Officers at last year’s ceremony.
Credit: Amanda Kuehnle/NewtownPANow.com
Editor’s Note: This story mistakenly ran a week early. The ceremony is actually Monday, May 16, not Monday, May 9.
The annual Bucks County Police Memorial Week ceremony will be held Monday (May 16th) evening in Newtown.
The ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. with a procession of honor including local police officers, deputy sheriffs and state troopers. The ceremony will be held at St. Andrew Roman Catholic Church on Swamp Road.
The ceremony will feature several speakers and honor the 12 Bucks County lawmen who died in the line of duty.
- Middletown Township Detective Christopher Jones, Jan. 29, 2009, struck by car
- Newtown Borough Officer Brian S. Gregg, Sept. 29, 2005, shot by a suspect
- Plumstead Township Officer Joseph E. Hanusey III, May 18, 2002, vehicle accident
- County Park Ranger Stanley E. Flynn, June 9, 1993, medical condition
- Deputy Sheriff Thomas A. Bateman, Sept. 22, 1986, vehicle accident
- Deputy Sheriff George M. Warta Jr., Sept. 22, 1986, vehicle accident
- Bensalem Township Officer Robert A. Yezzi, Aug. 12, 1980, struck by a car
- Bensalem Township Officer James K. Armstrong, April 15, 1975, shot by a suspect
- Bristol Township Sgt. George M. Stuckey, March 29, 1972, shot by suspect
- Dublin Borough Chief Eli M. Myers, Oct. 31, 1965, struck by a car
- Bucks County Sheriff Abraham L. Kulp, Feb. 24, 1927, shot by a suspect
- State Constable Henry A. Kolbe, Sept. 22, 1914, shot while arresting a fugitive
