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At the National Peace Officer's Memorial Service on May 15, 2013, President Barack Obama paid tribute to fallen law enforcement officers, closing: [6] The 143 fallen officers we honor today put themselves on the front lines of that fight, to preserve that quality of community, and to protect the roots of our greatness.
Donald J. Guilfoil, a detective with the Suffolk County Police Benevolent Association, initiated the federal legislation to establish a National Police Memorial in 1972. . Representative Mario Biaggi, formerly a highly decorated police officer, then took up the cause and joined forces with U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell (D-RI) to establish the national memorial to honor all of America's fallen ...
The End of Watch Call or Last Radio Call is a ceremony in which, after a police officer's death (usually in the line of duty but sometimes from illness), the officers from his or her unit or department gather around a police radio, over which the police dispatcher issues one call to the officer, followed by a silence, then a second call, followed by silence.
Michigan State Police Lt. Dave Busacca speaks at the Peace Officer Memorial Day ceremony in Port Huron on May 15, 2024.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman was among the dignitaries that attended the service for National Police Memorial Day.
A memorial ceremony for fallen officers will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Sedgwick County law enforcement memorial in downtown Wichita.
The Los Angeles Police Department Memorial to Fallen Officers is a monument on an elevated plaza at the LAPD headquarters on 100 West 1st Street in downtown Los Angeles. The memorial was funded by the Los Angeles Police Foundation, who raised the $750,000 through private donations. [ 1 ]
A somber ceremony was held Wednesday to honor four fallen Chicago police officers, whose deaths span more than a century. Chicago honors four fallen officers at Gold Star Memorial ceremony Skip to ...