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The oral argument in the Georgia Supreme Court has been scheduled for October 16, 2006 at 2:00 p.m.
If you wish to attend the oral argument, please contact Cindy Ormerod or call her @ (404) 463-2581.
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2005 :: Popularity: 18% [?]
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For additional details about National Police Week, visit www.policeweek.org.
Please stop by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Visitors Center during your visit to Washington. Come see the museum to law enforcement and visit the gift shop. The Visitors Center is located at 605 E Street, NW, and will be open extended hours during National Police Week.
CONTACT GROUPS
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF)
Phone: 202-737-3400
Email: lynn@nleomf.com
Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS)
Phone: 573-346-4911
First year survivors, call: (800) 784-2677
Email: cops@nationalcops.org
Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)
Phone: (202) 547-1651 or (505) 293-1284
Honor Guard competition:
Email: honorguard@policeweek.org
Honor Guard Information Phone: (202) 737-3213, ext. 14
Email: NPWHonorGuard@hotmail.com
Lodging:
Washington, DC Accommodations
Phone: 800-554-2220
www.dcaccommodations.com
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
Surviving families of 2004 should expect to receive their National Police Week 2005 invitation packets by the end of January. This packet will include info on how they may secure hotel reservations at the host hotel and/or overflow hotels as necessary.
All other survivors will receive their invitation during the month of February. They too can make hotel reservations through COPS via the registration form you will receive.
If you are law enforcement officer and are coming to DC only to attend the Candlelight Vigil & the Memorial Day Service, you do not need to register with the Concerns of Police Survives, and you may secure your hotel reservations through Washington DC Accommodations at 202-289-2220. This is a company who has handled thousands of reservations for National Police Week for many, many years and will get you the best deals possible.
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2005 :: Popularity: 17% [?]
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The 17th Annual Candlelight Vigil will be held at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial on Friday, May 13, 2005. Sponsored by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF), the event will begin at 8:00 p.m. at the Memorial grounds, located at Judiciary Square, on the 400 block of E Street, NW, Washington, DC. A reading of the 415 names newly engraved on the Memorial immediately follows the ceremony. Everyone is welcome to attend; no tickets are required. Additional Police Week events will be posted as information becomes available. (These events are also listed in our Events Calendar.)
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2005 :: Popularity: 18% [?]
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In observation of National Police Week, The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund cordially invites you to attend the Seventeenth Annual Candlelight Vigil Friday, May 13, 2005, at 8:00 p.m. at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial between 4th & 5th Streets and E & F Streets, NW (Judiciary Square Metro stop on the Red Line)
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2004 :: Popularity: 17% [?]
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The following companies are corporate friends that represent the leading industries that provide resources to today’s law enforcement professional. They have partnered with the NLEOMF in an effort to promote officer safety. Click on the links to read about these innovative partnerships, and visit their websites to learn more about their important contribution to the law enforcement community. Join in supporting them as they support law enforcement professionals today!
Motorola
Armor Holdings
Mag-Lite
Daimler Chrysler
Streamlight
Blauer
Gould Law
Taser International
Nextel
Policeone.com
American Police Beat
MBNA America
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Friday, May 28th, 2004 :: Popularity: 10% [?]
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Relive National Police Week 2004
More than 20,000 law enforcement officers, survivors of the fallen, and citizen supporters participated in National Police Week events and activities. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial was the host for many of the events during National Police Week, which this year took place May 9-15.
One of the highlights of National Police Week was the 16th Annual Candlelight Vigil on Thursday, May 13. During the Vigil, the names of 362 fallen officers were officially added to the Memorial. U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft was the Vigil’s keynote speaker, and U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) received the NLEOMF’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award.
Accepting the award, Sen. Campbell announced that Motorola, Inc., made a $3 million commitment to building the National Law Enforcement Museum. Motorola is the lead corporate sponsor and first Founding Partner of the Museum project.
In addition to the Motorola gift, during the week the NLEOMF accepted donations large and small, from law enforcement departments and organizations who share our commitment to building the National Law Enforcement Museum. The NLEOMF is grateful to all the law enforcement supporters who continue to help us respect, honor, and remember the dedication, service, and sacrifice of our country’s law enforcement officers-past, present, and future.
For more information on the history of National Police Week and Peace Officers Memorial Day, click here.
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2004 :: Popularity: 14% [?]
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On a recent visit to Arlington National Cemetery, the 8th grade class of Georgia Military College (Class of 2008) presented the Old Guard, number 65 in honor of our fallen comrade. Presenting the jersey to the Sargent of the Guard were MAJ Scott Seagraves (GMC c/o 1980) and C/LTC Zach Seagraves (c/o 2008).
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Friday, July 4th, 2003 :: Popularity: 10% [?]
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To the Editor:
The Public Safety Bass Club would like to thank the sponsors of the Will Robinson Memorial Bass Tournament.
The tournament proceeds went to the Kids Fishing Rodeo which was held this past weekend (June 7).
The rodeo started at 10 a.m. while it was raining. The rain stopped about 10 minutes later and did not come back until 4 p.m. It turned our to be a beautiful day. There were 200 kids who registered to fish. Each child received a T-shirt and all the sponsors names were on the back of the shirt. There were 1,000 fish caught and the children enjoyed themselves.
The Wild Turkey Federation, Georgia Forestry Commission, the Department of Natural Resources, Wal-mart and the Let’s Get Wild program all participated and provided activities and gifts for each child. Thank you all for making 200 children happy for a day.
We hope to make it bigger and better next year.
