LEO Torch Run For Special Olympics

Apex Police and Fire run the 2012 Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics.

On May31st the Apex Police Department will be running a 4.1 mile leg of the Law Enforcement Torch Run which raises money for Special Olympics. The map shows the route the officers will be taking. There will be delays in theses areas from 9:00am until 10:30am.

Annual Awards Ceremony

The Apex Police Departmetn held its annual awards ceremony in conjunction with National Police Week. Officer Brian Opitz was named as Officer of the Year. Officers Eric Buchanan and Lee Burns were awarded a Life Saving Award and Officers Eric Buchanan, Brian Opitz, Detective Worth Brown and Sergeant Greg Towell were all given a Meritorious Service Award. We also sworn in 5 new offiers. Officer Sean Myers, Office Joe Gianni, Officer Jordan Keilman, Officer Harry Pennington and Officer Scott James.

Apex Poilce Arrest Two at Polling Station

Two arrested at Apex polling place

Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Colleen Mary Brock & Troy Scott Hale (Courtesy: Wake County Sheriff's Office)

APEX, N.C. (WTVD) -- Apex police had to be called to a polling place at Lufkin Road Middle School about 7 p.m. Tuesday after a disturbance broke out.

Police said 50-year-old Colleen Mary Brock was attempting to vote when she refused to give the polling attendant her name, address and political affiliation.

When the attendant told Brock the law required her to provide the information, police said she became irate and she and her husband, 51-year-old Troy Scott Hale, began to yell at the polling attendant.

The victim, 24-year-old Melvin Martinez Jr., tried to diffuse the situation when Hale allegedly picked up a polling sign and tried to hit him with it. Police said Brock then stepped in and assaulted Martinez by shoving him.

Both Brock and Hale were charged with misdemeanor assualt and creating a public disturbance.

National Police Week

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15th as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week. Currently, tens of thousands of law enforcement officers from around the world converge on Washington, DC to participate in a number of planned events which honor those that have paid the ultimate sacrifice.

The Memorial Service began in 1982 as a gathering in Senate Park of approximately 120 survivors and supporters of law enforcement. Decades later, the event, more commonly known as National Police Week, has grown to a series of events which attracts thousands of survivors and law enforcement officers to our Nation's Capital each year.