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National Police Week May
National Police Week
Sunday, May 15, 2016 through Saturday, May 21, 2016
Those Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice and Those Who Continue to Serve
In 1962, President Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar week in which May 15 falls, as National Police Week. Established by a joint resolution of Congress in 1962, National Police Week pays special recognition to those law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others.
On average, one law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty somewhere in the United States every 61 hours. Since the first known line-of-duty death in 1791, more than 20,000 U.S. law enforcement officers have made the ultimate sacrifice.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”
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2016 Recently Fallen 
May 19, 2016
Police Officer David Glasser
Phoenix Police Department AZ
May 9, 2016
Detective Brad Lancaster
Kansas City Police Department KS
May 5, 2016
Investigator Anthony Freeman
Bibb County Sheriff's Office GA
May 1, 2016
Sergeant Jorge Ramos
Florida Department of Corrections FL
April 18, 2016
Agent Jose Daniel Barraza
U.S. Customs & Border Protection - U.S. Border Patrol TX
April 12, 2016
Police Officer Steven M. Smith
Columbus Division of Police OH
March 31, 2016
Trooper Chad P. Dermyer
Virginia State Police VA
March 26, 2016
Police Officer Susan Farrell
Des Moines Police Department IA
March 26, 2016
Police Officer Carlos Puente-Morales
Des Moines Police Department IA
March 26, 2016
Trooper Jeffrey Nichols
Texas DPS- Texas Highway Patrol TX
March 20, 2016
Deputy Sheriff Carl A. Koontz
Howard County Sheriff's Office IN
March 18, 2016
Police Officer Allen Lee Jacobs
Greenville Police Department SC
March 16, 2016
Trooper Thomas Clardy
Massachusetts State Police MA
March 14, 2016
Police Officer David Ortiz
El Paso Police Department TX
March 14, 2016
First Sergeant Joseph G. Portaro
West Virginia State Police WV
March 13, 2016
Police Officer Jacai D. Colson
Prince George's County Police Department MD
March 13, 2016
Highway Patrol Officer Nathan Daniel Taylor
California Highway Patrol CA
March 12, 2016
Deputy Sheriff John Robert Kotfila Jr.
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office FL
March 8, 2016
Trooper Sean Cullen
New Jersey State Police NJ
March 4, 2016
Police Officer Scot Fitzgerald
South Jacksonville Police Department IL
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”
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2016 Recently Fallen 
March 1, 2016
Deputy Sheriff Travis Russell
Las Animas County Sheriff's Office CO
March 1, 2016
Police Officer David S. Hofer
Euless Police Department TX
February 29, 2016
Police Officer Jorge L. Gil
Haines City Police Department FL
February 27, 2016
Police Officer Ashley Guindon
Prince William County Police Department VA
February 24, 2016
Corporal Nate Carrigan
Park County Sheriff's Office CO
February 20, 2016
Special Agent Lee Tartt
Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Bureau of Narcotics MS
February 11, 2016
Major Greg Barney
Riverdale Police Department GA
February 11, 2016
Police Officer Jason Moszer
Fargo Police Department ND
February 10, 2016
Deputy Sheriff Derek Geer
Mesa County Sheriff's Department CO
February 10, 2016
Deputy Sheriff Patrick Dailey
Harford County Sheriff's Office MD
February 10, 2016
Deputy Sheriff Scott Ballantyne
Tulare County Sheriff's Department CA
February 10, 2016
Deputy Sheriff Mark Logsdon
Harford County Sheriff's Office MD
February 5, 2016
Sergeant Jason Goodding
Seaside Police Department OR
January 24, 2016
Special Agent Scott McGuire
U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement FL
January 20, 2016
Correctional Officer Adam Conrad
Marion County Sheriff's Office IL
January 17, 2016
Police Officer Thomas Cottrell
Danville Police Department OH
January 17, 2016
Police Officer Douglas Scott Barney
Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake UT
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”
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We get bombarded by the "bad news" relating to those who have chosen to work as policemen and policewomen, but the "good news" generally goes unreported or underreported.
They have to make split second decisions every day regarding not only others lives but their own as your article correctly points out.
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Just to satisfy my own curiosity I googled 'most dangerous jobs in America'. The results surprised me a bit. Police work ranks up there, and it is a tough occupation to pursue for sure, but it generally ranks below many others. Check it out, and maybe you'll be as surprised as I was. There are some rather risky jobs out there.
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Just Fred wrote:
Just to satisfy my own curiosity I googled 'most dangerous jobs in America'. The results surprised me a bit. Police work ranks up there, and it is a tough occupation to pursue for sure, but it generally ranks below many others. Check it out, and maybe you'll be as surprised as I was. There are some rather risky jobs out there.
Is Alaskan Fisherman still no. 1?
I have respect for the cops. I have more than a few friends and relatives who are cops, and what they do is a tough job. Sure, I curse them and get pissed off at cops once in a while when they pull me over and give me a citation for seemingly benign infractions, like going 6 mph over the speed limit while everyone else is going 20 over the speed limit right by us while I'm pulled over, but whatever. I'm always courteous to them when I have to interact with them.
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Just to satisfy my own curiosity I googled 'most dangerous jobs in America'. The results surprised me a bit. Police work ranks up there, and it is a tough occupation to pursue for sure, but it generally ranks below many others. Check it out, and maybe you'll be as surprised as I was. There are some rather risky jobs out there.
Is Alaskan Fisherman still no. 1?
I have respect for the cops. I have more than a few friends and relatives who are cops, and what they do is a tough job. Sure, I curse them and get pissed off at cops once in a while when they pull me over and give me a citation for seemingly benign infractions, like going 6 mph over the speed limit while everyone else is going 20 over the speed limit right by us while I'm pulled over, but whatever. I'm always courteous to them when I have to interact with them.
One thing for sure, you don't have to worry about a fish pulling a gun on you.
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I appreciate what the police do.
I understand how it feels to go to work knowing it might be your last day on earth.
But in every encounter I've had with police in this country, every time, they were going out of their way to escalate what was a minor problem. I have little doubt that had I had a more aggressive personality I probably would have taken the bait.
I grew up being told about Officer Friendly.
I have yet to meet him.
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I appreciate what the police do.
I understand how it feels to go to work knowing it might be your last day on earth.
But in every encounter I've had with police in this country, every time, they were going out of their way to escalate what was a minor problem. I have little doubt that had I had a more aggressive personality I probably would have taken the bait.
I grew up being told about Officer Friendly.
I have yet to meet him.
I completely get where you're coming from. When I was younger, I got pulled over by a cop and I asked him some legitimate questions. He reacted as if I just called his mother a whore to his face. They weren't difficult questions, nor smart-alecky, and asked calmly, but holy heck did he erupt. From that point forward, any time I have to interact with a cop, I limit my words to yes and no. I assume that all cops are morons who have no discretion and very limited intelligence, and if I have questions I take it up with their boss or a judge after the fact.
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