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FOP/FOPA WREATHLAYING CEREMONY- MAY 15

Following a touching Peace Officers Memorial Day ceremony at the US Capitol Tuesday afternoon, representatives of the Fraternal Order of Police and the FOP Auxiliary moved to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial for a Wreathlaying Ceremony. The brief but solemn ceremony included a prayer for law enforcement officers and somber bagpipe music. America has commemorated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day since 1963 and the week in which May 15 falls as National Police Week.

The ceremony at the Capitol paid special tribute to law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty during 2006. President Bush personally spoke with each of the families of those officers during an event that lasted more than four hours. Among the fallen officers honored was Honolulu Police Officer Steve Favela, a 30-year-old father of four, who died last November in a motorcycle accident while escorting the President's motorcade on Hickham Air Force Base.

For the list of officers added this year to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, click here.