Members of the Hay River detachment and residents gathered under grey skies to remember Const. Christopher John Worden during a vigil march through downtown Hay River, Oct. 6.

More than 20 people marched with candles and roses between the Hay River Recreation Centre and the detachment to remember Worden who was killed in the line of duty on Oct. 6, 2007.

Then 30, Worden had been responding to a request for police assistance at a Woodland Avenue residence when he was later found slain in the line of duty not far from the scene.

During last weekSA国际影视传媒檚 vigil, Commanding Officer Jamie Zettler and Mayor Kandis Jameson offered comforting remarks to those in attendance as several uniformed officers gathered with residents on Capital Drive.

Both MLAs R.J Simpson and Rocky Simpson paid their respects with residents with the laying of candles and roses at the foot of the detachment flagpole.

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Zettler said it is important for officers and members of the public to heal together by marking the every year.

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