INDIANAPOLIS -- One of the officers who was killed in Tuesday's crash was an organizer of the annual Indianacops.orgIndiana Concerns of Police Survivors charity bike ride.

Lt. Gary Dudley was dedicated to helping fellow officers and their families deal with difficult times, 6News' Ericka Flye reported.

---

Bike Crash Victim Helped Fallen Officer's Families

---

Dudley pedaled for a cause that was close to his heart, supporting loved ones of police officers killed in the line of duty. He used his passion for cycling to promote COPS.

In 2004, Dudley rode his stationary bike on Monument Circle to raise money for the COPS program.

In 2005, he did the same as he prepared for a statewide bike tour. Dudley and other riders carry thank you letters with them from family members of officers killed.

Each year, the tour winds up at Crown Hill cemetery's Heroes of Public Safety Monument for closing ceremonies.

"We make stops at resting places for the officers of we're going by them or anywhere near them," Dudley told 6News last year. "We meet surviving family members as we travel around the state."

"For me to tell you that I haven't shed a tear would not be true. I think everybody who participates does shed a tear."

Tears are now being shed in Dudley's memory and their loved ones will now benefit from the support of the organization for which Dudley blazed a trail.

Lt. Dudley is survived by his wife. The other man killed in the crash, retired Lake County Police Chief Gary Martin, is survived by a wife and two children.