The 2008 N.C. Peace Officer's Memorial will be held in Rocky Mount on Friday and honor one of the city's police officers who was killed in the line of duty last year.

Alan Silver, who died in May 2007 as the result of a traffic accident while answering a robbery-in-progress call, will be one of four fallen officers honored at this year's memorial.

The ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Englewood Baptist Church on Winstead Avenue. The event is open to the public.

Sponsored by the N.C. Department of Justice and the N.C. Fraternal Order of Police, the annual event is held at various locations across the state each year to remember police officers who gave their lives or were seriously injured in the line of duty.

Rocky Mount Senior Police Officer Ricky Parks is helping to coordinate the event with the department of justice. He also is a sergeant-at-arms for the N.C. FOP.

Parks said that several state leaders are expected to attend the event.

One of those will be N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper, a Nash County native. He will serve as master of ceremonies for the memorial ceremony.

Law enforcement officers from across North Carolina will attend, Parks added.

"It's an honor to host such a huge event for those that protect us daily," Parks said.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers Sean Clark and Jeffrey Shelton and Jason Campbell, a Greenville police officer, also will be honored at the event.

He added that because Silver was a good friend of his, the event becomes meaningful on a whole other level.

"When it's someone that you truly spend time with, it just hits so close to home," Parks said.

A flyover by the 82nd Airborne from Fort Bragg, police motorcycle units from across the state and the N.C. State Highway Patrol Caisson Unit also will honor the fallen officers.

In addition, 30 pastors from church congregations across the Twin Counties are expected to attend the memorial ceremony.