National Services
Tuesday, May 3	Annual Blue Mass
Sunday, May 8	16th Annual Law Ride
Monday, May 9	32nd Annual DC Area Memorial Service
Thursday, May 12	Police Unity Tour Arrival Inaugural 9/11 Blue Valor Run 18th Annual TOP COPS Awards
Friday, May 13	23rd Annual Candlelight Vigil
Saturday, May 14	National Police Challenge 50-Kilometer Relay Race 17th Annual Emerald Society and Pipeband March      and Service 9th Annual Steve Young Honor Guard Competition 5th Annual National Police Week 5K National Police Survivors’ Conference
Sunday, May 15	30th Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial      Day Services Shomrim Society Kaddish Service FOP/FOPA Wreathlaying Ceremony
Monday, May 16	National Police Survivors’ Conference
More Information	http://www.nleomf.org/programs/policeweek

ach year during Police Week, communities across the United States hold a memorial service in remembrance of police officers who have made the supreme sacrifice for their communities. Also during this week, police departments hold open houses, conduct tours of their facilities, and hold community activities to celebrate police officers and their duties. May 15 has been designated National Peace Officers Memorial Day.

Police Week: On October 1, 1962, U.S. President John F. Kennedy signed Public Law 87-726, a joint resolution of the 87th Congress:

Pursuant to 36 U.S.C. 136-137, the President designates May 15 of each year as ‘Peace Officers Memorial Day’ and the week in which it falls as ‘Police Week.’

Flags at Half Staff: In 1994, U.S. president William J. Clinton signed Public Law 103-322, a joint resolution of the 103rd Congress directing that the flag of the United States be flown at half-staff on all government buildings on May 15.

Most local communities incorporate a resolution into their municipal code designating days the day for Police Week and that flags will be flown at half-staff on May 15. Once local governments have identified the appropriate days, businesses and others tend to follow suit. Police executives are encouraged to ensure that May 15 is observed in the local jurisdiction’s ordinances and to conduct a local campaign to inform local businesses of this observance.

Click here to access the 2011 Police Week Model Proclamation.

Click to view the digital edition.

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