National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial - Later Developments

Later Developments

Seven years after passage of the authorizing legislation, on October 15, 1991, the Memorial was officially dedicated. At the time of dedication, the names of over 12,000 fallen officers were engraved on the Memorial's walls. Currently, there are 19,660 names on the Memorial. Each year, during National Police Week, on May 13, the NLEOMF hosts a Candlelight Vigil, attended by more than 20,000 officers and survivors, to formally dedicate the names added to the Memorial walls that year. In 2012, 362 total names were added to the Walls -– 163 were fallen officers from 2011, and 199 were line-of-duty deaths that occurred earlier in U.S. history but just recently came to light. At the current rate at which names are being added, the Memorial walls are expected to be filled by 2050.

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