GOVERNOR WILL JOIN SURVIVORS TO HONOR STATE POLICE FALLEN HEROES AS TWO MORE NAMES ARE ADDED TO THE MEMORIAL
(Pikesville, MD) – Governor Martin O’Malley will join Maryland State Police Superintendent Colonel Terrence B. Sheridan to honor state troopers who have given their lives in the line of duty at the annual Maryland State Police Fallen Heroes Ceremony this Friday.
Governor O’Malley and Colonel Sheridan will be joined by surviving family members of the 41 state troopers who made the ultimate sacrifice. They will witness the families of State Police Pilot Stephen Bunker and Trooper First Class Mickey Lippy, who were killed in the crash of Trooper 2, unveil their names on the State Police Fallen Heroes Memorial. Also attending the event will be scores of current and retired state troopers who are there to honor their fellow troopers just before the start of National Police Week.
WHAT: MARYLAND STATE POLICE FALLEN HEROES CEREMONY
WHEN: FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2009 11:00 A.M.
WHERE: MARYLAND STATE POLICE HEADQUARTERS FALLEN HEROES MEMORIAL (QUADRANGLE)
1201 REISTERSTOWN ROAD
PIKESVILLE, MD
(In case of inclement weather, event will be held in gymnasium.)
In addition to Governor O’Malley, other speakers at the event include Colonel Sheridan and Major Andrew J. McAndrew, Commander of the Maryland State Police Aviation Command.
Joe although this is a nice gesture on behalf of the Govenor it is mearly a photo-op for him to look good. The headquarters complex and the pavilion that holds the fallen Troopers memorial was in shambles and overgrown with weeds and trees. It took the Troopers with their own money, equipment and time to make it presentable over 20k in time and materials were donated by the same Troopers that the Govenor has screwed. The state nor the state police administration gave a crap about the memorial. They would not even allow the DOC trustees to cut the weeds. It was the brotherhood of Troopers that stepped up and brought the memorial back to its formal glory.
ReplyDeleteThe Col. & the Gov. are cut from the same cloth. This has been the worst Col. in twenty years. Almost as bad for the Gov.
ReplyDeleteGod rest the souls of these brave men and women. I have nothing but respect for the Troopers. The Col. is destroying what great pride the Troopers share. The prior post said all i need to know about both of these men.