Final Ride Honors Fallen Officers

Queensland Police Service Senior Sergeant Bradyn Murphy will take part in his final Wall to Wall Ride for Remembrance as a serving officer on September 12, marking 16 years of involvement in the annual event. More than 1,800 motorcyclists from across Australia are expected to ride to Canberra’s National Police Memorial to honour officers who died in the line of duty.

Murphy, Officer in Charge of the Gold Coast Highway Patrol, has helped lead Queensland’s participation in the ride since 2010. The event was established in 2009 and has since brought together serving and former police officers, families and supporters while raising more than $2 million for Police Legacy.

Queensland Police Service Acting Commissioner Brett Pointing described the ride as a demonstration of the enduring bond within the policing community. He said Murphy’s long-standing commitment reflected the values of respect, service, mateship and remembrance.

Murphy joined the QPS in 1985, completed his police motorcycle course in 1988 and has spent almost four decades as a motorcycle officer. He said the ride held particular personal significance because of his friendship with Sergeant Dan Stiller, whose memory helped inspire him to become Queensland coordinator.

The Queensland Commissioners baton, carried to the memorial each year since 2011, will also make the journey. Engraved with the words “We will remember them,” the baton contains a sealed scroll bearing the names of serving officers who died during the year. Murphy will pass responsibility for carrying it to fellow police motorcycle officer Stephen Young, although he plans to continue participating in the ride after retirement.