NATIONAL POLICE
WEEK
2008
E Street, Washington D.C.
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 The History of Police
Week
From the Concerns of Police Survivors Group
May 15 has
been National Peace Officers Memorial Day, and the week containing May 15
has been National Police Week (sometimes know as Police Memorial Week) since President John F. Kennedy signed
Public Law 87-726 on October 1, 1962.
The National
Peace Officers' Memorial Day Service on May 15 draws thousands from all
across the nation.
But it was not
until May 15, 1982, that the first National Peace Officers' Memorial Day
Service was held.
Washington, D.C. activities during National Police Week
now include the annual Candlelight Vigil at the National Law Enforcement
Officers Memorial and COPS' National Police Survivors' Seminars as well as
the National Peace Officers' Memorial Day Service.
The National
Police Survivors' Seminars offer peer-support and professional counselors
to assist survivors as they move along their path of grief.
Public Law
87-726, signed by President John F. Kennedy in 1962, was amended by the
103rd Congress as part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Act of 1994. President Bill Clinton signed Public Law 103-322 which
directs that the flag of the United States on all Government buildings be
displayed at half-staff on May 15, National Peace Officers' Memorial Day.
 Today,
National Police Week is a solemn period each year where every officer should
reflect on those who have fallen. Police Week is more than just "our
profession's" secretary's day.
It should be celebrated in every
stationhouse throughout the country. Muster rooms should be adorned
with decor reminding every officer of the week's meaning. Every shift
briefing should include a bullet on the week. Prayers and moments of
silence should should be held in unison throughout the country.
National Police Week is ours.
It is up to us to make it mean something.
Please support the National Law
Enforcement Officer's Memorial Fund.
POLICE
WEEK 2008
From
Policeweek.org
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Annual Blue Mass
The Blue Mass will be held at 12:10 PM at St.
Patrick's Catholic Church. For additional information please call (202)
347-2713.
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
10th & G Streets, NW
Washington, DC
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Saturday, May 12, 2007
Police Unity Tour
Arrival Ceremony will be held at 2:00 p.m. at
the Washington Memorial. Begun in 1997, the Police Unity Tour has raised
nearly $900,000 for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
Visit www.policeunitytour.com,
, call (973) 443-0030, or E-mail
unitytour1@aol.com for more information.
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Sunday, May 13, 2007
19th Annual Candlelight Vigil
The Candlelight Vigil will be held at 8:00
p.m. at the 400 block of E Street, NW. The event is sponsored by the
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. No tickets are required and
everyone is welcome. Due to parking limitations, it is strongly advised that
anyone attending the event take the Metro Red Line to Judiciary Square. For
additional information please call (202) 737-3400.
21st Annual Concerns of
Police Survivors Seminars
The National Concerns of Police Survivors'
(COPS) will hold their 21st Annual Concerns of Police Survivors Seminars
from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on May 13 and May 14, at the Hilton Alexandria
Mark Center. Registration is for this event is mandatory.
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Monday, May 14, 2007
Fifth Annual Honor Guard Competition
The competition will begin at 8:30 a.m. at
John Marshall Plaza, located on Pennsylvania Ave NW at 4th Street, NW.
Awards will be presented immediately following the competition. This event
is sponsored by the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police.
Contact: Ken Roske
Fraternal Order of Police, National Memorial Committee
711 4th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
e-mail honorguard@policeweek.org
www.policeweekhonorguard.com
13th Annual Emerald
Society & Pipe Band March and Service
Sponsored by the National Conference of Law
Enforcement Emerald Societies, Inc. Assemble at 4:30 p.m. at New Jersey
Avenue & F Street, NW. Step-off promptly at 6:00pm. Holiday Inn on Capitol
Hill, 415 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. 5:00 p.m. staging area,
6:00 p.m. step off.
Contact: Don Gilmartin (732) 689-5267 or email
Tonality13@hotmail.com.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
26th Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial
Service
Sponsored by the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order
of Police and the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police Auxiliary. The
Memorial Service will be held on the West Front of the United States Capitol
in Washington, D.C.
The Service begins at 12:00 noon and is
expected to run approximately 2 hours. Contact: Linda Hennie or Marcello
Muzzatti at the National Police Week Hotline (202) 547-1651.
The Wreath Laying Ceremony will be held
immediately following the Memorial Service at the National Law Enforcement
Officers Memorial, located in the 400 block of E Street, NW.
Related Links
Concerns
of Police Survivors Schedule for the Week
National Law Enforcement
Officer Memorial
Police Unity Tour
2006
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