National Police Week

National Police Week is Sunday, May 12 – Saturday, May 18 2024

We will be represented by Chief Virgil Green, Assistant Chief Rudy Perez and Sergeant Kyle Toavs.

Sgt. Toavs will be riding 250 miles representing Golden Valley PD in the police unity tour (on a bike) that helps raise money for fallen officers. Chief Green and Asst. Chief Perez will be attending the candlelight visual,the fraternal order of police ceremony, where the President will be attending.

Thank you to all our officers for your dedication to our community!

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.

HISTORY

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15 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.