The annual law enforcement wreath laying was different this year, but it went on.
County sheriff jim hammond and chattanooga police chief david roddy officially recognized our community's fallen law enforcement personnel this morning---with a short wreath laying ceremony.
The ceremony took place at the fallen officer monument at 600 market street.
The event was recorded, and will be online, due to covid 19 restrictions.
It honors those who have given their lives in service to our community.
Our first tenant is to protect the community.
If that means we don't have a regular ceremony, that means we wear a mask, if that means we stand a little farther back from the people that we are there to protect and serve, that is what we are going to continue to do; until we get to the end of this.
Officers... as first responders are at higher risk, when we are out there working with people who may or may not have the virus.
So this in particular for us an emotional time to know that some of our officers are in contact every day with people who could be at risk.
On average, one law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty somewhere in the united states every 61 hours.
Pittsburgh Public Works are beginning to clean up vandalism on the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
As summer activities pick up, law enforcement are having a harder and harder time of enforcing social distancing.
