Providence Journal photo / G. Wayne Miller
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. -- With the Boston Marathon bombings still fresh in mind, the law-enforcement community Sunday honored their fallen brethren in the 30th Aquidneck Island National Police Parade.Hundreds of women and men who wear the badge from more than five dozen departments throughout the Northeast and beyond marched from Middletown to Newport as thousands lined the streets. The police were joined by marching bands, pipers, Boy Scouts, beauty queens, clergy and politicians, including Governor Chafee and state Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed.
Four members of the Watertown, Mass., police department marched for the first time this year. The Watertown force was involved in a firefight in which bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev died and his brother, Dzhokhar, was injured. They also participated in the apprehension of Dzhokhar in the backyard of a Waterown resident.
More on the parade and police lost in the line of duty last year, including Providence's Sgt. Maxwell Robert Dorley, at the police parade web site.