Every year in May, law enforcement professionals, families, loved ones and friends gather in Albany for the New York State Police Officers’ Memorial Remembrance Ceremony, which honors those brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their communities. This video tribute recognizes the 55 officers whose names will be added to the Memorial’s black granite wall this year, and remembers the 1,567 other officers honored during past ceremonies at the Memorial on the Empire State Plaza. A new date for the 2020 ceremony, postponed due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, has not yet been announced by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, which coordinates the event. The 51 men and four women recognized this year served with the following agencies: the Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office, Harrison Police Department, New York City Police Department, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State Police, Port Authority Police Department, and Suffolk County Police Department. Two NYPD officers were killed in the line of duty in 2019 and 53 officers died from illnesses resulting from their work at Ground Zero in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attack at the World Trade Center. Every officer honored at the Memorial – and their families and loved ones they have left behind – will never be forgotten.

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