This year, the names of 252 officers killed in the line of duty are being added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC.
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In 1962, President Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which it falls as National Police Week.
Several law enforcement agencies will gather to pay respect to fallen officers in Sebastian County on Wednesday.
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“As we all go about our normal lives, we in law enforcement are humbled by those officers who have given their lives in service to their communities”, said Clarkstown Police Chief Michael Sullivan.
A slideshow showed the names and photographs of officers who died in the line of duty in 2016, and Sgt. Lisa Sage read through a list of names of the 13 Kansas law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty since 2006. We think of the officers in Waukee who, with an inmate they were transferring, lost their lives to a drunk driver traveling at 100 miles per hour or more. “So today we salute the police and other police officers in uniform who rightfully take their place at the head of our long blue line”. “Sometimes we need to help and honor them as well”, said Mills.
In honor of the week, many officers will wrap a black band around their badge.
Anne Griffith has come to know her father through the stories shared by fellow officers, coworkers she’s come to know as family. “I was out of law enforcement when I met the Harmon family”. It weighs heavily on the vast majority of officers who honorably serve their communities.
“We usually have a guest speaker”, he said. A new police station is part of Public Safety Complex that is under construction.
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The ceremony included a roll call of Idaho’s fallen officers, starting from the 1880s, and proceeding slowly to the present day.
