Created June 2000
IN MEMORIUM NORTHERN STATE PRISON Newark, New Jersey
H.J.Res.730..October 1, 1962..Public Law 87-726 JOINT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO PROCLAIM MAY 15 OF EACH YEAR AS "PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY" JOHN F. KENNEDY President of the United States "National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial" Flags to be Flown at Half-Staff on May 15th, "Peace Officers Memorial Day" The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund issued a reminder to police and other government agencies, businesses, and private citizens that all United States flags are to be flown at half-staff every May 15th, "Peace Officers Memorial Day."
In 1994, the U.S. Congress and President Bill Clinton approved Public Law 103-322 requiring the U.S. flag to be lowered to half-staff on May 15th as a special tribute honoring the thousands of American law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. The law was spearheaded by U.S. Rep. John Porter (R-10, IL) at the request of the NLEOMF.
This poignant and very rare tribute was part of the crime bill enacted into law that same year. The only other regularly scheduled time for flags to be lowered to half-staff occurs on Memorial Day, when we remember those killed in our armed services. |
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SCO Fred Baker Bayside In The Line Of Duty EOW 7-30-97 (click the pic)
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SCO Wayne Clark Riverfront State Prison In The Line Of Duty EOW 1-10-06 (click the pic)
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Sgt. Michael Price Garden State In The Line Of Duty EOW 4-19-00 (click the pic)
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SCO Raymond McAdams SCO Jeanette Townes Shannon SCO Sharon Burton SCO Richard Chapman SCO Frank Remisio SCO Marc Williams SCPO Omar Martin
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SCO Charles Wright SCO Barbara Jackson SCO Troy Mosley SCO Andrew Natali SCO Judith Schlachter SCO Gregory Brown SCPO Natalie Wilson
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SCO Joseph Baker SCO Vincent Neal
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K-9 NIKKOLAI
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SCO Jackie Smith SCO Robert Tranchida
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SCO Keith Cornick
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SCO Leon Levens
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SCO Edward Kitchen
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SCO Christine Askew
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SCO Robert Becker
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SCO Scott Crudup
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SCO Nathaniel White
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SCO Glenn Joe
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SCO Robert Haskins
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SCO Roger Armstrong
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SCO Richard Mcghee
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Major Edwin Rodriguez Capt. Joseph Glover Lt. John Debenedictis Sgt Richard Smitherman Sgt. Kenneth Murphy Sgt. Antonio Cotto
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SCO Art Fleming(ret) SCO Joe Spotswood(ret) SCO Leroy Smith(ret) SCO Robert Johnson(ret) SCO Linda Ragland(ret) SCO Chester Megill(ret) SCO Myron Riddick(ret) SCO Moises Jimenez(ret) SCO Joseph O'Neil(ret) SCO Minnie Small(ret) SCO Louis Conover(ret) SCO Enoch Gordon(ret) SCO Kenneth Davis(ret) SCO Tiara Stephenson(ret) SCO Edward Williams(ret) SCO Jacquelin Howard(ret) SCO Joan Gilmore(ret) SCO Eugene Charles Sr.(ret) SCO Gloria Schwager-Smith(ret) SCO Maurice C. Boatner Jr.(ret) SCO Mary Smith(ret) SCPO Frank Melendez(ret) SCPO Maria Gibbs(ret) SCPO Joyce Howard(ret) SCPO Yvette Wilson(ret) SCPO Terrence Hooker(ret) SCPO Michael LaFiura Jr.(ret)
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SCO Willie Rayford(ret) SCO Roland Lewis(ret) SCO Anthony Roberts(ret) SCPO Adrienne Reddick(ret) SCPO Ruth Saffold(ret) SCPO William Merced(ret) SCPO Donald Ford(ret) SCPO Fontini Leftdridge(ret) SCPO Edmondo Salerno(ret) SCPO Stanley Judson(ret) SCPO Janelle Spearman(ret) SCPO Kevin Searcy(ret) SCPO Nathaniel Holman(ret) SCPO Maria Rivera(ret) SCPO Jorge Santiago(ret) SCPO Calvin Lowery(ret) SCPO Alfred Hamer(ret) SCPO Jose Montanez(ret)
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DOCO George Blaskewicz(ret) DOCO Bobby V. Martin(ret) Major Marvin Blevins(ret) Major Matthew Kyle(ret) DOCO Jimmie Williams(ret) DOCO Charles Balzer(ret) Capt Hank Lunning(ret) Capt Eddie Cannon(ret Lt. Gary Shyner(ret) Capt. Richard Shepard(ret) Lt. Charles Simpkins(ret) Lt Denise Baker(ret) Lt Victor Chasey(ret) Lt Robert Kiesling(ret) Lt Charles Simpkins(ret) Lt David Lackey(ret) Lt James Folk(ret) Lt Larry Williams(ret) Lt Bernice Fluker(ret) Lt Wayne Schultz(ret) Lt William Simpson(ret) Lt Charles Leary(ret) Lt. Raymond Galisewski(ret) Sgt Conney Fletcher(ret) Sgt Richard Spitzer(ret) Sgt. Deborah Foster(ret) Sgt. Kenneth Nuttall(ret) Sgt. Frankie James(ret) Sgt. Robert Stec(ret) Sgt. Cleo Wormley(ret)
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Ramar McCrary Pat Sotomayer Business Office Reginald Bowie Reginald Harvey Education
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Robert Stephens(ret) Administrator William Miller(ret) William Otto(ret) Asst. Superintendent
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Patricia Fruscella(ret) Classification Cynthia Arrington Personnel Adie Section Personnel
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Esther Frazier Lavett Kennedy Comm. Operator
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ITI Harry Epps(ret) ITI Carl Johnson ITI Betty White-Cooper ITI Dorothy Johnson ITI Cleavon Maye(ret) ITI Marilyn Bembery ITI Gregory McNeil I.T.I. Martha Ann Broadie Food Services
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Elijah Mack Storekeeper Newton Dunston(ret) Maintenance
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