Tennessee Safety Commissioner Bill GibbonsNASHVILLE – Top Safety Department officials led a special memorial service today honoring Tennessee state troopers and other law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty to commemorate National Police Week.
“These men and women have made the ultimate sacrifice,” Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner Bill Gibbons said at the service, held at the department’s headquarters. “They are in our thoughts and prayers every day. We can never repay their families for their service to our state and to our country, but we can honor them and promise to never forget their sacrifice.”
Since the creation of the Tennessee Highway Patrol in 1929, 41 troopers have died in the line of duty, according to a department news release.
Tennessee Highway Patrol Col. Tracy Trott also participated in the service while Major General Terry M. “Max” Haston, Tennessee’s Adjunct General in the Military Department, delivered the keynote address.
In observance of National Police Week, the THP’s annual Memorial Service was held at the department’s headquarters in Nashville.