Overview
- Maryland State Police held their annual Fallen Heroes ceremony outside headquarters in Pikesville to honor 43 fallen troopers and a deputy chief state fire marshal.
- As each name was read, surviving family members placed a single red rose into a vase as a public act of remembrance.
- The observance closed with the playing of Taps and a firearm salute, long-standing rituals used by law enforcement to mark sacrifice.
- Gov. Wes Moore attended and praised the fallen as heroes, saying the state will stand by their families for the long term.
- The program also remembered two troopers who died while serving in World War II, linking today’s force to earlier generations of service.