The relay divides into twenty stages. Runners each take a piece of the road.
Each runner on the team carries the name of a fallen Colorado officer. The name is on their back for the whole of their stage. When a runner comes off the road at an exchange point in the middle of the night, somewhere past mile sixty, that is who they carried it for.
Twenty stages. Twenty names. Nobody runs alone out there.
Representing an officer is not something this team takes. It is something a family grants, and we treat it that way. We are moving through this carefully and slowly, which is the only way it should be done. Permission is arranged through the officer's own agency, and each family decides how the name is written — a rank, a first name, a badge number. Nothing is printed until they have told us it is right.
Families are invited to meet the runner carrying the name of their loved one and to join us at all social gatherings.
A name appears here once the family has given their permission. If you are the family of a fallen Colorado officer and would like their name carried by this team, we would be honored to hear from you — jodie@dcb2v.com.