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Riders participate in the 2025 Kansas Law Enforcement Ride for the Fallen on May 1, 2025, in North Lawrence.

Dozens of motorcycles and bicycles paraded through Lawrence on Thursday as part of the 2025 Kansas Law Enforcement Ride for the Fallen.

The cyclists were traveling from Leawood to Topeka to honor officers who have died in the past year, said Sgt. Drew Fennelly with the Lawrence Police Department.

According to a release from the Kansas Highway Patrol, the ride was scheduled to end at the Statehouse around 7 p.m. followed by a candlelight vigil at 8 p.m. in the Statehouse.

The Kansas Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony will be at noon Friday at the Statehouse, with a wreath-laying ceremony to follow at the Kansas Law Enforcement Monument.

Two names have been added to the monument this year:

Detective Charles Delbert Meeks, of the Derby Police Department, who died on May 9, 1976, and Deputy Glenn H. Curtiss, of the Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office, who died on Oct. 29, 1924.

photo by: Chris Conde/Journal-World

Riders participate in the 2025 Kansas Law Enforcement Ride for the Fallen on May 1, 2025, in North Lawrence.

photo by: Chris Conde/Journal-World

Motorcycle officers take a break on May 1, 2025, during the Kansas Law Enforcement Ride for the Fallen in North Lawrence.