POLICE officers from across the region took time out on Thursday to pay tribute and reflect on their colleagues who had lost their lives on the job.
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Churches across parts of the region were filled with a sea of blue uniforms as National Police Remembrance Day services echoed across the state.
Officers from the Oxley Local Area Command paid their respects at St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Walcha where a service was held to honour those killed on duty.
Among those remembered was Oxley Highway Patrol Senior Constable David Rixon who was killed during a routine traffic stop in 2012.
Meanwhile New England Local Area Command officers gathered in Armidale where Superintendent Fred Trench paid tribute to officers past and present.
“Police officers share a special bond, the joys and triumphs of fighting crime are celebrated by all officers, equally though, when one police officer is hurt all police officers feel that hurt,” he said.
“When an officer is killed something dies within us all.”
Photos:Gareth Gardner
