This week from May 13th through May 21st is National Police week. National Police week was started in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy, which designated this week in May as Peace Officers Memorial Day.
During this week tens of thousands of Law Enforcement Officers from across the nation will converge on Washington DC for remembrance and honor of their fallen comrades that have paid the ultimate sacrifice. This year there will be 362 fallen officers added to the nearly 20,000 other names permanently etched into the memorial’s walls. A local hero shot and killed, Officer Craig Birkholz from Fond Du Lac PD who was killed in March of last year Officer Birkholz Memorial Link is part of the 362 fallen officers whose names will be added to the memorial walls.
The Sturgeon Bay Police & Fire Honor Guard will be attending the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Memorial held in Madison on Friday at noon in the State Capital. So wherever you are from if you get a chance this week or in the future please go ahead and Thank an Officer for the job that he or she is doing…it just could make that Officers day or even his or her week!
