Broome County Police Week Activities Start April 27

Plans are set for marking Police Week in the Southern Tier.

Events include the Police Memorial Hockey Game April 27 at 6:30 p.m., a memorial church service Sunday, April 29 at 3 p.m. at Blessed Sacrament Church on Clifton Blvd., Vestal, the Police motorcade to Four Corners Park in Vestal Monday, April 30 at 10:45 a.m., Police Memorial Breakfast at 9 a.m. May 1 at the Holiday Inn Downtown Binghamton, the Police Week Golf Tournament May 2 starting at 9 a.m. at the Links at Hiawatha Landing and displays at the Oakdale Mall May 4^th and 5^th.

Residents can visit Facebook.com/policeweek for more information.

The Southern Tier Law Enforcement Memorial Association says it’s always important to recognize the work that law enforcement officers do every day but the week is set aside to remember the heroes who have died in the line of duty.

The group, however, quotes Vivian E. Cross: “It is not how these officers died that made them heroes, it is how they lived.”