COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- The Colorado Springs Police Department will soon have a new tree.
Phelan Gardens is donating a tree to the department in honor of Matt Tyner, a Colorado Springs Police officer who died in a crash on Austin Bluffs Parkway in July while trying to conduct a traffic stop on his motorcycle.
Tyner had served the department since 1999 and had previously served in Kansas City.
The crash is still under investigation.
A tree planting and remembrance ceremony will take place Friday at 10 a.m. at the Police Operations Center on South Nevada Avenue.
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