On July 30, a couple in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, removed and vandalized a wreath belonging to law enforcement officers during the ceremony memorial held at North Shore of the county of Allegheny. The Pittsburg Bureau of Police is now looking for the man and woman. The police recovered the couple’s pictures from surveillance cameras in the memorial. They released the vandals’ pictures and posted them on the department’s Facebook page. They are appealing to the public for any information that will lead to the arrest of the two vandals. The post, put up the Pittsburg Bureau of Police reads that the incident happened just before 9 p.m. According to the post, a certain female who is recorded as wearing a mask, long-sleeved shirt, and a short was observed removing a wreath that was placed at the memorial ground before scornfully throwing it to the ground. According to the post, the woman was acting in a collaboration with another man who was wearing a red bandana, a mask, and a white t-shirt. This man was observed throwing the wreath at a garbage can that was just within. People with any information about the two individuals’ identities are urged to call Zone 1 detectives at (412) 323- 7201. The police also shared the same photos on their Twitter account. They are hopeful that their thousands of followers will help them locate the two vandals so that they can be punished accordingly.
This memorial which is commonly known as the Law Enforcement Officer memorial is a memorial service that is organized for Allegheny county officers who dies in the line of the duty. The memorial has who died in the county of Allegheny and the officers who died elsewhere but grew up in the county of Allegheny. The Pittsburg Police’s Twitter account added that the memorial shows the determination and hard work of the police officers from the department- Seargent William Burke and Seargent Michael brown. According to the department, the police officers and the survivors of the police officers were recruited in the system. Thus, a memorial Inc of the law enforcement officers, as well as the Allegheny County, was formed. According to the page, the memorial finally happened after much planning, design work, and a lot of fundraising campaigns. Around this time, the land in North Shore, near the Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburg, became available. The groundbreaking happened, and the works to build the memorial began on May 25, 1996, and were done three months later. To make the Heinz field and Gateway Clipper River Boat Dock, the original memorial was destroyed and stored. In the fall of 2000, the memorial was remade and inaugurated. The memorial was kept in storage until May 2003.
Since the death of George Floyd by a law enforcement officer and other black persons killed by racist police officers, protests that have come up all across the country have increased vandalism cases. This is the second time the memorial is being vandalized. The same memorial was vandalized in March when somebody spray painted it with graffiti. A vandal displaying police performing their duties was displayed. With the public’s help, the Pittsburg Bureau of Police is hoping that they would be able to find the couple who vandalized and disrespected the memorial.
