I am proud to be taking part again for a second time in the UK Police Unity Tour to help raise funds for Care Of Police Survivors (COPS).  COPS offer invaluable support opportunities and access to counselling services to help surviving family members (‘survivors’) rebuild their shattered lives.  Since its foundation in 2003, COPS has helped hundreds of police families devastated by the loss of a loved one who died on duty.  Raising funds for the work that COPS do is very close to my heart because my Dad, DC Malcom Wiltshire, was killed whilst on duty alongside PC Gerald Spencer when the observation aircraft they were in crashed on 15 May 1985 in Ringwood, Hampshire.  I was 15 years old at the time and I want to support those who find themselves in similar circumstances.

The Police Unity Tour is a long-distance cycle ride undertaken by hundreds of police officers across the UK in aid of Care of Police Survivors (COPS).The primary purpose of the Police Unity Tour is to raise awareness of Law Enforcement Officers who have died in the line of duty.The secondary purpose of the UK tour is to raise funds for Care of Police Survivors, a UK charity dedicated to helping the families of police officers and police staff who have lost their lives on duty.  The cyclists will join together and finish their journey at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, where a Service of Remembrance is being held by COPS for their fallen friends and colleagues.