Fallen officers remembered at Project Blue Light ceremony in Bay City

Retired state police Col. Eddie Washington Jr. spoke of promises. “We promise always to be there for the families,” said Washington, who now works in Corporate Asset and Executive Protection Services at Dow Chemical Co. Washington was a guest speaker for the 10th annual Project Blue Light held tonight at First Presbyterian Church in Bay City. The annual program is coordinated by students in the Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice program at the Bay-Arenac Intermediate School District Career Center. The ceremony honored the memories and the survivors of 145 officers who have died this year across the United States. Five of those officers, including state police Trooper Jeffery Werda of the Bridgeport Post, served in Michigan.

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