Blue Knights COPSRUN

The Blue Knights COPSRUN was founded in 1997 It was an idea of Dick DelRossi, a Police Officer in the State Massachusetts and a member of the Blue Knights Chapter MA V. Dick, an Officer Survival Instructor for the State and having attended a number of funerals of Officers killed in the line of duty, realized that no matter how much training was pro... vided, Officers were still going to get killed in the line of duty. One thing he noticed that was the same at every funeral he attended, was that the ones left behind, the mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, wives, husbands, children, co-workers, family and friends would all need support. In 1996 while attending the Candlelight Vigil in Washington, D.C. at the NationalPolice Memorial during Law Week, he had a moment to speak to a young wife who had lost her husband in the line of duty. She stated "That The Hardest Thing was Standing There All Alone. (Even though there were thousands of people there at the time). Dick returned home that year with that image in his mind and realized the 90% of the time in Washington, D.C. during Law Week is spent honoring the Officers that were killed. What about the ones left behind and needing support? Dick decided to spend some time taking classes offered by the Concerns Of Police Survivors (COPS). A n organization made up of family members and co-workers who lost someone in the line of duty. "WE cannot doanymore for the Officers who have passed, but we can make sure that their families and co-workers are never forgotten. This is when the idea for the BlueKnights COPSRUN came about. A motorcycle ride to Washington, D.C. during Police Memorial Week to bring awareness and support to the survivors. The Blue Knights COPSRUN motto is "THEY WILL NEVER STAND ALONE". This is to always remind us of that young wife standing at the memorial feeling all alone. As long as the Blue Knights COPSRUN exists, no survivors will ever stand alone again. In 1997 the first year of the Blue Knights COPSRUN , Dick was joined by Russ Harper of Blue Knights ...Read More