Pool supervisor Clarence Bey directs swimmers Wednesday as children and adults beat the heat in the city’s Randolph Pool in the West End. The city’s outdoor pools opened June 18, just in time for the summer heat, and will be open seven days a week through Labor Day.

Cityscape // The memorial statue honoring 28 Richmond police officers killed in the line of duty since 1869 is moved to a new home, as shown in this series of photographs. Left, Travis Moss tightens a strap to secure the 8-foot bronze statue and its granite base for the trip last Friday from Festival Park near the Richmond Coliseum in Downtown to Byrd Park.

Cityscape // A motorcycle officer escorts the truck carrying the statue down Grace Street en route to Byrd Park.

A heavy-duty forklift positions the statue on its new concrete base facing Blanton Avenue at Trafford Road. Retired Richmond police officer Glenwood W. Burley, wearing a hard hat, began a campaign to relocate the statue in May 2015 to ensure it would be properly tended and more visible to the public. Sculptor Maria Kirby-Smith created the statue of an officer holding a child that was dedicated in 1987.

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New funeral chapel in North Side // The new chapel for Scott’s Funeral & Cremation Services is taking shape in the 100 block of East Brookland Park Boulevard. To be completed later this year, the chapel is expected to seat at least 350 people for funerals and memorial services. It will provide more room than the current space across the street, according to Richard A. Lambert Sr., owner of the 106-year-old funeral home. Construction has taken longer than expected because of initial problems installing the foundation.