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Gloucester Township Police Department Actively Participates in the Annual Police Week

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The Gloucester Township Police Department remembers and honors all Law Enforcement Officers killed in the Line of Duty during National Police Week, May 11-17, 2014.  The Gloucester Township Police Department also partners with Gloucester Township Public Schools and participates with students in the following programs and activities during the week of May 19–22, 2014:

  • Pre-school and kindergarten: McGruff The Crime Dog visit
  • 1st and 2nd grade: Police vehicle visit
  • 3rd Grade: traffic and bicycle safety program
  • 4th grade: K9 demo
  • 5th grade: DARE Lessons

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15th as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week. Currently, tens of thousands of law enforcement officers from around the world converge on Washington, DC to participate in a number of planned events which honor those that have paid the ultimate sacrifice.  Gloucester Township Police Officers will honor our fallen brother and sister Officers by wearing a black with blue line “mourning” band on their badges on National Peace Officers Memorial Day (May 15, 2014).

The Memorial Service began in 1982 as a gathering in Senate Park of approximately 120 survivors and supporters of law enforcement. Decades later, the event, more commonly known as National Police Week, has grown to a series of events which attracts thousands of survivors and law enforcement officers to our Nation's Capital each year.

Law Enforcement Facts

  • There are more than 900,000 sworn law enforcement officers now serving in the United States, which is the highest figure ever. About 12 percent of those are female.
  • According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, an estimated 1.2 million violent crimes occurred nationwide in 2011, a four percent decrease from 2010.
  • Crime fighting has taken its toll. Since the first recorded police death in 1791, there have been over 20,000 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Currently, there are 20,267 names engraved on the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
  • A total of 1,501 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty during the past 10 years, an average of one death every 58 hours or 150 per year. There were 100 law enforcement officers killed in 2013.
  • On average, over the last decade, there have been 58,261 assaults against law enforcement each year, resulting in 15,658 injuries.
  • The 1920s were the deadliest decade in law enforcement history, when a total of 2,390 officers died, or an average of almost 239 each year. The deadliest year in law enforcement history was 1930, when 297 officers were killed. That figure dropped dramatically in the 1990s, to an average of 162 per year.
  • The deadliest day in law enforcement history was September 11, 2001, when 72 officers were killed while responding to the terrorist attacks on America.
  • New York City has lost more officers in the line of duty than any other department, with 697 deaths. Texas has lost 1,675 officers, more than any other state. The state with the fewest deaths is Vermont, with 22.
  • There are 1,081 federal officers listed on the Memorial, as well as 622 correctional officers and 32 military law enforcement officers.
  • There are 275 female officers listed on the Memorial; four female officers were killed in 2013.
  • During the past ten years, more incidents that resulted in felonious fatalities occurred on Thursday than any other day of the week. The fewest number of felonious incidents occurred on Tuesday.

If you have any questions about police week please contact the GTPD Community Relations Bureau at [email protected] or by calling 856-228-4011

http://www.GloTwp.com/Police

 

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