Governor honors Maryland State Police fallen heroes in Baltimore County ceremony on Thursday

Governor Larry Hogan delivered remarks Thursday on the annual Maryland State Police Fallen Heroes Ceremony on the Maryland State Police headquarters in Pikesville. The governor was joined by present and retired state troopers, and surviving members of the family of the fallen heroes.

“Now greater than ever, it’s important that we come collectively to honor the faithfulness and the loyalty of the entire courageous, proud members of the skinny blue line who run towards hazard and adversity when others run away,” stated Hogan. “As we honor the lives and the legacies of our fallen MSP heroes, it’s with the data that they’re a part of a fellowship of heroes who’re strolling amongst us and defending us every day.”

The ceremony honored 43 state troopers and one deputy state fireplace marshal who misplaced their lives within the line of responsibility, in addition to two troopers drafted into navy service throughout World Warfare II who have been killed in motion, in accordance with a information launch from the governor’s workplace.

Earlier this week, the governor proclaimed Could 11-17 as Nationwide Police Week, which was first established 60 years in the past by President John F. Kennedy. Nationwide Police Week contains Peace Officers Memorial Day on Could 15, which honors all fallen officers and their households.

Greater than 15,000 law enforcement officials at the moment work to guard communities round Maryland. Nationally, greater than 600 officers misplaced their lives within the line of responsibility final yr, together with 4 officers who served the State of Maryland, in accordance with the information launch. The names of fallen officers are engraved on the partitions of the Nationwide Legislation Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C.