Officers from the Mount Isa Police Station paused on Thursday evening to remember their fallen colleagues.
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A candlelight vigil was held at the top of Pamela Street Hill to mark Police Remembrance Day.
The day pays respect to those service people who never returned home from the field of duty.
Queensland has lost 147 men and women since 1861.
Father Mick Lowcock opened the service and paid tribute to the bravery of police.
“As darkness sweeps the daylight from our city, we recall the darkness caused by sadness and the loss of those whose lives were taken as they worked to protect our state.” Father Lowcock said.
“We acknowledge that those officers who have died for the peace and good order of our community are the light that has pierced the darkness of crime and greed in our society.”
Senior Sergeant Brad Inskip said it was important to stop and remember the police who laid their lives down for the safety of community.
“We have all gathered here as members of the greater police family at a symbolic place, to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice,” Sen Sgt Inskip said.
“We make it known to them that they are not, and never will be, forgotten.
“While the reality of policing is that it can often be a dangerous profession it is my wish, as it is every year, that no further names are added to the Police Remembrance Day list,” he said.
Sen Sgt Inskip also paid tribute to all members of the extended police family who had lost their lives.
Prayers were made for fallen officers Sen Constable Brett Forte, the son of Sen Sgt Craig Shepherd, and Sergeant Brendan Poustie, who all had ties to the Mount Isa district.
Mount Isa’s service was one of many marches and vigils held throughout Australia to remember those officers who paid the ultimate sacrifice for the community they served.
A mass was also held at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church on Friday.
Father Lowcock also asked the community to keep Constable Peter McAulay in their prayers.
The 24-year-old Ipswich policeman is in an induced coma after he was hit by a car while on duty on Thursday morning.