SOUTH Yorkshire Police Federation presented a \u00a31,000 cheque to the Police Roll of Honour Trust at the annual Police Federation of England and Wales conference.<\/p>\n
The charity \u2013 as well as looking after and maintaining the National Police Memorial in London \u2013 aims to name and honour every United Kingdom police officer who has lost their life in the line of duty since the earliest days of professional law enforcement over three centuries ago.<\/p>\n
Neil Bowles, chairman of South Yorkshire Police Federation, said: \u201cWe are delighted to make a donation to such an important charity on behalf of our members. We must never forget our fallen colleagues.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Police Roll of Honour Trust aims include \u201cto advance the education of the public, and in particular the police, in the history of officers killed in the line of duty and officer safety by the maintenance of a comprehensive archive of information available to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n
The charity maintains a national archive on line of duty deaths, offers information and support to bereaved families, and provide the National Police Officers Roll of Honour and Remembrance for other memorial charities and national and local police organisations.<\/p>\n
The Trust was founded in 2000 after 20 years research into the Roll of Honour, paying tribute to some 5,000 British police officers who have been killed or died, on duty or as a result of duty, since the first recorded death on duty of a Constable in 1680. Research now includes British losses in Colonial and other UK administered overseas police forces, believed to number 1,000 or more.<\/p>\n
It is currently supporting the construction of a Police Memorial in Cyprus.<\/p>\n
Steve Lloyd, trust manager of the Police Roll of Honour Trust, said: \u201cWe made an appeal to all federation branch boards of money for the UK Police Unit in Cyprus for the officers who were killed during the Cyprus Emergency.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis very generous amount from South Yorkshire Police Federation will go a long way to helping us achieve our target of \u00a315,000 to salute the memory of these UK officers who lost their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pictured at the cheque presentation are from left to right are Steve Lloyd, Trust manager, Jim Lucas, Federation secretary, Mr Bowles, and Sid MacKay, chairman of the Trust<\/p>\n
See more about the charity here http:\/\/www.policememorial.org.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n