LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The twenty fifth Annual Southern Nevada Regulation Enforcement Memorial Relay Run started Wednesday at Majestic Park in west Las Vegas.
The relay honors 157 regulation enforcement officers who died within the line of responsibility in Nevada, based on Robert Wicks, public info officer for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division (LVMPD). Every leg of the run is devoted to a kind of fallen heroes whose names are engraved on the Nevada Regulation Enforcement Officers Memorial, he mentioned.
The occasion formally kicked off Wednesday with opening remarks from Andrew Walsh, LVMPD undersheriff. The relay run will journey throughout the state, ending on Could 1 in Carson Metropolis, forward of Officer Appreciation Week.
Officer Wicks emphasised the significance of neighborhood help, not simply in the course of the run however particularly throughout Officer Appreciation Week.
“If you see an officer, any officer, from any law enforcement agency… just walk up and say thank you. That goes a long way,” he mentioned.
