19th Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Run made its Annual Stop in Brockville on Friday Evening – VIDEO

Brockville – The 19th Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Run made its annual stop in Brockville on Friday evening.

Cyclists and runners arrived in town between 5 and 5:30 p.m. There was a brief welcoming ceremony held on Courthouse Green.

The 460 km Run to Remember started out at the Ontario Police Memorial in Toronto on Thursday and finished up on Saturday in Ottawa.

The run is to honour officers who have been killed in the line of duty. This year 11 officers will be honoured who have died in the line of duty in the last 12 months from police services across Canada.

The annual Canadian Police And Peace Officer’s Memorial Ceremony took place on Parliament Hill on Sunday in Ottawa.

The National Peace Officers’ Memorial Run was established in 2005 when the Peel Regional Police running team, The Pacers, decided to raise awareness of the annual Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial Service held annually on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. The running team wanted to create a way of raising awareness of the annual service and at the same time pay tribute to those officers who had so valiantly given their lives in service of their Community and Country.