LOWELL — For the second yr in a row, Lowell Police Officer Christine Larocque will run the Boston Marathon in assist of the Officer Sean A. Collier Memorial Fund.
Larocque completed final yr’s Boston Marathon in 4 hours and 10 minutes, whereas elevating greater than $10,000 for the fund. Larocque has set her sights a bit of larger this yr, aiming to cross the end line in underneath 4 hours, whereas elevating at the very least $8,000.
The Officer Sean A. Collier Memorial Fund offers grants to native public police departments and nonprofits to assist the event and implementation of neighborhood packages designed to construct connections between regulation enforcement and the communities they serve.
The fund is known as after MIT Police Officer Sean A. Collier, who was killed within the line of obligation on April 18, 2013, days after the assault on the Boston Marathon.
The Lowell Police Department mentioned Larocque is the lead swim teacher with the Lowell Police Youth Services Learn to Swim Program, which is primarily funded by the Collier Fund.
“I think they’re a great foundation and they give back a lot to the City of Lowell,” Larocque mentioned within the launch. “When I learned that they were doing a Learn to Swim Program I thought it was amazing because I think every child should learn to swim. We’ve had a couple of tragedies since I joined the department so it’s great to see the department is willing to do something about it.”
Larocque, the daughter of the late Deputy Police Superintendent Daniel Larocque, has served the Lowell Police since 2021. She started working a yr earlier — because the pandemic started to take maintain — in preparation of the Police Academy.
Larocque had completed 5K races and half marathons beforehand, however the 2023 Boston Marathon was her first marathon.
For extra details about the Officer Sean A. Collier Memorial Fund, go to officercolliermemorialfund.org.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com”