A MAGNIFICENT \u00a375,000 was raised by this year\u2019s Police Unity Tour for Care of Police Survivors.<\/p>\n
The cyclists – including a Lancashire Police contingent – rode 170 miles over three days from London to Staffordshire to raise money for the charity, which supports the families of officers who have lost their lives on duty.<\/p>\n
They Tour was also unanimously awarded the charity\u2019s volunteer of the year award.<\/p>\n
More than 100 cyclists and support crew, including police officers, police staff and families of fallen officers, left the National Police Memorial at the Mall in London on 24 July and arrived at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire on 26 July in time for the COPS Service of Remembrance.<\/p>\n
Ch Supt Robert Atkin, of the Metropolitan Police, who organised the ride, said the aim of the ride is to raise awareness of officers who have died in the line of duty, to raise money for COPS and \u201cto bring officers together to remember the fallen heroes\u201d.<\/p>\n
Every cyclist rides in memory of a fallen officer and they are given a bracelet with a late officer\u2019s name, force and last date of duty engraved on it. This is then handed over to one of the officer\u2019s surviving family members when the Unity Tour arrives at the National Memorial Arboretum.<\/p>\n
PC Darren Kirkwood, of Humberside Police, was for the second year running, awarded the Tour\u2019s highest fundraiser award. He said: \u201cBeing a police officer it\u2019s just my way of giving something back to our fallen heroes.<\/p>\n
\u201cCOPS charity is a charity that you hope you never have to use, but it\u2019s there if we do need it.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cThe police service itself is a big family, but from the first year that we did the Unity Tour we\u2019ve just met so many people and it\u2019s the same people that come back year after year, and it\u2019s just the camaraderie of it really. It\u2019s just fantastic.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo raise \u00a375,000 is just amazing \u2013 it\u2019s a challenge for next year that we\u2019ve got to raise more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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