Police Week and Peace Officers Memorial Day
President John F. Kennedy signed Public Law 87-726 in 1962 designating May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day in honor of those law enforcement officers killed or disabled in the line of duty and its calendar week as Police Week in recognition of the service given by the men and women who stand guard to protect us through enforcement of our laws. Amended in 1994, President Bill Clinton signed Public Law 103-322 directing the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff on May 15 unless that day is also Armed Forces Day, which is celebrated on the third Saturday in May.
POLICE WEEK 2025
Sunday, May 11 – Saturday, May 17
Indiana Officers Honored on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial During Police Week in 2024
Correctional Officer Shawn Allan Burnell • Indiana Department of Correction • October 18, 2020
Corrections Employee Michael Robert Keel • Indiana Department of Correction • April 12, 2023
Correctional Lieutenant Donald Max Neiswinger Jr. • Indiana Department of Correction • January 18, 2022
Master Trooper James Ray Bailey • Indiana State Police • March 3, 2023
Trooper Aaron Nathanial Smith • Indiana State Police • June 28, 2023
Detective Sergeant Ralph Gerald Akeman • Indianapolis Police Department • March 23, 1954
Detective Benjamin Tobias Thornton • Indianapolis Police Department • June 18, 1900
Deputy Sheriff Timothy James Guyer • Johnson County Sheriff’s Department • August 1, 2023
Deputy Sheriff John Anthony Durm • Marion County Sheriff’s Department • July 10, 2023
Town Marshal Stephen John Miller • Port Fulton Town Marshal’s Office • July 22, 1918
Chief Deputy Ross John Krieger • Porter County Sheriff’s Department • August 26, 1944
Sergeant Heather Jayne Glenn • Tell City Police Department • July 3, 2023
Deputy Sheriff Asson Anthony Hacker • Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Department • March 2, 2023
Night Watchman William Meade Smith • Westfield Police Department • November 2, 1928
Indiana Officers Honored on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Past Years
2023
Deputy Sheriff Noah Cleon Rainey • Carroll County Sheriff’s Department • January 29, 2022
Town Marshal John Medley Whisman • Charlestown Police Department • October 1, 1936
Police Officer Noah Jacob Shahnavaz • Elwood Police Department • July 31, 2022
Town Marshal William James Cox • Fairmount Police Department • June 26, 1941
Special Deputy Sheriff Douglas Warren Sanford • Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department • March 29, 2022
Correctional Officer Gary Layne Weinke • Indiana Department of Correction • April 25, 2020
Patrolman Seara Brooke Burton • Richmond Police Department • September 18, 2022
2022
Corporal Robert Wayne Nicholson • Clark County Sheriff’s Department • September 26, 2021
Officer John Davis Starks • Clark County Sheriff’s Department • December 8, 2021
Town Marshal James Joshua Payne • Fairmount Police Department • November 26, 1903
Sergeant Thomas Edward Sawyer • Hammond Police Department • June 17, 2021
Correctional Lieutenant Eugene Lee Lasco • Indiana Department of Correction • February 21, 2021
Reserve Deputy Sheriff James Richard Hirtzel • Jackson County Sheriff’s Department • October 12, 2021
Town Marshal Anthony Wayne Hinshaw • Losantville Town Marshal’s Office • November 25, 2021
Reserve Deputy Sheriff James Alfred Driver • Monroe County Sheriff’s Department • March 29, 2021
Detective Gregory Joseph Ferency • Terre Haute Police Department • July 7, 2021
2021
City Marshal Joseph C. Fishback Sr. • Cannelton Police Department • November 8, 1900
Detective Sergeant Te’Juan Fontrese Johnson • Charlestown Police Department • December 2, 2020
Officer Breann Rochelle Leath • Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department • April 9, 2020
Patrolman Kenneth Reid Lester • Richmond Police Department • February 10, 2020
2020
Chief of Police David Paul Hewitt • Rising Sun Police Department • February 13, 2019
Trooper Peter Richard Stephan • Indiana State Police • October 11, 2019
2019
Sergeant Benton Hurley Bertram • Charlestown Police Department • December 12, 2018
Sergeant Edward Ronald Bollman • Indiana Department of Natural Resources • February 13, 2018
Sergeant Joseph Alan Cox Jr. • Allen County Sheriff’s Department • February 12, 2017
Deputy Sheriff Jacob Matthew Pickett • Boone County Sheriff’s Department • March 5, 2018
Patrolman Robert Shawn Pitts • Terre Haute Police Department • May 4, 2018
Officer Charles W. Schmitt • Evansville Police Department • January 26, 1932
Officer David Alexander Tinsley • Fort Wayne Police Department • September 11, 2018
2018
Lieutenant Aaron William Allan • Southport Police Department • July 27, 2017
Town Marshal Andrew P. Dillion • Haughville Town Marshal’s Office • June 28, 1890
Merchant Policeman John L. Watterson • Indianapolis Police Department • December 23, 1893
Patrolman Harrison Burgess Wells • Vincennes Police Department • August 8, 1905
2017
Sergeant William Rollin Brand • Monroe County Sheriff’s Department • February 8, 2005
Deputy Sheriff Carl Allen Koontz • Howard County Sheriff’s Department • March 20, 2016
