IN THE LINE OF DUTY TRIBUTES

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Chairman Craig Floyd profiles officers who have been killed in the line of duty.

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2008

• April 2008:
  181 OFFICERS MADE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN 2007
  
  
• March 2008:
  PHILADELPHIA'S FALLEN POLICE HEROES REMEMBERED
  
  
• February 2008:
  NEARLY 10,000 OFFICERS KILLED BY GUNFIRE
  
  
• January 2008:
  SPIKE STRIPS POSE OWN ELEMENT OF DANGER, WHILE MAKING VEHICLE PURSUITS SAFER
  
  

2007

• December 2007:
  SOME OFFICERS DID NOT DIE ALONE
  
  
• November 2007:
  DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE CALLS: ALWAYS DANGEROUS AND SOMETIMES DEADLY
  
  
• October 2007:
  OFFICERS FACE MANY RISKS WHILE WORKING ON OUR ROADWAYS
  
  
• August 2007:
  STATE POLICE DEATHS RISE IN 2006
  
  
• June 2007:
  MORE THAN 200 WOMEN KILLED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICE
  
  
• May 2007:
  145 FALLEN HEROES LAST YEAR
  
  
• April 2007:
  THEY DIED HELPING OTHERS
  
  
• March 2007:
  MORE THAN 100 NEW ORLEANS OFFICERS HAVE MADE SUPREME SACRIFICE
  
  
• February 2007:
  THEY LOST THEIR LIVES PROTECTING THE PRESIDENT
  
  

2006

• November 16, 2006:
  AGE IS NO DETERRENT TO SERVICE OR SACRIFICE
  
  
• November 1, 2006:
  A LONG HISTORY OF SERVICE AND SACRIFICE
  
  
• October 10, 2006:
  ANNUAL WREATH LAYING CEREMONY HONORS FALLEN WASHINGTON, DC METROPOLITAN AREA AND FEDERAL OFFICERS
  
  
• September 26, 2006:
  MORE THAN 100 OFFICERS KILLED WHILE TRAINING
  
  
• June 5, 2006:
  REFLECTIONS FROM NATIONAL POLICE WEEK 2006
  
  
• April 13, 2006:
  STATE POLICE SUFFER 15 FATALITIES IN 2005
  
  
• April 6, 2006:
  155 FALLEN HEROES LAST YEAR
  
  
• March 6, 2006:
  HISPANIC AMERICAN OFFICERS — A PROUD TRADITION OF SERVICE AND SACRIFICE
  
  
• February 13, 2006:
  MOTOR OFFICERS WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
  
  

2005

• December 6, 2005:
  SUPREME SACRIFICE BEHIND THE BARS
  
  
• November 7, 2005:
  FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT'S FALLEN HEROES
  
  
• October 4, 2005:
  OFFICERS KILLED DEPLOYING STOP STICKS
  
  
• October 3, 2005:
  MORE THAN 200 FEMALE OFFICERS KILLED
  
  
• May 29, 2005:
  REFLECTIONS FROM NATIONAL POLICE WEEK 2005
  
  
• May 5, 2005:
  JUVENILE COP KILLERS
  
  
• April 2, 2005:
  153 FALLEN HEROES LAST YEAR
  
  
• March 8, 2005:
  NO GREATER SACRIFICE: WATER CAPTURES LIVES OF COURAGEOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
  
  
• January 5, 2005:
  AUTO ACCIDENTS KILLING MORE COPS
  
  

2004

• December 6, 2004:
  OFFICERS WHO BECAME OFF-DUTY VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE
  
  
• November 2, 2004:
  SUDDEN STRESS CAN KILL COPS
  
  
• October 4, 2004:
  THREE LIVES LOST . . . BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
  
  
• September 8, 2004:
  NATIVE AMERICAN OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY
  
