Northamptonshire Police cyclists raise more than £15,000 for families of fallen officers
A team of Northamptonshire Police cyclists has raised more than £15,000 for a charity supporting the families of officers and police staff who have lost their lives on duty.
Twenty-two cyclists completed a 180-mile ride as part of the force's Unity Tour 2026, taking the total raised by its chapter for Care of Police Survivors (CoPS) to more than £50,000 since it was established in 2022.
The three-day event began on Friday, August 7, with a memorial service at Northamptonshire Police's Northern Accommodation Building.
Deputy Chief Constable Ash Tuckley and Assistant Chief Constable Emma James joined colleagues, friends and family members for the service.
This year's event held particular significance following the death of Northamptonshire Police officer PC Faizaan Najeeb in a road traffic collision in September 2025.
His friends and colleagues laid flowers in his memory, and in remembrance of all those who have died in the line of duty, before the cyclists were waved off.
The team rode across Northamptonshire before completing their final miles to the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
There they joined Chief Constable Ivan Balhatchet and police officers, staff and bereaved families from across the country for the Annual Service of Remembrance.
The riders thanked their support team and the families of PC Andrew Harper, who died while on duty with Thames Valley Police in 2019, and Metropolitan Police officer PC Berin Underwood, who died in 2020 following a road collision.
The team's fundraising page remains open for donations.