(Ottawa) A total of 12 Ottawa Police officers will be joining about 250 officers from across the country in the National Peace Officers’ Memorial ‘Run to Remember’ from September 26-28, 2013.
Patrol Directorate Staff Sergeant Gina Rosa and Media Relations Officer Cst. Chuck Benoit, who are both runners this year, will be issuing tweets along the way, during the Memorial Run. You can follow them on Twitter:
Staff Sergeant Gina Rosa, Ottawa Police – @ginarosa16
Cst. Chuck Benoit, Ottawa Police – @OttpoliceMedia
The ‘Run to Remember’ is a 460 km relay that makes its way through many communities between the start at the Ontario Police Memorial site in Toronto to the end at the National Memorial on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Not only does the run raise awareness about the Memorial Service it also gives peace officers and citizens along the route the opportunity to participate in some small way if they are unable to attend the actual Memorial Service on Sunday, September 29th at 11:00am on Parliament Hill.
Members of the media and public can join the 250 + runners on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at the Elgin Street Police Station for the last 3km of the 460 km run up to Parliament Hill. Runners will depart Elgin Station at approx. 2:45 pm to be part of the run’s closing ceremonies on Saturday on the Hill at 3:15pm.
For more information, please visit http://www.npomr.org/index.php