The Indiana State Police Peru Post will be honoring the 47 employees who have died in the line of duty during a ceremony on Wednesday.

Four members of the Peru Post have died in the line of duty.

• Sergeant Glen R. Hosier died April 26, 1971, of a gunshot wound he received while leading officers up the staircase of a Miami County home. He was attempting to arrest a murder suspect.
• Trooper Robert J. Lather II died July 6, 1982, in an automobile crash on U.S. 31 in Miami County. He was assisting the Howard County Sheriff’s Department in pursuit of a traffic violator. The violator drove his car into Trooper Lather’s police car.
• Master Trooper Detective David E. Rich died July 5, 2007, of a gunshot wound when a motorist he stopped to assist opened fired on him as he approached a disabled vehicle on U.S. 24 in Wabash County.
• Trooper Daniel R. Barrett died January 27, 2008, while attempting to catch a speeding vehicle on U.S. 31 in northern Fulton County. His police car left the roadway and struck a tree, killing the trooper instantly.

A ceremony will be held in the parking lot of the Peru Post at 11 a.m.