'Midnight Piper' Set To Play Tribute Friday At WI Police Departments

MILWAUKEE, WI — Lone bagpipers from the Greater Milwaukee Fire and Police Pipes and Drums band are expected to appear at multiple Milwaukee-area police departments on Friday at 11:55 p.m. to play "Amazing Grace" in honor of fallen officers.

The Greater Milwaukee Fire and Police Pipes and Drums started the practice in 2020, and it typically coincides with National Police Week. The Lone Pipers are set to play at stations across the state on Friday, according to a Facebook post from the Milwaukee Fire Honor Guard.

According to its website, the band was started to perform Highland bagpipes and drums for memorial ceremonies, funerals, and other events. Its original members were active and retired members of the Milwaukee Police and Fire Departments, and its since expanded to a larger community in southeast Wisconsin.

The band's mission is "To honor fire, police and military personnel who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to the American people."

Here are the departments the Lone Bagpiper is scheduled to appear at on Friday:

• Algoma/Kewanee Police Department.
• Cedarburg Police Department.
• Coleman Police Department.
• Fond Du Lac Police Department at Police and Fire Memorial in Hamilton Park.
• Greendale Police Department.
• Milwaukee Police Department.
• Mequon Police Department.
• New Berlin Police Department.
• Oak Creek Police Department.
• Port Washington Police Department at Coal Dock Memorial Pavilion.
• Racine Police Department.
• Rhinelander Police Department.
• St. Francis Police Department.
• Sheboygan Police Department.
• Slinger Police Department.
• Wauwatosa Police Department.
• Watertown Police Department.
• West Allis Police Department.
• Panama City Beach, Florida, Police Department.

For more information visit the band's Facebook page or website.