The goal of the project is to deliver flowers to the funerals or station houses of every officer killed in action nationwide, but they acknowledge that it is difficult to keep pace. In 2016, 64 police officers were killed by gunfire in the United States, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. The Yankees’ process for sending flowers is informal. Usually it begins after Hight or someone else in the organization hears about an officer killed in the line of duty. “They reached out all the way from New York, and with everything they’ve got going on they think of us?” Harris said.

Source: New York Times May 14, 2018 09:00 UTC