  
• August 3, 2004:
  20 YEARS OF HONOR AND REMEMBRANCE
  
  
• June 5, 2004:
  NATIONAL POLICE WEEK: A TIME TO REMEMBER
  
  
• May 5, 2004:
  FEWEST FEDERAL FATALITIES IN HALF CENTURY
  
  
• April 1, 2004:
  FALLEN HEROES TO BE REMEMBERED
  
  
• March 8, 2004:
  STATE POLICE LEADERS HONOR THEIR FALLEN
  
  
• February 7, 2004:
  DEADLY HIGH SPEED PURSUITS
  
  
• January 11, 2004:
  KILLED IN COLD BLOOD
  
  

2003

• December 8, 2003:
  THEY DIED HELPING OTHERS
  
  
• November 4, 2003:
  POLICE AT RISK ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
  
  
• October 6, 2003:
  DEADLY DRUG RAIDS
  
  
• September 5, 2003:
  TRANSPORTING PRISONERS IS DANGEROUS BUSINESS
  
  
• June 6, 2003:
  REFLECTIONS FROM NATIONAL POLICE WEEK
  
  
• May 5, 2003:
  CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AT RISK
  
  
• April 7, 2003:
  HUNDREDS OF NEW NAMES BEING ADDED TO NATIONAL MEMORIAL
  
  
• March 10, 2003:
  12 TRAGIC TROOPER TALES
• February 7, 2003:
  MAJOR CITIES CHIEFS BACK NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM
  
  
• January 7, 2003:
  MUSEUM TO TELL STORIES BEHIND THE NAMES
  
  

2002

• November 5, 2002:
  SUICIDAL COP KILLERS
  
  
• October 2, 2002:
  POLICE DEATHS DOWN DURING FIRST HALF OF YEAR
  
  
• September 3, 2002:
  A DEADLY YEAR FOR POLICE CHIEFS
  
  
• August 27, 2002:
  9-11: A YEAR LATER
  
  
• June 7, 2002:
  NATIONAL POLICE WEEK: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
  
  
• April 30, 2002:
  DRUG WAR CLAIMS MANY POLICE LIVES
  
  
• April 2, 2002:
  2001: ONE OF THE DEADLIEST YEARS ON RECORD
  
  
• March 5, 2002:
  POLICE OFFICERS NEVER "OFF DUTY"
  
  
• January 28, 2002:
  TWICE THE PAIN FOR THESE POLICE FAMILIES
  
  

2001

• December 6, 2001:
  MENTALLY ILL POSE GREAT DANGER TO POLICE
  
  
• November 9, 2001:
  RAILROAD POLICE FACE UNIQUE DANGERS
  
  
• August 31, 2001:
  POLICE DEATHS ON INCREASE
  
  
• August 2, 2001:
  POLICE CHIEFS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY
  
  
• June 5, 2001:
  SWAT OFFICERS FACE DEADLY RISKS
  
  
• May 7, 2001:
  FALLEN AGENTS OF THE FBI
  
  
• April 4, 2001:
  THEY MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
  
  
• March 5, 2001:
  ESCAPED FELONS-DESPERATE AND DANGEROUS
  
  
• January 29, 2001:
  COPS KILLED UNDERCOVER
  
  

2000

• December 11, 2000:
  POLICE TRAINING TRAGEDIES
  
  
• October 9, 2000:
  DEADLY DANGERS PATROLING OUR WATERWAYS
  
  
• September 7, 2000:
  POLICE DEATHS ON THE RISE
  
  
• August 3, 2000:
  DEPUTY SHERIFF ISAAC SMITH: AMERICA'S FIRST LAW ENFORCEMENT FATALITY
  
  
• June 12, 2000:
  NATIONAL POLICE WEEK: A TIME TO REMEMBER
  
  
• April 4, 2000:
  THE DEADLIEST YEAR IN POLICE HISTORY
  
  
• March 6, 2000:
  OFFICERS KILLED BY FRIENDLY FIRE
  
  
• February 6, 2000:
  TROOPER'S DEATH SPARKS MEMORIAL TRADITION