Photo feature: Public Safety receives Capitol-flown flag

UCCS Police Chief Brian McPike, left, receives a U.S. flag from Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado, while Travis Trafoya student, and Aaron Novy, Business 2011, look on. — UCCS Police Chief Brian McPike, left, receives a U.S. flag from Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs, while Travis Trafoya, student, and Aaron Novy, Business 2011, look on.

The Department of Public Safety received a flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol in a brief Jan. 29 ceremony.

Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs, presented the flag to Brian McPike, chief, UCCS Police Department, in honor of Officer Garrett Swasey. Lamborn later posed for pictures with members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, whose members organized and attended the ceremony. Aaron Novy, Business 2011, and an SAE member, requested the flag from Lamborn’s office.

In his comments, Lamborn called Swasey “honorable and heroic” and said he was pleased to present the flag to the department in his honor.

McPike said the flag was “extremely meaningful and impactful” for the department. The flag and a certificate will be displayed in the police department’s squad room as a reminder of Swasey who died Nov. 27 while responding to a shooting at the Planned Parenthood Clinic in Colorado Springs.

Members of the Department of Public Safety examine a flag flown over the U.S. Capitol.

UCCS Police Chief Brian McPike addresses members of the media who attended the ceremony. — UCCS Police Chief Brian McPike addresses media outlets who attended the ceremony.

Members of SAE fraternity pose with Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs. — Members of SAE fraternity pose with Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado.

— Photos by Jeffrey M. Foster and Tom Hutton

Photo feature: Public Safety receives Capitol-flown flag

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