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National Police Week
National Police Week Sunday, May 10—Saturday, May 16, 2015
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.
View the full roll call of names of the 273 fallen law enforcement heroes added to the Memorial year in 2015.Visit the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, centered in the 400 block of E Street, NW, Washington, DC and the National Police Week Retail Center, located at First Trinity Lutheran Church, 309 E Street (corner of 4th and E Streets NW) 1/2 block from the Memorial.National Police Week is a collaborative effort of many organizations dedicated to honoring America's law enforcement community.
The principal organizers of National Police Week include
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF), which sponsors the annual Candlelight Vigil at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
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Fraternal Order of Police/Fraternal Order of Police Auxiliary (FOP/FOPA), which organize the Peace Officers Memorial Day Service at the U.S. Capitol.
Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.), which holds the National Police Survivors' Conference.
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US Flags are permitted to be flown at half staff on May 15 for Police Memorial Day.
Locally, there will be a ceremony at 12:00 Noon at the Court of Valor at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
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It will be a particularly somber week with the recent deaths of officers in Idaho, and NYC.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Aye, I just met a retired NYC cop who had worked in the same Precinct as the latest fallen hero.
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Tarnation wrote:
US Flags are permitted to be flown at half staff on May 15 for Police Memorial Day.
Locally, there will be a ceremony at 12:00 Noon at the Court of Valor at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Thank you for that information!
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The Latest: Mississippi officers had a 'humble spirit'
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HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — 6:15 p.m.A steady stream of residents came by the area where the shooting happened, leaving flowers or balloons to honor the fallen officers on Sunday.Donna Nelson was one of them. She said she and her husband had just picked up their dinner and were returning home when they noticed an unusually large number of police officers out on the streets. When they heard what had happened they said their first instinct was to go out and look for the suspects.Nelson said, "That is the most disrespectful thing right there, to take the life of a law enforcement officer. They put their lives on the line for us every day. To be taken out senselessly like this, that's horrible."
Alberta Harris heads the Briarfield Neighborhood Association next to where the shooting occurred. She said she knew both Officers Benjamin Deen, 34, and Liquori Tate, 25, personally.She said, "Both of them had a humble spirit. They cared about the people that they were serving and protecting."She said at a time when there is a huge focus on the use of force by police officers, incidents like this show the strain police officers are under."This shows what our police officers have to endure, just on a routine traffic stop."
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