MURFREESBORO Chief connected with Police Glenn Chrisman as well as public companies with Rutherford County receive lots of people to attend some sort of funeral bulletin company in recognize associated with Peace Officers Memorial Day 2012.
The program will certainly be held at hunting for a.m. Thursday around the Murfreesboro Civic Plaza that's to be found in front of Murfreesboro City Hall.
The intent from the ceremony is always to don't forget and pay out tribute to all or any law enforcement officers which built this supreme sacrifice, which includes a exclusive emphasis about individuals officials who seem to were being harmed from the distinct duty even though serving within Rutherford County.
The service will include representatives from almost all public companies portion in Rutherford County including: Murfreesboro Police Department, Rutherford County Sheriff s Office, Smyrna Police Department, La Vergne Police Department, MTSU Public Safety, Tennessee Highway Patrol, U.S. Marshall Service, Veterans Administration Hospital Police Department, and Eagleville Police Department. Chief Chrisman will preside over the service along with close family of the slain officers might be in attendance.
Following your ceremony, the actual Fraternal Order involving Police will certainly location a wreath to the public funeral monument around the Public Square. Light refreshments is going to be served in the historic Rutherford County Courthouse next the particular FOP presentation.
Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week are observances within the United States in which shell out tribute to fallen officers. The day time was established in 1962 while Congress expected President John F. Kennedy to honor the state vertisements regularions enforcement officers. According that will some sort of 2002 proclamation through President George W. Bush, "Peace Officers Memorial Day and also Police Week fork out tribute to local, state, as well as government public representatives whom function in addition to protect us with valor along with dedication."
More as compared with 19,000 officers have got misplaced their particular lives together with 177 policeman deaths around 2011 plus 36 until now throughout 2012. Officers thankful with Rutherford County include: Herbert McClanahan (1946), Samuel Enoch Vaughn (1953), Lewis Hendon (1957), Joseph Tomlinson (1999), Kay Rogers (2005), Byron Motley (2006), Matt Lovejoy (2007), Andy Wall (2011).
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