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RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — North Valley Police Week Memorial Service

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Law enforcement officials from across the Red River Valley gathered in Grand Forks on Tuesday for the sixth annual North Valley Police Week Memorial Service that honored the 44 fallen officers from the area who gave their lives in service over the past several decades. Photographer Russ Hons was there to record the service, which was held outside the Grand Forks …

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MIKE BRUE: In honor of fallen peace officers past and future

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When approached several months ago to speak Oct. 10 at Minnesota’s memorial site for fallen law enforcement officers, I accepted — with some hesitancy. The public event in St. Paul was the Blue Light Service, held annually each October to honor peace officers who have died in Minnesota. The nonprofit Minnesota Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS) sponsors the program and …

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