And he off! PC Edward Walker has set off on his tour of the UK Police forces to raise vital funds for COPS Charity. If you would love to help and support cops.

We are delighted to say he has set off on his travels from Durham Police, The cuddly bear is visiting police forces across the country and further afield to raise money and awareness for the UK Cops charity.

He started off his Journey from Durham Police HQ and plans to travel the UK, the only question is how far will he travel?. So Far he has Visited Cleveland Police, Northumbria Police , West Yorkshire Police & now the Met Police and London Fire.  

Running For Cops 

Julia Berry a custody Designated Detention Officer and ex-special constable wanted to raise money for her fellow injured colleagues to get the help and the support they need to facilitate getting them back on the road to recovery.

Jules said, “Far too often we overlook colleagues who are long-term injured or sick it’s easy to forget as the day to day hectic shift work lifestyle we all lead distracts us from absent colleagues especially if they are off for a long time.”

Having already run the Brighton and Manchester Marathon Julia will be running Cops 30 2nd September miler than the following week, The Great North Run on the 10th September and then the Birmingham International Marathon the 15th October.

How did the idea come about?

The idea of PC Edward Walker was that of Julia Berry @DDOJB07 a Detention officer with the Met Police, and Trev Sherwood editor of Crime and Police website Police Hour @TrevSherwoodPH.

Trev Sherwood editor of Police Hour said “Jules a keen runner is Traveling to the North East and was looking for a creative way to fundraise to support UK Cops and the support of Police Hour to get the idea off the ground”

“Police Hour was key in planning every stage of the tour and ensured everything runs smoothly while jules mointors and keeps everything going on social media”

“As a team, we acted quickly and put a plan in place to get PC Edward Walker on his travels. We were delighted that Durham Police wanted to support PC Edward Walker on his tour to help raise some money for the UK Cops Charity”

You can keep track of where he is on Twitter by following @PCEdwardWalker #PCWalkerTours

About COPS

COPS is the UK charity dedicated to helping the families of police officers who have lost their lives in relation to their duty, to rebuild their lives.

Since being founded in 2003, they have helped hundreds of families shattered by the loss of their police officer. They aim to ensure that surviving family members have all the help they need

to cope with such a tragedy and they remain part of the police family.

What COPS do

COPS is a peer support charity, enabling Survivors from around the UK to support other Survivors in practical ways. They arrange local and national events that enable Survivors to build friendships and bonds that support them through the good times and bad.

Families are rightly proud of their officer and COPS to help ensure that they remain part of the police family.