Friends, family, and officers gathered for a memorial service and special sporting match to mark the 25th anniversary since the deaths of Senior Constable Rodney Miller and Sergeant Gary Silk.
Jim was just seven weeks old when his dad failed to come home from work,Jim, now 25, joined friends, family and other officers today for a memorial service and special sporting match to mark the 25th anniversary since his dad's death.Murdered police officers Senior Constable Rodney Miller and Sergeant Gary Silk have today been honoured.
In a crime that shocked Melbourne and sent fear through the force, Silk and Miller were investigating a series of hold-ups on August 16, 1998 when they were shot at close range outside the Silky Emperor Restaurant."I never got to know my old man or know what it was like to share a beer with him," Jim said today.
"That's probably been the hardest thing I have had to deal with over the past 25 years. But the way you have all made me feel by embracing me and feel so comfortable in your presence since I was a kid has been amazing.Jim Miller today joined officers from St Kilda and Prahan Police Stations to play in the Silk-Miller Cup.He was cheered on from his mother and Rod's widow, Carmel Arthur.
"It evokes a myriad of emotions. There's enormous pride, enormous awe, there is enormous sadness," she said.Family members and officers come together to mark the 25th anniversary.
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