LCSO Message of the Week: May 17, 2024

Police Week, which runs from 05/12/24 – 05/18/24 is wrapping up this weekend. Police Week is celebrated in Washington D.C. yearly, where law enforcement personnel and community members from across the world attend several events, including memorials and a candle light vigil. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office was fortunate enough to send two members of our Honor Guard to Washington D.C. to represent Lyon County, and the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office.

“National Police Week offers honor, remembrance, and peer support, while allowing law enforcement, survivors, and citizens to gather and pay homage to those who gave their lives in the line of duty.

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15th as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week. Currently, tens of thousands of law enforcement officers from around the world converge on Washington, DC to participate in a number of planned events which honor those that have paid the ultimate sacrifice.

The Memorial Service began in 1982 as a gathering in Senate Park of approximately 120 survivors and supporters of law enforcement. Decades later, the event, more commonly known as National Police Week, has grown to a series of events which attracts thousands of survivors and law enforcement officers to our Nation’s Capital each year.

National Police Week draws in between 25,000 to 40,000 attendees. The attendees come from departments throughout the United States as well as from agencies throughout the world. This provides a unique opportunity to meet others who work in law enforcement. In that spirit, the Fraternal Order of Police DC Lodge #1 sponsors receptions each afternoon and evening during Police Week. These events are open to all law enforcement personnel and are an experience unlike any other.” – Policeweek.org

‘It is not how these officers died that made them heroes, it is how they lived.’  ~ Vivian Eney, Survivor

The community has been very supportive of the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office and the sworn staff that protect our communities. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office have and will continue to improve our partnerships with our communities in order to make Lyon County a safer place to raise our families.