THOSE who gave their lives in the line of duty were remembered by Griffith Local Area Command on Thursday at a service for National Police Remembrance day.
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Speaking at the service, head of Griffith police local area command Superintendent Michael Rowan paid tribute to the two officers who had lost their lives in the past year. “I often say that policing is a privilege but it often comes at a price, and that can be your life,” he said. The day commemorated the 254 NSW Police Force employees who had lost their lives and are named on the wall of remembrance.
Two names were added to the wall in the past year Sergeant Geoffrey Richardson, who was killed in a single-vehicle collision while on duty in Maitland on March 5, 2016, and Curtis Cheng, a police accountant who was murdered in a terrorist act in front of Parramatta Police Headquarters on October 2, 2015.
The Very Rev'd Rob Harris said the life of a police officer could be captured in just one word – ‘service’ – and the day was a chance for the community to show their gratitude for the job police did every day. Chief Inspector Tony Reneker (pictured) did a reading during the service.