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Virginia State Police gathering to remember fallen officers

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia State Police and their families are preparing to gather to remember law enforcement officials who have died. State Police are holding their annual Law Enforcement Memorial Service on Thursday. This year’s ceremony will honor the lives of Troopers Nathan-Michael W. Smith and Chad P. Dermyer. Smith died in 2015 after…

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A police officer salutes as he stands guard near markers for fallen police officers at Ocean Grove's Great Auditorium as officers from around the state gather for the Police Chiefs Foundation's 32nd annual memorial service remembering officers who died in the line of duty, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in the Ocean Grove section of Neptune, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
A police officer salutes as he stands guard near markers for fallen police officers at Ocean Grove’s Great Auditorium as officers from around the state gather for the Police Chiefs Foundation’s 32nd annual memorial service remembering officers who died in the line of duty.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia State Police and their families are preparing to gather to remember law enforcement officials who have died.

State Police are holding their annual Law Enforcement Memorial Service on Thursday.

This year’s ceremony will honor the lives of Troopers Nathan-Michael W. Smith and Chad P. Dermyer.

Smith died in 2015 after his car crashed in Prince George County when he was responding to a fatal crash scene. Dermyer was shot and killed in March at a Richmond bus station.

State police will unveil a portrait of Smith that will be hung in the Col. C.W. Woodson Jr. Memorial Gallery at the Virginia State Police Academy.

The ceremony will also recognize dozens of other state law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty.

 

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