EVERY 2.7 DAYS, A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
WILL LOSE THEIR LIFE,
TO PROTECT OUR RIGHT TO
LIFE, LIBERTY AND
 THE PURSUIT TO HAPPINESS.

THIS TORCH WILL BURN IN THE MEMORY
OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
AND THE FAMILIES THEY LEFT BEHIND.
AS OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN SAID,
THANK YOU, "MY TRUE AND FAITHFUL SERVANT."
YOU HAVE GONE 10-7, BUT YOUR INTEGRITY, YOUR BRAVERY, YOUR COURAGE, YOUR PRIDE, YOUR HONOR AND YOUR SERVICE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

      There were 151 federal, state and local law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty during the past year, according to preliminary figures released today by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) and the Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS). That is 13
      percent higher than the 134 officers who made the ultimate sacrifice in 1999.
      Of the 151 officers who were killed during the past year, 51 were shot to death; 47 died in automobile accidents; 20 were struck by automobiles while outside of their own vehicles; eight died in motorcycle accidents; seven were killed in aircraft accidents; six succumbed to job-related illnesses; three drowned; three died in falls; two were stabbed; one died in a bicycle accident; one officer was killed in an accident involving a horse;
      one was beaten to death; and one officer died in a bomb-related incident.
      Texas was the deadliest state in the nation over the past year for police officers with 15 fatalities; followed by California with 11; and Georgia and Tennessee with 10 each. Six of the officers killed during the past year were women.
      "Despite improved equipment and better training, law enforcement remains the deadliest profession in America," declared NLEOMF Chairman Craig W. Floyd. On average, he noted, one police officer is killed somewhere in our country every 57 hours. There are also 62,000 assaults committed against our officers every year, resulting in more than 21,000 injuries.
      Dating back to the first law enforcement fatality in 1792, more than 15,000 officers have lost their lives in the line of duty.
      "The sacrifices made by our police officers, and their families, are too often taken for granted," observed COPS National President Molly Winters.
      "Not a day goes by that an officer does not risk his or her life for the safety and protection of others."

SO DO NOT FEAR,
FOR I AM WITH YOU;
DO NOT BE DISMAYED,
FOR I AM YOUR GOD.
I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU AND HELP YOU;
I WILL UPHOLD YOU WITH MY RIGHTEOUS RIGHT HAND.
ISAIAH 41:10

PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD, THAT YE MAY
BE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST THE WILES OF THE
DEVIL.  FOR WE WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH
AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST THE RULERS OF
DARKNESS OF THIS WORLD, AGAINST
SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES.
EPHESIANS 6:11,12

 IOWA'S FALLEN HEROES

National Police Week and Peace Officers
Memorial Day, May 15, were established by a
law signed by President John F. Kennedy in 1962.

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial was authorized by an act of the United States Congress and was dedicated seven years later by President George Bush, on October 15, 1991. It honors all of America's federal, states and local peace officers. Inscribed on the Memorial's blue-gray marble walls are the names of more than 14,300 men and women who have been killed in the line of duty, dating back to the first known death in 1794.

We take this opportunity to ask each person who visits this page to actively participate in PROJECT BLUE LIGHT.  By burning a blue candle in your window you are expressing your gratitude to those law enforcement officers who protect you day and night.  The blue candle is usually displayed from Thanksgiving to New Years Day.  However, many of us burn a candle every day of the year in expression of appreciation and gratitude for those who serve and for those who gave all.
Please join us, won't you.