Extraordinary response: Police remember fallen officers

Published on 01/10/2012 01:18

Home secretary Theresa May and Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police Sir Peter Fahy joined hundreds of police to remember officers who have died on duty, including the two constables killed two weeks ago in Manchester.

Dozens of chief constables packed into York Minster, with colleagues of all ranks and the families of officers who have died, for a service to mark National Police Memorial Day.

Speaking as he arrived outside the minster, Sir Peter said the recent deaths of Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes in the Mottram area of his force made the day even more poignant. He said: “I cannot tell you how much we have been uplifted by the public response. It has been quite extraordinary.”