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Police Officers Memorial Day & Police Week

Police Week is the week of May 15th each year. The week is marked on a local level by events in every major city, including the Phoenix metropolitan area, and nationally in Washington, DC.

Below is a history of Police Week as stated on PoliceWeek.org:

"In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15th as Peace Officers Memoria l Day and the week in which that date falls as "Police Week". Every year since, tens of thousands of law enforcement officers from around the world converge on Washington, DC to participate in a number of planned events which honor those that have paid the ultimate sacrifice.

The first official memorial service took place on May 15, 1982. On that date, approximately 125 people gathered in Senate Park to honor 91 law enforcement officers. Over the past 22 years we have honored over 3,000 law enforcement officers from around our nation. Today, the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service has become one in a series of events which includes the Candlelight Vigil, which is sponsored by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) and seminars sponsored by Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS)."

For more information about the The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, visit the official memorial website.