Honoring the Fallen at Police Week (photos)
By • May 16, 2019 0 3350
Thousands of law enforcement officers from around the country and beyond assembled on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, May 15, to salute those who died in the line of duty and the families they left behind. President Donald Trump delivered the keynote address at the solemn memorial service, the climax of Police Week in the nation’s capital.
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation designating May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week.
The names of 371 law enforcement officers, including 158 who died in 2018, were formally dedicated on the prior Monday evening, during the 31st annual candlelight vigil, held on the National Mall. There are now 21,910 names engraved on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial..
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Judicary Square provided a focal point for many of the ceremonies. Nearby stood the National Law Enforcement Museum, which officially opened to the public on Oct. 13, 2018.
Among the other listed activities were the annual Steve Young National Honor Guard and Pipe Band competitions, an Emerald Society Pipe Band march, a 5K run and the Police Unity Tour bicycle ride arrival ceremony.
A week earlier, on May 6, a Washington-area memorial service was held at Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters on Indiana Avenue NW. Many government agencies, including the FBI, the National Park Police and the Capitol Police, were represented, as were local police departments.
View Jeff Malet’s photos from National Police Week by clicking on the photo icons below.
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- The wife of slain officer Cpl. Garrett Hull of the Ft. Worth Texas Police Department, and other survivor family members attend the Police Week Candlelight Vigil, on the National Mall on May 13. Photo by Jeff Malet.
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- Two year old Stormi Rae Ricks’ father, police officer Kirt Ricks was one of 158 officers either killed or who died in the line of duty in 2018. He was Assistant Chief of Police of the Montgomery Louisiana Police Department. Ricks, age 24, passed away as the result of a traffic accident on September 7. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Drum Major Jeffery Swanson of the U.S. Border Patrol Pipes and Drums Band (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- U.S. Border Patrol Honor Guard (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Maryland Transportation Authority (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The Miami Dade Police Department (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The Chicago Police Department Pipes and Drums (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Union Township (Ohio) Police Department Honor Guard (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Seattle Police Pipes and Drums (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Newport News Va. Pipes and Drums (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Mark Alvares and Chacha Ramon of the San Jose (Calif.) Police Pipe Band. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Spartanburg County (S.C.) Sheriff’s Office (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Drum Major William Schield of the Chicago Police Department Pipes and Drums (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Pipes and Drums won first prize in the Competition on May 14. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Drum Major William Schield of the Chicago Police Department Pipes and Drums; Drum Major Bill Schield of the Chicago Police Department Pipes and Drums (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Chicago Police Honor Guard. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Pipes and Drums (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- United States Capitol Police Honor Guard (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Officers Sherman, and brothers Severn and Severn from the Harford County Sheriff’s Office (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Los Angeles Police Emerald Society Pipes and Drums (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Los Angeles Police Emerald Society Pipes and Drums (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Los Angeles Police Emerald Society Pipes and Drums (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Kelcey Bell of the The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department demonstrates twirling a rifle (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Carla Provost currently serves as the chief of the United States Border Patrol. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- U.S. Border Patrol Honor Guard (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Chicago Police Department Pipes and Drums (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Drum Major Jeffery Swanson of the U.S. Border Patrol Pipes and Drums Band receives his first place trophy for his team (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Union Township (Ohio) Police Department Honor Guard (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia Peter Newsham at the Washington Area Law Enforcement Memorial Service on May 6. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Michael Anzallo, Assistant Chief of Police for the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) places a memorial carnation. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia Peter Newsham sits with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser at the Washington Area Law Enforcement Memorial Service on May 6. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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- FBI agents lay memorial carnations on behalf of fallen comrades at the Washington Area Law Enforcement Memorial Service on May 6. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Blue carnations honor the fallen at the Metropolitan Police Department – Washington Area Police Memorial Fountain on May 6. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Members of the UK Police Honour Guard attend the Memorial Service at the Capitol. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Members of the Fort Worth Texas Police attend the Memorial Service on the West Capitol Lawn. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Mike Turlip, Alan McMurray, Lou Gober of the Pennsylvania State Police attend the Memorial Service (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Member of the Jacksonville Florida Police salutes the fallen. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- These MPD recuit officers will be sworn-in in July (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Main and Vermont Game Wardens (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Detroit Police Department (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Donna Brickell and Misty Wichman from the Marin County (Calif.) Sheriff’s Department (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Corporal Henderson and Deputy Ortiz of the Waller County Texas Sheriff’s Dept. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The National Law Enforcement Museum officially opened to the public on October 13, 2018. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The Candlelight Vigil is an annual tribute to our nation’s law enforcement officers. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The Candlelight Vigil is an annual tribute to our nation’s law enforcement officers. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The Candlelight Vigil is an annual tribute to our nation’s law enforcement officers. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The Office of the Sheriff for San Joaquin County (Calif.) (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Sisters Janet Graves and Carolin Hines place a wreath for Nathan Graves of the Sac & Fox Nation Police at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Officer Flanagan here taking a rubbing for Steven Pollard of the Mesa Arizona Police Deptat the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Irish American Police Officers Assn. (IAPOA) Pipes and Drums (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Irish American Police Officers Assn. (IAPOA) Pipes and Drums (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Metropolitan Police Holding Vigil over the Memorial Wreath at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Cambridge Police Honor Guard (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Boone County (Ind.) Sheriffs Office (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Arizona Dept. of Public Safety (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Reverend Monsignor Salvatore A. Criscuolo with his motorcycle (in MPD uniform) (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- C.M. McIntosh, Buncombe County (N.C.) Office of the Sheriff (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The Candlelight Vigil is an annual tribute to our nation’s law enforcement officers. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The Candlelight Vigil is an annual tribute to our nation’s law enforcement officers. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The Candlelight Vigil is an annual tribute to our nation’s law enforcement officers. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The Candlelight Vigil is an annual tribute to our nation’s law enforcement officers. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The Candlelight Vigil is an annual tribute to our nation’s law enforcement officers. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The Candlelight Vigil is an annual tribute to our nation’s law enforcement officers. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The Candlelight Vigil is an annual tribute to our nation’s law enforcement officers. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- U.S. Attorney General William Barr and Memorial Fund Chairman John Ashcroft delivered remarks at the Candlelight Vigil (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The Candlelight Vigil is an annual tribute to our nation’s law enforcement officers. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Chris Jackson, a lone bagpiper, plays “Coming Home” at the Candlelight Vigil. (photo by Jeff Malet)
