Brockville – Many police officers from around the province were in Brockville Friday night as the 20th Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Run to Remember made its annual stop in Brockville.
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Ahead of the run were 180 riders who left the Ontario Police College earlier this week on their Ride to Remember 700 km ride to Parliament Hill.
The 480 km run started on Thursday morning in Toronto from the Ontario Police Memorial at Queen’s Park and travelled on Highway 2 through communities wrapping the day up in Coburg.
Friday morning they left Coburg and headed east through Eastern Ontario passing through Kingston, Gananoque and the day in Brockville at Court House Green where a brief welcome to Brockville ceremony was held.
The 180 riders were the first to arrive in Brockville just after 5 pm, with the runners reaching Court House Ave. just before 5:30 pm.
On hand for the ceremony were Brockville Police Chief Mark Noonan, Mayor Matt Wren, MPP Steve Clark and MP Michael Barrett along with the Brockville Pipe Band and the Brockville Infantry Company.
The runners stayed the night in Brockville and left around 8 am on Saturday for the last leg of the run from Brockville to Ottawa. They finished up today at the Canadian Peace Officers Memorial around 3 pm.
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 founder of the run is Randy Patrick who is a past Deputy Chief of Peel Regional Police and a native of Cardinal here in Leeds Grenville.
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