Moorestown, Cinnaminson Cops Embark On Police Unity Tour

NEW YORK CITY — Current and retired law enforcement officials from Burlington County are among the hundreds of police officers from across the country who are participating in this year's Police Unity Tour, local police departments in Camden, Burlington and Gloucester counties said.

The Police Unity Tour participants left Ground Zero in New York City on Monday and spent the night in New Jersey, Moorestown Police Chief Walter B. Walczak told Patch.

The officers are scheduled to arrive in Lewes Delaware today, then leave for and arrive in Annapolis Maryland on Wednesday and then leave for and arrive at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington DC on Thursday, organizers of the tour added.

“Sergeant Gunning, Retired Sergeant Rogers and Retired Patrolmen Hubel headed out ….to honor our fallen brothers and sisters and ride For those who died,” Moorestown’s Police Department said on its Facebook page.

“Our team consists of riders from Moorestown, Cinnaminson, Maple Shade and Willingboro Police Departments,” Walczak told Patch in an interview.

Police Unity Tour participants “either choose or are assigned an officer that died in the line of duty at some point, since the officer may not even be local since [and] some police departments that have riders may not have any officers killed in the line of duty,” he continued.

The Moorestown officers “are riding in memory of and to honor Sergeant Frank Fullerton Sr. and Patrolman George Ayres who both lost their lives in the line of duty protecting and serving the residents of Moorestown,” Walczak added, noting that the Burlington County group raised just under $30,000 this year “which equates to about $1,950 per rider.”

The tour recognizes law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty and raises funds for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and Museum, according to the tour’s organizers. Nationwide, more than $31 million has been raised for the museum since the tour began in 1999, organizers said.

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