WEBVTT 00:03.190 --> 00:05.329 So today was the opening ceremony for 00:05.340 --> 00:07.451 uh our 2024 police Week . It's a week 00:07.451 --> 00:09.562 that's set aside every single year to 00:09.562 --> 00:11.618 honor the fallen service members and 00:11.618 --> 00:13.784 who uh gave their ultimate sacrifice . 00:13.784 --> 00:16.007 And then for us as a reminder , just to 00:16.007 --> 00:18.173 give thanks to those men and women who 00:18.173 --> 00:20.396 serve in the law enforcement capacity . 00:21.790 --> 00:23.957 Police Week is established by John F . 00:23.957 --> 00:26.123 Kennedy back in the , in the sixties . 00:26.123 --> 00:28.346 No better time than to , to take a week 00:28.346 --> 00:30.440 uh to celebrate what it is . You do 00:30.450 --> 00:32.561 every day , our defenders , our , our 00:32.561 --> 00:34.672 police , but also recognize those who 00:34.680 --> 00:38.349 paid the awful sacrifice . We're gonna 00:38.360 --> 00:40.638 do a police expo uh with cops and cars . 00:40.638 --> 00:42.804 So a little drive in where individuals 00:42.804 --> 00:44.804 can bring their , whether they have 00:44.804 --> 00:44.759 classic cars , whether they have new 00:44.770 --> 00:46.826 cars , whether they have cool police 00:46.826 --> 00:48.826 cars . And then also just for us to 00:48.826 --> 00:50.548 show off our environment , our 00:50.548 --> 00:52.603 capabilities , our weapons , the fun 00:52.603 --> 00:54.714 things for us to use our dogs . We're 00:54.714 --> 00:54.590 gonna have a canine competition with a 00:54.599 --> 00:58.229 couple of the other agencies week is a 00:58.240 --> 01:02.020 great opportunity for law enforcement 01:02.029 --> 01:05.559 to showcase their capabilities across 01:05.569 --> 01:07.402 the installation and even to our 01:07.402 --> 01:09.620 civilian partners and population out 01:09.629 --> 01:11.518 there . It's a great way . It's a 01:11.518 --> 01:13.620 community relations effort that just 01:13.705 --> 01:15.816 brings everybody together and I think 01:15.816 --> 01:18.038 just lets everyone know what it is that 01:18.044 --> 01:20.885 we do and what we have at our disposal . 01:22.415 --> 01:24.248 Defenders challenge is a fitness 01:24.248 --> 01:26.864 competition that's been in place last 01:26.875 --> 01:29.097 iterations of police week over the last 01:29.097 --> 01:32.959 few years , it starts off with a 50 01:32.970 --> 01:35.081 m humvee push . They're going to push 01:35.081 --> 01:36.989 an up armored humvee 50 m . Then 01:37.000 --> 01:39.056 they're going to go to a table where 01:39.056 --> 01:41.222 they're going to disassemble an M four 01:41.222 --> 01:43.056 and then they're going to move , 01:43.056 --> 01:44.889 they're going to pick up a £200 01:44.889 --> 01:47.000 casualty on a pulled litter , move it 01:47.000 --> 01:49.000 to a physical fitness station where 01:49.000 --> 01:51.222 they're going to do collectively 1000 m 01:51.222 --> 01:54.205 row , 40 burpees , 40 push ups and 120 01:54.775 --> 01:56.997 ammo can presses and then they're going 01:56.997 --> 01:58.997 to drop the casualty back off where 01:58.997 --> 02:00.997 they found it , put the weapon back 02:00.997 --> 02:03.053 together and push the humvee back to 02:03.053 --> 02:05.219 the starting point . And that , that's 02:05.219 --> 02:04.654 essentially the scheme and maneuver . 02:07.120 --> 02:09.342 It's really great to see all these guys 02:09.342 --> 02:11.176 and gals out here just pushing , 02:11.176 --> 02:13.398 pushing as hard as they can in order to 02:13.398 --> 02:15.509 achieve what's in front of them . And 02:15.509 --> 02:17.564 it's really important to , uh , note 02:17.564 --> 02:19.898 that how we all come together just that , 02:19.898 --> 02:21.731 that brotherhood and it's , uh , 02:21.731 --> 02:23.630 amazing to be a part of , it's 02:23.639 --> 02:25.839 absolutely great . It's great to watch 02:25.850 --> 02:28.350 the teams work together come up with , 02:28.360 --> 02:30.249 uh , different plans , you know , 02:30.249 --> 02:32.304 because I lay the foundation of what 02:32.304 --> 02:34.416 they're doing but they get , they get 02:34.416 --> 02:36.416 to devise their , their plan of how 02:36.416 --> 02:38.638 they're going to complete it . And it's 02:38.638 --> 02:40.638 interesting to watch the , uh , the 02:40.638 --> 02:42.582 ingenuity and problem solving take 02:42.582 --> 02:44.749 place as they go through the different 02:44.749 --> 02:48.520 obstacles . They were doing a five 02:48.529 --> 02:50.770 kr in remembrance of our fallen , uh , 02:50.779 --> 02:52.890 law enforcement and security brothers 02:52.890 --> 02:55.001 and sisters all over the world . So , 02:55.001 --> 02:57.168 the local area , so our local cops are 02:57.168 --> 02:59.279 just all our o si agents and security 02:59.279 --> 03:01.446 forces members . Most of us uh carried 03:01.446 --> 03:03.940 pictures and the bios of fallen uh law 03:03.949 --> 03:05.893 enforcement members at the halfway 03:05.893 --> 03:08.005 point through the rug , we read their 03:08.005 --> 03:10.005 names in a watch . Uh It was a very 03:10.005 --> 03:12.779 touching moment for all of us . It was 03:12.789 --> 03:14.678 uh wet but it was great . I think 03:14.678 --> 03:16.789 people loved it . People were running 03:16.789 --> 03:16.789 in the puddles , jumping in the puddles . 03:16.800 --> 03:18.800 A lot of cars going by were honking 03:18.800 --> 03:20.967 like in support of police week . So it 03:20.967 --> 03:23.750 was uh it was pretty awesome . Ensure 03:23.759 --> 03:26.250 the legacies of our fallen last this 03:26.259 --> 03:29.600 week has been for remembrance . So be 03:29.610 --> 03:32.130 sure to remember those whose example of 03:32.139 --> 03:34.649 courage gives us strength strive every 03:34.660 --> 03:36.660 day to conduct yourselves , both as 03:36.660 --> 03:38.827 individuals and as communities who are 03:38.827 --> 03:41.049 worth the loss of those who came before 03:41.049 --> 03:41.470 us . Thank you all very much .