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The Waco Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association will host the annual Waco Police Memorial Run on May 5, 2012.
The Police Memorial Run is held each year to commemorate those officers that were killed in the line of duty and in recognition for our officers that put their lives on the line every day in service for our community and Nation.
The Memorial Run is a family event that consists of a 5K and a Kid's K Run, starting and ending at the Redwood Shelter in Cameron Park.
The Waco Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association is a non-profit organization. All proceeds will help support our officers in community policing and community relation events.
Entry Fee: (5K and Kid's K)
$15 per person before April 27th
$20 per person after April 27th(No refunds will be given)
Each registrant will receive a souvenir t-shirt
Race Times:
Kid's K– begins at 8:00 am (ages 10 and under)
5K– begins at 8:30 am
*Packets may be picked up on race day only beginning at 7:15 am.
*Race waiver must be signed to particpateRegister here
About Waco PD
The Waco Police Department began with the election of a Town Marshall, as provided by the first city charter, in 1871.
The city charter called for annual elections and gave the Mayor the power to appointfour officers that year. Every year, after the election, special committees made recommendationsto the Mayor on who should be hired as city employees.
Sometimes the police department would have a whole new staff every year. Some form of this system of hiring and firing was used all the way up to the 1930s.
The largest definitive turning point in the history of the Waco Police Department, the Public Administration Survey of 1956 marks the department's transition into a modern police department.
