The Madison Police Department issued the following statement.
The funeral procession for Randy Tyler has been established. The procession will depart the Parkway Church at 601 Reunion Parkway in Madison after the Celebration of Life at or around 3:00 PM on Friday, June 9, 2023.
Upon departing, the procession will proceed southbound on Bozeman Road and upon crossing Highway 463 continue southbound on Highland Colony Parkway in Madison. The procession will continue southbound on Highland Colony Parkway into the City of Ridgeland and upon entering the traffic circle at Old Agency Road, proceed east on Old Agency Road crossing Interstate 55 and proceeding eastbound on Jackson Street. The procession will turn northbound on Highway 51 and proceed into Madison turning into the Main entrance of the Natchez Trace Cemetery at 759 Highway 51.
Residents, businesses and others are asked and encouraged to honor Chief Tyler along the procession route. Please be aware of your safety along the procession/motorcade roadways as normal traffic flow will be present prior to and after the procession/motorcade passes. Please remain in the grass/sidewalk areas and avoid entering the roadway.
9 comments:
Hope someone makes sure a train is not on schedule for the Jackson St. crossing at that time
I wonder what the total cost is for something like this. I assume the hundreds of officers that will be present are on duty and then the officers won’t be willing to carpool so there’s going to be a large number of vehicles involved. I’d bet the total cost will easily reach 6 figures. Why not just give that money to the fallen officer’s family instead of having these huge parades?
Believe that the train comes through in the am heading up to Nissan. Used to get stuck at times taking the kids to school.
That Train is gone by then...non factor!
"Why not just give that money to the fallen officer’s family instead of having these huge parades?"
1st, it's not a parade which implies throwing beads and candy at folks lining the route. It is a solemn funeral procession which is a tradition extending back to ancient times.
I am sorry that you may be inconvenienced, but you can avoid that by staying home, kick back, have your Bud Lite and watch the tube.
@4:25 PM - The vast majority of the officers will be participating on their own time. Gas light somewhere else.
@425 I’ve been a cop for almost 20 years. I have been to way too many law enforcement funerals. Never once did I put in for overtime or anything of the sort. I burned my leave time. It’s a respect thing, I guess it’s too much to ask for someone that’s not in this to profession to understand what it means.
@4:25 - It's all about respect!! No parade or fanfare - just plain ole respect for a fallen officer/first responder. And there is no overtime nor regular time paid to these responders coming to pay respect - they are giving of their own time - respect is not paid for. I know of many first responders that have made plans to ride together. So the "many cars/vehicles" that you speak of, means that this HERO has that many that want to show up for him!! Sorry you don't understand this.
4:25...Maybe Kingfish should let your incorrect comments just stand. But you should know that every officer from every department across the state and beyond, who attended while on the clock or as directed by their department paid for the time involved, including any legal overtime due. And why should they NOT be. The attendance was certainly job related.
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