PIERRE, (KCCR) — Law enforcement from across South Dakota gathered in Pierre Wednesday morning to honor and remember colleagues killed in the line of duty. South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden laid a wreath at at the fallen Law Enforcement Officer memorial before Rapid City Police Chief Don Hedrick shared what it was like losing an officer; recalling the deaths of Ryan McCandless and Nick Armstrong in 2011…
At Pierre’s Lutheran Memorial Church, across the street from the Capitol, Department of Public Safety Secretary Robert Perry says the ceremony is more than just remembering the fallen…
Perry says each of the names read aloud carries a legacy with them…
Blue carnations were laid around an officers dress cap as the names of the fallen were read out in the church. In addition to Rhoden and Perry, Attorney General Marty Jackley attended the ceremonies Wednesday morning.
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