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    Cate Rigby, right, made a giant police ribbon after four members were killed in Melbourne. It is now hanging in the Horsham Police Station. Acting sergeant Anna Lake and senior sergeant Tracy Johnston admire her work. Police Remembrance Day is September 29.
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    TRIBUTE: Cate Rigby made a giant police ribbon to honour officers who have died while serving their community. It is now hanging in Horsham Police Station. Senior sergeant Tracy Johnston admires Ms Rigby’s work. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

Show of appreciation for police

Horsham resident Cate Rigby has donated a giant ribbon to Horsham Police to pay tribute to police officers who have died during their time serving their community. 

Ms Rigby said she felt compelled to show her appreciation after a harrowing accident that killed four police officers in Victoria earlier this year. 

Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor, Senior Constable Kevin King, Constable Glen Humphris and Constable Josh Prestney were killed on duty in April. 

The officers died when a truck crashed into them in an emergency lane on the Eastern Freeway, where they were questioning the driver of a speeding Porsche.



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“I was so moved with the deaths of those police in the truck crash in Melbourne, I just wanted to pay my respects in some way,” Ms Rigby said. 

“I don’t think people really understand that these people are still humans, fathers, mothers and family members just doing their job.”

Senior Sergeant Tracy Johnston said the ribbon would be on display in the front foyer of the Horsham Police Station in time for National Police Remembrance Day on Tuesday. 

“It’s a lovely gesture from a member of our community who has taken the time to pay their respects to us and for what remembrance day means for the police,” she said.

This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, Victoria Police will host a special online memorial to be streamed on Victoria Police YouTube from 10am on Tuesday.

– Dylan De Jong

 

 

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