ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Albany Police Department will host the 39th annual Police Officers Memorial Remembrance Ceremony on Tuesday. Several road closures and parking restrictions will be in effect for the duration of the event.
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Held every year in May, the remembrance ceremony honors the memory and sacrifice of police officers from across New York State who have died in the line of duty. The ceremony is held at the Police Officers Memorial, a 22-panel wall engraved with the names of over 1,900 police officers, at Empire State Plaza.
This year’s event will begin at 10:30 a.m. with a memorial Mass at St. Mary’s Church, followed by a procession through the streets of Albany to the plaza. The procession is scheduled to begin at at 12 p.m. and last for 30 minutes, according to the Albany Police Department.
56 officers will be honored at this year’s ceremony, including Christopher Filli from the Hudson City Police Department and Bernard Roberts from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.
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Take a look below for the road closures and parking restrictions that will be in place during the event:
Road closures
Between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4 p.m.
- Pine Street between North Pearl Street and Lodge Street
- Lodge Street between Corning Place and Steuben Street
- Chapel Street between Pine Street and Columbia Street
- Steuben Street between Lodge Street and Chapel Street.
Parking restrictions
Between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4 p.m.
- Pine Street, both north and south sides from Chapel Street to Lodge Street
- Lodge Street, both east and west sides from Pine Street to Steuben Street
- Lodge Street, west side from Corning Place to State Street
- Eagle Street, both east and west sides from Washington Avenue to Elk Street
- Washington Avenue, both north and south sides from Eagle Street to South Swan Street
- Madison Avenue, north side from west of the Plaza Bridge, west to South Swan Street
- State Street, both north and south sides from South Swan Street east to the Empire State Plaza entrance
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