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The procession for the slain officer begins before sunrise in Northeast Philly and winds through the city to the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.
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The funeral services for Philadelphia Police Officer Jamie Roman, who was shot earlier this summer and died from his injuries on Sept. 10, begin early Thursday morning with a procession to transport his casket from the Northeast to Center City.
Roman’s funeral procession departs from John F. Givnish Funeral Home, 10975 Academy Road in Northeast Philly, at 5:15 a.m. and travel to Philadelphia Police Headquarters, at 15th and Callowhill streets. From there, Mayor Cherelle Parker, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin J. Bethel, officers from the 25th Police District where Roman worked and the police department’s executive team will march behind the hearse carrying Roman to the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, about six blocks away at 1723 Race St., near Logan Square…