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No Police Officer should ever go to work and not come home, but on 10th October 1998, Warwickshire Police Officer, PC Stuart Ross, aged just 34yrs was killed while observer in a police helicopter, which crashed in woodland near Market Bosworth.  The helicopter was making its way to an incident at Stratford Upon Avon.  Stuart lived in Towcester, Northnants with his wife, Brenda and step-daughter.  Stuart had been on secondment with the Air Support Unit for three years but had spent most of his career in Rugby where he worked as a traffic officer.

All members of the police family feel the loss of colleagues and it is really important that we support those that they leave behind.  This cycle ride is for all officers that have died on duty.  Charities such as Care of Police Survivors (COPS) are really important at providing care and support to the officer's wider family and so I am delighted to be cycling with a team of colleagues from Warwickshire, West Mercia, West Midlands and Staffordshire - The West Midlands Chapter - to raise money for COPS.

The cycle ride will start at West Mercia Police HQ, Hindlip, Worcester on Friday 26th July 2019 and finish at the National Arboretum in Staffordshire on Sunday 28th July where a service will be held in memory of those colleagues who have died.  We will be joined by families and friends of fallen colleagues.  During the ride I will wear a bracelet with Stuarts name and at the end of the ride, I hope to hand over to his family.

Thank you so much for your support and kind donations in memory of Stuart, all those officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice and in support of their families and the COPS charity.

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