Barnegat, Stafford Officers Bike To D.C. For Police Unity Tour

BARNEGAT, N.J. — Several Barnegat and Stafford police officers are biking to Washington, D.C. They're participating in the 2019 Police Unity Tour, which raises awareness for law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty.

The tour began Thursday morning at state police headquarters in Trenton. The first leg of the tour ends in Atlantic City. They will arrive Sunday to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C. Once there, families of fallen officers and their own family and friends will greet them.

Several nearby police departments also participated, such as Ocean Township and Lacey Township. Officers raised funds over the past several months for the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund.

"They ride for the 19 officers memorialized on the Ocean County Police Memorial. They ride for the 40 officers killed in the line of duty so far this year. They ride for the 21,000 officers since 1791 whose final act was making the ultimate sacrifice in service of their communities," the Barnegat Police Department wrote on Facebook.

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