Members of law enforcement gathered yesterday to remember state police officers that lost their lives in the line of duty.
The annual ceremony took place at the Butler Senior High School and featured a remembrance ceremony of the 10 state police officers from Troop D who died in the line of duty.
“We pay homage and reverence to those who nobly and selflessly gave their lives to the citizen’s of the Commonwealth. It’s indeed fitting and proper that we demonstrate our utmost respect and reverence to those who indeed lived up to our call of honor, which I call our blood oath,” Former Troop D Commanding Officer Major Byron Locke said.
Over the State Police’s 119 years, there have been 104 troopers who have died in the line of duty.
The last active duty death in Troop D was Trooper Blake Coble in October 2012 who died in a vehicle accident in Beaver County.
