The Columbus Police Department plans to send officers to Baton Rouge to honor the three officers killed Sunday in a targeted attack.
Columbus Police Department, spokesperson Lieutenant Matt Harris, says the department often sends an honor guard to funerals for officers killed in the line of duty in Indiana, but recent events in Dallas and now in Baton Rouge called for a sign of unity among officers.
Lt. Harris and another Columbus officer traveled to Dallas to attend the funerals of two of the officers killed in an attack during a Black Lives Matter protest earlier this month.
"This is something new for us, attending out of state funerals, all the officers you know, we felt the need to go to Dallas and show our support," he says.
Lt. Harris says the department is waiting for more information before making specific plans about the Baton Rouge funerals.