Hamilton Police Run, Bike to Ottawa to Honour Fallen Officers

Published October 1, 2019 at 5:16 pm

Dozens of Hamilton Police Services members completed a monumental task this past weekend.

The National Peace Officers Memorial Run to Remember is a 460 km run from the Ontario Police Memorial in Toronto to the National Peace Officers Memorial in Ottawa that took place from Sept. 26 to 28.

Forty-two HPS members participated in the run and the cycling component — which covered 715 kms from the Ontario Police College in Aylmer, Ontario to Ottawa.

“Twenty-two of our members [ran] for a combined total of 1,159kms,” said Jeremy Miller, Hamilton Police Service’s National Peace Officers’ Memorial Run team lead. “The run travels by van along the route with dropping off runners and picking them up at the end of each of their 10km legs (some may choose to do consecutive legs for greater distances).”

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Our runners have made it to Parliament Hill! Our 460km trek is over but we will never forget that they are heroes in life, not death. #RunToRemember #NPOMR #460km @HamiltonPolice pic.twitter.com/ouEChg4pJ2

— HPS Run2Remember (@HPS_Run2R) September 28, 2019

The Ride, in which 20 HPS officers participated, travels the entire route from Aylmer to Ottawa.

Miller said the runners, from police services across the country, are accompanied on the route by surviving family members of fallen officers.

The run and ride raise money for a fund that has been set up to include trust funds for fallen officers families, the construction of memorials, memorial services and scholarship funds for fallen officers’ children.

“At the end of the three days our team is tired and sore however the aches and pains are trumped by the feeling of running and riding through towns,” Miller said, “being cheered on by it’s citizen’s along the road and knowing the memory of our country’s fallen peace officer’s and their families will never be forgotten.”

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