Warrington Officers Travel To D.C. For National Police Week

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Officers from the Warrington Township Police Department traveled to Washington, D.C. to attend National Police Week and to remember their former colleague, Stephen C. Plum Jr. whose name has been newly added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.

Plum suffered a fatal heart attack on May 14, 2022 after responding to a mutual aid request involving a barricaded subject in Warminster Township during his previous shift.

While in the nation's capital, the Warrington officers attended The Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service and a Candlelight Vigil, which honors the officers who recently made the ultimate sacrifice. Several officers within the department's Honor Guard took part in a detail called, "Stand Watch for The Fallen."

Officers also visited the Wall of Remembrance featuring two curving, 304-foot-long blue-gray limestone walls. Carved on these walls are the names of more than 22,000 officers have who died in the line of duty throughout U.S. history, dating back to the first known death in 1786.

Unlike many other memorials in Washington, D.C., the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial is ever-changing the names of fallen officers added to it each spring, in conjunction with National Police Week. This year, Officer Stephen C. Plum, Jr.’s name was added to the memorial wall.

Officer Plum was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. He had served with the Warrington Township Police Department for eight years and had previously served with the Abington Township Fire Marshal's Office. He is survived by his wife and eight children.

Stephen Plum's name etched on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.