At 4 p.m. this afternoon, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office will host the 4th Annual Police Memorial Ceremony on the front lawn of the Montgomery County Courthouse in downtown Christiansburg.  Montgomery County Commonwealth Attorney Bradley Finch will be the featured speaker. In the event of rain, the cermonies will be moved to the Montgomery County Government Center at 755 Roanoke Street in Christiansburg.

We will be honoring those officers who lost their lives during 2007 and remembering those from Montgomery County who have also paid the ultimate sacrifice:  Officer Terry Griffith, Officer Scott Hylton, Security Guard Derrick McFarland, and Corporal Eric Sutphin.

The public is invited. 

In 2007, 187 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty nation-wide, and to date this year, 31 officers have died.  This event is being held in conjunction with National Police Officer Memorial Week, May 11-17, 2008.  In 1962, President John F. Kennedy designated May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day, and the calendar week in which May 15 falls as National Police Week.
(Information and statistics courtesy of the National Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial Fund website – www.nleomf.org).

“As an expression of our dedication to honoring America’s fallen law enforcement heroes, we’re pleased and proud to host this ceremony in conjunction with National Police Officer Memorial Week,” said Sheriff J. T. “Tommy” Whitt.

For more information, call the Sheriff’s Office at (540) 382-6906.

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written by Christianburg Resident, May 16, 2008

This is a very worthy event and I hope the public will attend and show their respect for our local police officers.

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