COVID-19 will not stop police officers from remembering fallen colleagues.<\/p>\n
South Yorkshire Police Federation Chair Steve Kent said it was vital the National Police Memorial Day still went ahead this year despite the restrictions the pandemic has imposed.<\/p>\n
The important event in the police calendar will now take place at 3pm on 27th<\/sup>\u00a0September online.<\/p>\n \u201cWe still need to mark it – obviously we are in unique times with COVID-19 and hopefully next September we\u2019ll be able to get together again because it\u2019s such a wonderful day,\u201d Steve said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a poignant day. I went last year, and it was good to support the families of officers who have fallen, but obviously, it was a sad day for all involved.<\/p>\n \u201cWe absolutely cannot forget, even if it is an online event as a one-off. It\u2019s massively important that people van get together virtually and share some memories.\u201d<\/p>\n For more details visit;\u00a0https:\/\/www.polfed.org\/media\/16045\/npmd-event-leaflet-2.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n