www.ntnews.com.au Northern Territory News, Saturday, January 9, 2010 — 5 PUB: NT NE- WS- DA TE: 9-JA GE: 5 C LO- R: C M Y K www.cdu.edu.au Get Microsoft Certified! Training for the following MCTS courses will commence in Semester 1, 2010: • MCTS 70-680 Configuring Windows 7 • MCTS 70-642 Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring To enrol or for further information: Phone: 08 89466457 Email: [email protected] M|O|F 24121 mg270609 NEWS beloved policeman ‘ To daddy ... you are in the sky. I miss you ’ Brett’s troops.’’ Tissues then wiped away tears as Sgt Meredith’s favourite song My Immortal by Evanescence echoed throughout the church walls. His five-year-old son Samuel then bravely read out a letter to his father. ‘‘To daddy ... you are in the sky. I miss you,’’ he said. But sombre tears were turned to smiles and snatches of laughter when his brother-in-law and mate Rod Godden, who is also in the NT Police, read the eulogy and told Brett to ensure he ‘‘cracks a Pure Blonde with the big fella’’ when watching his beloved NRL team St George from the heavens above. Police formed a guard of honour outside the church as the hearse was led slowly down Smith St by a riderless horse. With Brett’s police hat and medals clutched tightly to her chest and with her brother, Sgt Godden, by her side, Amee then walked behind the procession, with the 700-strong police members in attendance closely behind her. Police chaplain Jim Boland said he hoped Sgt Meredith’s death would change community attitudes towards the police. The father-of-five would have celebrated his 40th birthday on January 31. TOP RIGHT: Sergeant Brett Meredith TOP LEFT: Police, ambulance and emergency services personnel in the funeral parade, as NT Police Commissioner John McRoberts salutes. ABOVE: Brett’s wife Amee Meredith, with her brother, Sgt Rodney Godden, and Brett’s police dog Scar, handled by Sgt Paul Smith. Pictures: STUART WALMSLEY