unique role police officers play in society and the sad reality that they sometimes pay the ultimate price in serving their communities.”

The memorial day service, which is held on the last Sunday in September each year, rotates around England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and honours police officers who have been killed or died in the line of duty.

National Police Memorial Day was founded by Joe Holness following the brutal killing of his Kent Police colleague Jon Odell in Margate in December 2000.

The first service was held at St Paul’s Cathedral in 2004 and in 2006 His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales became the patron of National Police Memorial Day.