19-April-2023
On Monday-17-April members of the Members from the Bogota, Ridgefield Park, Leonia, Cliffside Park, & Montvale Police Dept hosted a Social Night to support the Police Unity Riders at the 101 Pub in Bogota. The primary purpose of the Police Unity Tour is to raise awareness of Law Enforcement Officers who have died in the line of duty. With a secondary purpose is to raise funds for the National Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial and Museum. The tour started in 1997 in Florham Park, NJ with 18 riders in order to bring awareness of Police Officers who have been lost in the line of duty to the public. This first ride raised about $18,000 for the National Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial. Over the first 20 years of the tour, over 20 million dollars for the National Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial and Museum, along with the Recently Fallen Alert program.
Their next ride will start on Tuesday 9-May from the Morris County area of NJ and is scheduled to be in Washington DC on Friday-12-May. This is a journey of approximately 300 miles. There will be a special candlelight vigil at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial on Saturday-13-May scheduled to start at 8:00p National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial is located between 4th and 7th streets, NW, Washington, DC. For more information about the Police Unity Tour please go to: www.policeunitytour.com. They are also accepting donations at; https://secure.policeunitytour.com/p2p/event/377659/en-CA
Their next ride will start on Tuesday 9-May from the Morris County area of NJ and is scheduled to be in Washington DC on Friday-12-May. This is a journey of approximately 300 miles. There will be a special candlelight vigil at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial on Saturday-13-May scheduled to start at 8:00p National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial is located between 4th and 7th streets, NW, Washington, DC. For more information about the Police Unity Tour please go to: www.policeunitytour.com. They are also accepting donations at; https://secure.policeunitytour.com/p2p/event/377659/en-CA
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