Battle of The Badges

Zachary Stokes: "When people would say Richmond loss an officer it wasn't just the Richmond police department. It was the Berea Police Department it was the EKU Police department it's was the sheriffs office it was state police and it was the jail. Because we all work closely together and everybody knew him! So it's not just our loss it's is everybody's loss." And that loss of fallen Richmond Police Officer Daniel Ellis has sparked the first annual "battle of the Badges" basketball tournament. Tricia Holman/Former Madison County Sherrifs office employee: "The bringing of community together and showing the support not just for her family and for him, but for all the families that are involved in law enforcement. The wives, the girlfriends, the moms, the dad's you know everybody that is connected somehow. I think this is a great opportunity to come out and support." The first battle of the badges game has officially kicked off right behind me, but for one Richmond police officer he says there's more at stake than winning a trophy. Zachary Stokes: "With all this going on with the competition to go towards us going to D.C. To get to honor him.. I think it's all part of that healing process just moving forward. There have been numerous fundraisers for Officer Ellis' family, but this one in particular is for his family in blue to honor him one last time at the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington D.C. "For them to be there it will just mean so much more to have so many officers that knew him obviously and so many officers from this county and this jurisdiction and some of the agencies to be up there with us when they call his make for final roll call.. You can't put into words how awesome that is going to be." In Richmond, Sabirah Rayford, WKYT. ORGANIZERS HOPE