Welcome to Project 999 Ride
About the 2008 Ride
The Project 999 Bike Ride begins at the California Peace Officers’ Memorial in Sacramento, where the ride participants are given time to reflect on the sacrifice made by those who have lost their lives.
The riders then begin the 630 mile journey to the Orange County Peace Officers’ Memorial in Santa Ana, California. The majority of the route taken is along California’s beautiful coastline, including Santa Cruz, Monterey, Big Sur, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara.
Once the group enters Orange County on the fifth day, they assemble on the corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Warner where they are escorted the remainder of the route by local law enforcement personnel.
The caravan rides to the Peace Officers Memorial located within the Plaza of the Flags in downtown Santa Ana, the county seat for Orange County. The riders last gathering together, after the exhausting achievement of the ride, is a moment of silence in front of the memorial where they once again honor the officers they paid tribute to in Sacramento five days earlier.
The ride concludes with a candlelight vigil honoring the fallen officers and their families. Each rider places a rose on the memorial in honor of the fallen officer they represented on the bike ride. The Orange County Memorial was dedicated in 1986 and now commemorates 48 Peace Officers killed in the line of duty while serving the residents of Orange County.
Posted: January 7th, 2008 under General.
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