Victorian Police officers, both past and present, have embarked on a motorbike ride to honour their fallen colleagues.

It holds special significant this year following the deaths of two officers killed by a fugitive almost three weeks ago.

Senior Constable Vadim De Vart Hottart and Constable Neal Thompson were shot dead by fugitive Dezi Freeman in Victoria’s high country.

Loud revs rang out as 400 riders set off on Friday morning to begin the long ride from Melbourne to the National Police Memorial in Canberra, where 2000 members from around the nation are set to meet.

Hundreds more officers remain searching for Freeman in northeast Victoria, with investigators still certain he remains in the area.

Officers on Friday were winched into remote bushland areas as they intensify their s

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