Peace Officers Memorial Day 2025

Peace Officers Memorial Day takes place on May 15, 2025. Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week is an observance in the United States that pays tribute to the local, state, and Federal peace officers. Police Week is the calendar week in which the Memorial falls. The holiday was created on October 1, 1961, when Congress asked the president to designate May 15 to honor peace officers. John F. Kennedy signed the bill into law on October 1, 1962. Much of the holiday centers on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial wall in Washington, D.C., whose walls feature the names of more than 19,000 law enforcement officers who have been killed in the line of duty. (With material from: Wikipedia)

More dates:

• Peace Officers Memorial Day on May 15, 2026
• Peace Officers Memorial Day on May 15, 2027
• Peace Officers Memorial Day on May 15, 2028