By: Grace Joyal, ABC Columbia COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – A Midlands based organization promoting positive relations between police and private citizens is changing its name – and expanding its reach in the community. Heroes in Blue, founded in fall of 2015 after the untimely death of Forest Acres Officer Greg…
By: Allen Wallace, Midlands Anchor Kassy Alia, founder and CEO of Heroes in Blue, stood at the scene of a tragedy Monday and announced the newest phase of her effort to bring good from that sadness. Heroes in Blue officially took on a new name with Monday’s ceremony at Richland…
By: Paul Rivera, WISTV.com COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – An organization started after the death of a Midlands police officer is now no more, but a special announcement Monday has made sure what is taking its place is even bigger. Kassy Alia’s husband, Forest Acres Police officer Greg Alia, was killed in…
By Jeff Wilkinson For only the second time since her husband, Greg Alia, a 32-year-old Forest Acres police officer, was murdered in 2015, his widow, Kassy, returned Monday to the scene of the crime, Richland Mall There, among the empty storefronts of the struggling shopping center, she announced a new initiative…
Author: Karamie Sullivan Law enforcement personnel, political leaders, volunteers, and supporters met at the Richland Mall Monday morning to hear an announcement from Heroes in Blue. This non-profit was founded by Kassy Alia in September 2015, after her husband, Forest Acres Police Officer Greg Alia, was killed in the line…
