Biloxi Police hold memorial service to honor fallen officers
Biloxi Police hold memorial service to honor fallen officers By Mike Lacy | May 5, 2021 at 6:14 PM CDT - Updated May 5 at 6:54 PM
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The memory of officer Robert McKeithen is never far away. Wednesday, his re-purposed unit served as the backdrop to honor all officers who died in the line of duty.
The annual service moved up a week to fall on the very day two years ago that McKeithen was ambushed and shot to death.
“The one thing we don’t want to do is forget the officers,” said Chief John Miller. “And, we know we won’t here, but we want the community to remember the officers and the sacrifices that they made and the sacrifices that their family made. This as much for them as it is the memory of the officer.”