The city stopped this week to reflect on the sacrifice made by police across Australia and the Pacific as part of National Police Remembrance Day.
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Police chaplain, Bishop Richard Hurford, officiated at the service held at All Saints’ Cathedral on Thursday.
Police Remembrance Day, held on September 29, holds a special significance for officers throughout Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and the Solomon Islands.
It is a day for police to pause and honour officers whose lives have been cut short while performing their duty as a police officer.
It is also an important time to remember police officers who have lost their lives through illness or other circumstances.
Chifley Local Area Command’s most senior officer, Acting Superintendent Luke Rankin, said Police Remembrance Day is a poignant event in Bathurst, given the command has lost two officers: Sergeant Paul Quinn, killed at Perthville in 1986, and Senior Constable Clarence Pirie, who died in the line of duty in 1960.
Following the service in Bathurst, members of the congregation joined police for refreshments in the Cathedral Chapter House.
Deputy Premier and Minister for Police Troy Grant said the sacrifice made by officers each day should never be taken for granted.