To Serve and Protect: A National Salute to Law Enforcement

To Serve and Protect: A National Salute to Law Enforcement

Service and Sacrifice: The Facts 1 officer is killed every 58 hours in America, an average of 151 annually 57,000 officers assaulted by criminals annually More than 100,000 officers injured annually 900,000 officers risk their lives daily 2

Strengthening the Bond Between the Public and Law Enforcement Public Safety is a Partnership The police are the public and the public are the police. Sir Robert Peel, Father of Modern Policing 3

Strengthening the Bond Between the Public and Law Enforcement Public Safety is a Partnership The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon public approval of police actions. Sir Robert Peel, Father of Modern Policing 4

Public Education 76% of Americans have great deal of respect for law enforcement Less than 1% of officers involved in misconduct Non-fatal force used or threatened by officers less than 2% of time Crime rates down by half since 1991 100 Islamist extremist terrorist plots in U.S. since 9-11 more than 80% foiled by law enforcement 5

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial 400 block of E Street NW, Washington, DC

Memorial History Dedicated October 15, 1991 21,183 Names on Memorial First Death in 1791 New names added every Spring 394 names read at 2017 Candlelight Vigil

National Police Week Annually during calendar week of May 15 Honors the fallen at the Candlelight Vigil Draws 30,000 visitors to Washington, DC 2018 Candlelight Vigil: Sunday, May 13

2017 National Police Week Candlelight Vigil

Memorial Honors the Service of All Law Enforcement Professionals Who Serve It is not how these officers died that made them heroes, it is how they lived. Vivian Eney, Survivor 10

Service & Sacrifice: Officers of the Month Since 1996, 18 law enforcement officers from California honored Representing the following departments: California Highway Patrol Escondido Police Department Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department Los Angeles Police Department Montebello Police Department Riverside County Sheriff's Department San Diego County Sheriff s Department San Francisco Police Department-Airport Bureau San Jose Police Department San Leandro Police Department Santa Clara Police Department Recent Recipients: Jan. 2017: Lieutenant Al Owens, Escondido Police Department July 2016: Lieutenant Randy Brandt, San Leandro Police Department (SLPD)

Recognize and share info on innovative and successful officer safety and wellness programs www.destinationzero.org Destination Zero Most Important Officer Safety Recommendation: Do not accept/tolerate injuries and fatalities 12

The Big Picture 21,183 officers currently on the Memorial Firearms-related deaths: 55% Traffic-related deaths: 29% Other causes: 16% 13

Average Annual Number of Officers Killed by Decade 244 223 231 191 141 120 120 158 162 166 135 88 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 14

Service & Sacrifice: California 1591 line of duty deaths Firearms-related deaths: 768 (48%) Traffic-related deaths: 576 (36%) Other causes: 247 (16%) Most Fallen (Top 4 Departments) California Highway Patrol: 229 Los Angeles P.D.: 203 Los Angeles County S.O.: 106 San Francisco P.D.: 101 15

Service & Sacrifice: California Earliest Line-of-Duty Death Most Recent Line-of-Duty Death Sheriff Joseph McKinney Sacramento County S.O. EOW 8/15/1850 Deputy Sheriff Robert Allan French Sacramento County S.O. EOW 8/30/2017 16

Law Enforcement Officer Fatalities: 2017 vs. 2016 Preliminary, January 1 through November 3, 2017 vs. January 1 through November 3, 2016 2017 2016 % Change Total Fatalities 109 118-8% Firearms-related 39 53-26% Traffic-related 39 45-13% Other Causes 31 20 +55% 17 17

National Law Enforcement Museum at the Motorola Solutions Foundation Building

The National Law Enforcement Museum will: Give visitors a walk-in-the-shoes experience Tell the real-life stories of America s law enforcement professionals Conduct engaging programs that spark public dialog Serve as recruiting tool

Building the Museum Construction started April 18, 2016 Three levels 57,000 square feet of space Majority of Museum is underground Museum opening scheduled for Fall 2018

About the Museum Estimated 420,000 visitors annually, including some 100,000 school-age children High-tech, interactive exhibitions Permanent and Changing Exhibit Galleries Dedicated spaces for research and education More than 20,000 artifacts already collected

HALL OF REMEMBRANCE

TO SERVE AND PROTECT

OFFICERS STORIES & TOOLS OF THE TRADE

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS 911 EMERGENCY OPERATIONS

TARGET TAKE THE CASE

ARTIFACTS IN THE COLLECTION Al Capone s Vest Eliot Ness s Credentials Pat Garrett s Derringer J. Edgar Hoover Collection Beltway Snipers Evidence Collection 1703 Sheriff s Writ 27

A Sampling of Past Programs Assassin in the Crowd: Protecting President Reagan at the Hilton (April 2017) Investigating O.J. Simpson: Case for DNA (October 2016) Witness to History Series Boston Marathon Bombing (October 2015) Attica: Beyond the Riot (April 2015) Investigating the Unabomber (September 2014) The Hunt for the Green River Killer (April 2013) Washington, DC-area Sniper Attacks, 10 Years Later (September 2012) Sirhan Sirhan and the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy (June 2012) 9/11 (September 2011) 28

Conversations on Law Enforcement Series 29

THANK YOU View/Download/Share the full presentation: www.lawmemorial.org/sacrs Contact Information: CRAIG FLOYD President and CEO National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (202) 737-7132, direct cfloyd@nleomf.org www.lawmemorial.org www.lawenforcementmuseum.org