AAST helps provide flags for trooper funerals

Flag fund honors trooper killed in line of duty

After Indiana trooper Scott Patrick’s line-of-duty death six years ago, his friends and family formulated a plan to honor his love of the American flag. Patrick, who routinely displayed the American flag, held dear in his heart what the flag represented and revered those who have fought abroad and at home to ensure its survival.

As the years passed, his family realized there was a gap that needed to be filled. When a veteran passes away, an interment flag, also known as a burial flag, honors their service. No such program exists for law enforcement officers. Patrick’s friends and family decided it was time to change that. The Trooper Patrick Flag Fund provides burial flags for all law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in Indiana, burial flags for retired Indiana state troopers, and ceremonial flags for events that honor fallen law enforcement officers in Indiana.

AAST is pleased to now make this program possible for state troopers, state police officers, and highway patrol officers killed in the line of duty, anywhere in the United States, through a donation to the Trooper Patrick Flag Fund, specifically designated for this purpose.

“We hope this donation will never be needed,” AAST Executive Director Ken Howes said in a letter accompanying the donation, “however, we [at AAST] are prepared to donate additional funds if necessary to sustain this worthwhile program.”

Contributions make the program possible. Visit http://www.indianasfinest.com/flagfund.php for further details.

The Trooper Patrick Flag Fund was established to honor the supreme sacrifice of Patrick, who was shot and killed while attempting to assist a stranded motorist Dec. 22, 2003. Patrick and his wife were expecting their first child. Six months after Patrick’s death, his son was born. Isaac Scott Patrick bears the initials ISP in honor of his father’s love of and dedication to the Indiana State Police.

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