Crime & Safety
Fallen Officers Honored During Ceremony In Salem
Law enforcement and Oregonians across the state memorialized the lives of 183 officers and deputies killed in the line of duty since 1880.
From Ore. Dept. of Public Safety Standards and Training: The State of Oregon will honor and remember 183 fallen law enforcement officers during an hour-long memorial ceremony on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 1 p.m.
The event will take place outdoors, rain or shine, at the state memorial which is located at the Oregon Public Safety Academy, 4190 Aumsville Highway SE, in Salem. The keynote spearker for tomorrow's ceremony will be Clatsop County District Attorney Joshua K. Marquis.
District Attorney Marquis has served for almost 25 years as the elected District Attorney of Clatsop County and has announced that he will not seek another term and will accordingly step down from this role in January 2019.
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The Oregon Fallen Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial Ceremony is a significant event that the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) is proud to host each year in partnership with the Oregon Law Enforcement Memorial Fund, Oregon Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.), Oregon Fallen Badge Foundation, and Oregon's various statewide law enforcement associations.
The memorial honors 183 fallen Oregon law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty since the 1880s.
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This includes officers from city, county, state, tribal and federal law enforcement agencies who have served as law enforcement officers, corrections officers, and parole and probation officers.
The name of recently deceased Ashland Police Officer Malcus Williams will not be added during this year’s ceremony.
The nomination to add Officer Williams’ name is underway with addition planned during the 2019 ceremony.
The Oregon memorial is held the week ahead of National Police Week events in Washington, D.C. so that family members and co-workers can attend both memorial ceremonies.
During the national ceremony, 360 names will be added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, bringing the total to 21,541 law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty.
For more information about National Police Week, please visit www.LawMemorial.org/policeweek.
For more information on the Oregon Fallen Law Enforcement Officer Memorial please visit: http://www.oregon.gov/DPSST/AT/pages/olememorial.aspx
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