WATCH: Police Unity Tour In Somerset County

SOMERVILLE, NJ — Thousands of police officers will be biking hundreds of miles from New Jersey to Washington, D.C. in the Police Unity Tour to raise awareness of Law Enforcement Officers who have died in the line of duty on Wednesday afternoon.

Patch was there filming on Facebook live as the tour makes its way through Somerville on May 9. Watch it below:

Members of the Summit Police Department are riding in the four-day Police Unity Tour in honor of Detective Matthew Tarentino who died in the line of duty on May 30, 2017. (See Related: Police Officer Killed In I-78 Crash In Bernards Twp. Tuesday)

Bikers will be welcomed by fellow law enforcement officers, first responders, fire departments, K-9 units and others from the Somerset County area and beyond in front of the Somerset County Courthouse in Somerville.

Police Officers riding in Somerset and Union Counties include:

• Jason Albanese, Bridgewater Township Police Department
• Scott Hobbs, Bridgewater Township Police Department
• Derek Farbanec, Cranford Police Department
• Guy Patterson, Cranford Police Department
• Michael Nicolas, Elizabeth Police Department
• Sergio Alexandre, Elizabeth Police Department
• Jim Burns, Elizabeth Police Department
• Craig Edwards, Elizabeth Police Department
• John Vasquez, Linden Police Department
• Joseph Cacioppo, Linden Police Department
• Stephanie Diaz, Linden Police Department
• Camille Esparra, Linden Police Department
• Joseph Appello, Linden Police Department
• Ryan Stanek, Summit Police Department
• Ron Martin, Summit Police Department
• Keith Kwiatek, Summit Police Department
• Andrew Bartolotti, Summit Police Department
• Anthony Pyzik, Summit Police Department
• Ruddy Garita, Summit Police Department
• Leonard Franchino, Summit Police Department
• Sean Thompson, Summit Police Department
• Mark DeMetro, Summit Police Department
• Mark Tarentino, Summit Police Department
• Kathleen Maggiulli, Summit Police Department
• Dirk Sheasley, Summit Police Department
• Elizabeth Savnik, Westfield Police Department
• William Kleeman, Westfield Police Department

The video will be added below after the event.

(Image by Alexis Tarrazi/Patch Staff: Police Unity Tour 2017.)

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