Metro Richmond Police Emerald Society

03/12/2026

Come out and support our Band during the High Holy Season.

Here’s our lineup for March 16th and 17th-
March 16th- 4:30pm Irish Wake at O’Tooles Midlothian
7 PM- O’Tooles Midlothian

01/05/2026

2026 Membership Dues ($25.00) are due; please pay them as soon as possible. We are experiencing technical difficulties with Square, so please use the PayPal link below to pay your dues while I contact customer support. If you would like to pay for lifetime dues ($250.00), reach out to me, and I can help with that. We are no longer using Membersplanet, so if you had autopay through them, it will no longer work. If you were charged for 2026 dues through Membersplanet, let me know so we can get it straightened out. I do not have a way of checking. They claim they will, but I am not relying on them.

2020 MRPES Membership Dues, $25.00 for the year.

11/22/2025

Just waiting on you and Santa to join us for our Holiday Gathering at O”Tooles Forrest Hill. We will be here until 6pm, MRPES P&D will be joining us for a set too.

09/04/2025

Here are some public events for the MRPES Pipes and Drums!

September 6 – Metro Richmond 9/11 Stair Climb & Walk at Richmond Raceway

September 6 – First Responder Appreciation Day, 11:30 AM at Gethsemane Church of Christ, Mechanicsville, VA

November 8 – Maryland Irish Festival, Maryland State Fairgrounds, 2200 York Rd, Timonium, MD 21093

November 15 – Police Emerald Society of Baltimore’s 29th Annual Bull & Oyster Roast, 2501 Putty Hill Ave, Parkville, MD 21234

05/01/2025

We plan on keeping a running list of memorial events for the agencies in the metro area. Here is what I have so far. If your agency isn't listed please let us know so we can add it. MRPES P&D and VSP P&D will be playing at most, if not all of these.

May 1 - 0800 Tri Cities Memorial Breakfast
May 6 - 1200 Blue Mass - St. Patrick's Church DC
May 8 - 1000 Richmond Police Memorial - RPD Academy
May 8 - 1100 Chesterfield County Police Memorial - Historic Courthouse
May 10 - 1500 MRPES Celebration of Life - O'Toole's - Midlothian
May 10 - 1800 LEU Arrives -Henrico
May 11 - 1300 K9 Memorial NLEOM DC
May 12 - 0800 Lee Federal Prison Memorial
May 12 - 1000 Henrico Police Memorial - Memorial Park
May 13 - 2000 National Candlelight Vigil
May 15 - 1200 National Peace Officers Memorial - US Capitol
May 21 - 1030 Virginia State Police Memorial - VSP HQ

04/28/2025

Don't forget the meeting at Joe's Inn - Bon Air on Wednesday (4/30/25) starting at 7 pm. Get there early for dinner and to socialize.

03/13/2025

Due to lack of staffing and the weather we are closing down our tent Saturday night and will not be at the Church Hill Irish Festival on Sunday.

The band has a prior commitment and only one non-board member signed up to work Sunday. Several of the board members have prior commitments or obligations that prohibit their ability to be there. It is unfair to stick just one or two people with staffing the tent all day and breaking it down.

Due to all of this we will not be at the festival on Sunday. If you have any questions or concerns please let us know.

02/24/2025

Don't forget the meeting on Wednesday at O'Toole's Midlothian. Check your email for the link to join virtually if you can't attend in person. We will be talking about the meeting format gong forward as well as the Church Hill Irish Festival.

02/24/2025

Here is the Go Fund Me for the Virginia Beach Police officers killed this weekend. Go Fund Me takes a percentage and it, sometimes, is counted as income so I’d donate through Virginia Beach Police.

Christopher Reese was a dedicated officer of the Virginia Beach Police Depar… Heather Rosales needs your support for Aid for the Family of Officer Chris Reese

02/23/2025

St. Michael, heaven's glorious Commissioner of Police, who once so neatly and successfully cleared God's premises of all its undesirables, look with kindly and professional eyes on your earthly force.

Give us cool heads, stout hearts, hard punches, and uncanny flair for
investigation and wise judgment.

Make us the terror of burglars, the friends of children and law-abiding citizens, kind to strangers, polite to bores, strict with law-breakers and impervious to temptations.

In troubles and riots give us sheer muscle without temper; at the police count, give us love for truth and evidence without any thought of self.

You know, St. Michael, from your own experiences with the devil that the policeman's lot on earth is not
always a happy one; but your sense of duty that so pleased God, your hard knocks that so surprised the devil, and your angelic self- control give us inspiration. Make us as loyal to the law of God as we are particular about the law of the land.

And when we lay down our night sticks, enroll us in your heavenly force, where we will be as proud to guard the throne of God as we have been to guard the city of all the people.

Amen

01/28/2025

We are NOT having a January meeting. The board met and we are doing something different with meetings. I will send out more shortly, but wanted everybody to know there is NO meeting tomorrow.