Attorney General Eric Holder leads the lighting of candles and reading of the officers' names; 116 officers were killed in the line of duty in 2009, the lowest total in 50 years WASHINGTON, May 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The names of 324 law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty -- 116 of them during 2009 -- were formally dedicated on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Thursday evening in Washington, DC.
Certainly the greater use of body armor, bulletproof vests, has had a big impact, after firearms-related fatalities peaked in the 1970s," said Kevin Morison, spokesman for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
The Livingston Police Force chaired this year's Unity Tour, an annual bike ride that supports the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.
According to preliminary figures released by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) and the Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS), the states that suffered the most fatalities were Texas (15), South Carolina (9), California (8), North Carolina (7), Maryland (6), New York (6), Arizona (5), Florida (5), Illinois (5), and Missouri (5).
Sergeant Balcombe's name was formally dedicated at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund's Twelfth Annual Candlelight Vigil 13 May 2000 in our nation's capital.
Another bogus argument of gun control extremists - that sensible concealed carry laws create an increased threat to police officers - has been refuted by statistics from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund and published by USA Today.
