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National Police Week 2012: Honoring and Remembering Fallen Law Enforcement Officers
Released on Monday, May 7th, 2012
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Rita DavisFort Collins Police Services
970-221-6628
Fort Collins is joining communities across the United States during National Police Week—May 13-19—to honor and remember law enforcement officers who made the ultimate sacrifice, as well as the family members, friends and fellow officers left behind.
This year, the names of 362 officers killed in the line of duty are being added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC. These 362 officers include 162 officers who were killed during 2011, plus 199 officers who died in previous years but whose stories of sacrifice had been lost to history until now. Two fallen members of the law enforcement community in the State of Colorado, Jay W. Sheridan (Limon Police Department – March 9, 2011) and David Roberts (Denver Police Department –May 27, 2011), will be added to the list.
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. National Police Week 2012 is Sunday, May 13 through Saturday, May 19.
On National Peace Officers Memorial Day (Tuesday, May 15), Fort Collins Police Services (FCPS) Honor Guard will conduct a local memorial service to remember and honor those who have paid with their lives so that others might live in safe and secure communities. Flags in front of the FCPS building will be lowered and the National Law Enforcement Memorial Thin Blue Line flag will be attached below the National Colors. All four flags will be posted at half-staff for the remainder of the day. Immediately following the lowering of the Colors, a wreath laying ceremony will be held at 8:30 a.m. in the lobby of the police building to honor Officers Joseph Allen and Charles Brockman, Fort Collins Police Officers killed in the line of duty in 1907 and 1911, respectively. Mayor Karen Weitkunat will also proclaim the week of May 13-19 as Police Week in Fort Collins at the May 15 City Council meeting.
The public is invited to attend the day’s events.
The names of all 362 fallen officers nationwide will be formally dedicated on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC, during the 24th Annual Candlelight Vigil on the evening of May 13, 2012. The vigil will be webcast live over the Internet beginning at 8 pm (EDT) on May 13 so people across the country can experience this unique and powerful ceremony. To register for this free online event, visit www.LawMemorial.org/webcast.
For more information about National Police Week, please visit www.LawMemorial.org/policeweek.
This year, the names of 362 officers killed in the line of duty are being added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC. These 362 officers include 162 officers who were killed during 2011, plus 199 officers who died in previous years but whose stories of sacrifice had been lost to history until now. Two fallen members of the law enforcement community in the State of Colorado, Jay W. Sheridan (Limon Police Department – March 9, 2011) and David Roberts (Denver Police Department –May 27, 2011), will be added to the list.
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. National Police Week 2012 is Sunday, May 13 through Saturday, May 19.
On National Peace Officers Memorial Day (Tuesday, May 15), Fort Collins Police Services (FCPS) Honor Guard will conduct a local memorial service to remember and honor those who have paid with their lives so that others might live in safe and secure communities. Flags in front of the FCPS building will be lowered and the National Law Enforcement Memorial Thin Blue Line flag will be attached below the National Colors. All four flags will be posted at half-staff for the remainder of the day. Immediately following the lowering of the Colors, a wreath laying ceremony will be held at 8:30 a.m. in the lobby of the police building to honor Officers Joseph Allen and Charles Brockman, Fort Collins Police Officers killed in the line of duty in 1907 and 1911, respectively. Mayor Karen Weitkunat will also proclaim the week of May 13-19 as Police Week in Fort Collins at the May 15 City Council meeting.
The public is invited to attend the day’s events.
The names of all 362 fallen officers nationwide will be formally dedicated on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC, during the 24th Annual Candlelight Vigil on the evening of May 13, 2012. The vigil will be webcast live over the Internet beginning at 8 pm (EDT) on May 13 so people across the country can experience this unique and powerful ceremony. To register for this free online event, visit www.LawMemorial.org/webcast.
For more information about National Police Week, please visit www.LawMemorial.org/policeweek.