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Thirty-three police officers who died in the line of duty in the last financial year were honoured for their courage and dedication.

An annual National Commemoration Day was held in their remembrance at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.

The majority of the officers died while responding to criminal acts while others were killed by speeding motorists while performing crime prevention operations on roads. She elaborates, “But the same community, the same people he was protecting are the ones who did this. The children cry every day. The other one has just graduated and cries daily saying if daddy was here, I would not be sitting at home – he would have done something because he loved his children.”Captain Pierre Marx, from the East London K9 unit in the Eastern Cape went beyond the call of duty in search of those who had drowned in rivers and dams.

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