There was lots of blue across the state on Thursday.

Many schools were showing support for law enforcement after Syracuse police officer Michael Jensen and Onondaga County sheriff's Lt. Michael Hoosock were killed in the line of duty in Salina on Sunday. A police officer in Albany was shot Tuesday in an attack that city officials compared to the what happened in Salina.  

“We want to make sure that they know that we are here, they're seen, they're appreciated. And we're hopeful that through the big blue wave that we're putting forth that they feel, feel that support from us not only today, but every day that they walk through the doors," said Utica City School District Interim Superintendent Kathleen Davis.

The school district was one of many districts participating. Students and staff have family members that work in law enforcement.

Wearing blue helps them, too.

“I would imagine a young child who has a mom or dad who is in law enforcement, and they see all their peers wearing blue, that it makes them feel very supported and loved,” said Sara Klimek, the chief human resources officer at the Utica City School District.

The hope is for this comradery, this support, to continue.

“We're doing this now because we have two brothers that are fallen. But this should be an everyday thing. We should appreciate law enforcement every day because they risk their lives in and out 24 hours, 365 days a year," said Jeff Tripp, a school resource officer at Westhill Central School District.