Bob Schneider
President
Public Safety Bass Club of Milledgeville
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Monday, May 19th, 2003 :: Popularity: 18% [?]
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By Payton Towns III – The Union-Recorder
With a deputy playing bagpipes and a light rain falling, wreaths were laid on the graves of two Baldwin County law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
As part of Police Memorial Day, law enforcement officers and members of the community met Thursday morning at Memory Hill Cemetery to remember William Robinson IV, a Baldwin County sheriff’s deputy killed Dec. 17, 1995, and Charles N. Haygood, a deputy marshal killed Feb. 27, 1886.
“I’ve buried a lot of my friends and this is special for a small community like this,” said Sheriff Bill Massee, who pointed out that Robinson’s parents, Marcia and Ed Robinson, were in attendance.
“Over the last few years, I’ve really watched us try to support this family,” he said. “We’ve had good community support and we’ve had a real good feeling toward law enforcement in Milledgeville and Baldwin County. I thank everybody for coming today. For the people here that do carry a badge and a gun, I pray for your safety, for your family and for your safety. … I’m very pleased with the turnout, especially the number of officers who came out to support their profession and comrades killed in the line of duty.”
MPD Chief Woodrow Blue Jr. said May 15 is an important day to remember those officers who have been killed in the line of duty.
“This a day that has been set aside for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice,” he said. “To reflect on some of the things that I wanted to say today, I thought about the reason I wanted to be an officer, which is the sense of honor and duty and also pride in my community where I could give something back.
“I believed that if we were to ask the two we are honoring today… they would be able to tell you that they had a sense of duty and they wanted to give back to the community in which they lived.” he added. “To sum it up, I’d like to quote from the Bible: ‘No greater love than this, than a man lay down his life for his friends.’”
The MPD Honor Guard and Miller Brown of the BCSO marched to Robinson’s and Haygood’s grave as people followed. While a member of the Honor Guard put the wreath in front of the graves, Brown played “Amazing Grace” on his bagpipes.
The ceremony ended with the Honor Guard doing a 21-gun salute, followed by “Taps” played by MPD Explorer Lt. Paul Bernichon.
Ed Robinson said the ceremony was nice for his family.
“It was beautiful,” he said. “This is really special because William’s friends and co-workers haven’t forgotten him and have kept his memory alive. That touches us the most.”
Mark Bell III, MPD chief of detectives, said he was pleased with the ceremony.
“It was wonderful,” he said. “Det. John Davis and the whole Honor Guard did a wonderful job.”
Bell, along with other representatives of the MPD, returned late Wednesday from the ceremony held Tuesday at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C. They represented the department as Haygood’s name was read along with 377 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Haygood was one of 10 from Georgia recognized.
“It was very moving,” Bell said. “I’m very pleased we did that.”
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a law that named May 15 of every year as Peace Officers’ Memorial Day.
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2003 :: Popularity: 18% [?]
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By Payton Towns III – The Union-Recorder
Law enforcement agencies in Milledgeville and Baldwin County will remember two men Thursday who died in the line of duty serving their community.
The public is invited to attend a ceremony at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at Memory Hill Cemetery remembering William Robinson IV, a Baldwin County sheriff’s deputy, and Charles N. Haygood, a deputy marshal killed in the line of duty Feb. 27, 1886.
Chief Woodrow Blue Jr. of the Milledgeville Police Department will speak about Haygood while Sheriff Bill Massee will talk about Robinson. The MPD honor guard will do a 21-gun salute and place wreaths on their graves. “Amazing Grace” will be played on bagpipes when the wreaths are laid, said Mark Bell III, chief of detectives.
“I don’t see it being more than 30 minutes,” he said.
The first annual law enforcement memorial golf tournament at Little Fishing Creek begins at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The public is welcome to attend.
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a law that named May 15 of every year as Peace Officers’ Memorial Day.
On Tuesday, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund in Washington, D.C., honored 377 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Haygood was one of 10 from Georgia recognized.
The others were Christopher Robert Betts (East Point Police Department), Melvin Grigley (Atlanta Police Department), Ann Marie Guinta (DeKalb County Police Department), Dan Harrison (Georgia Department of Corrections), James Grover Henderson Jr. (Georgia Department of Corrections), Billy Ray Jiles (Carroll County Sheriff’s Office), Henry Orlander Johnson (Muscogee County Police Department), Thomas James Kersey (Hazlehurst Police Department), Robert L. Massey (Brunswick Police Department), James T. Moye (Seaboard Air Line Railroad Police Department) and Warren James Waters (Jeff Davis Sheriff’s Office).
According to the NLEOMF, 148 officers of the 377 were killed in the line of duty in 2002. The other 229 are historical – names not recorded or reported. Officials said names are always being added.
The first name inscribed on the memorial dates from 1792, which is the first recorded law enforcement death. The memorial has 16,304 names on it, which includes Robinson, Haygood and John T. “Sonny” King III, agent in charge at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in Milledgeville.
The memorial was dedicated in 1991 by President George Bush and honors all federal, state and local law enforcement officers who have been killed in the line of duty.
“We are indebted to these men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice,” wrote NLEOMF Chairman Craig Floyd. “Sadly, these walls one day will be filled. We, therefore, are proud to honor the 870,000 federal, state and local officers who continue to put their lives on the line everyday to keep us safe.”
In 2001, 230 officers were killed making it the deadliest year for law enforcement. Of those 230, 72 were killed on Sept. 11. According to NLEOMF, a law enforcement officer is killed somewhere in America every 53 hours.
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