Fallen Law Enforcement Officers

Here is a picture of the memorial bracelet I send out to family members.

As my husband and I are both Police Officers, learning of a brother or sister who was killed in the line of duty is a very emotional thing for us. So far this year, 41 Officers have been killed in the Line of Duty - 43 - all with families - most with wives and children. All who left thier homes that day to protect and serve thier communites, only to never return home.

Of these officers - 15 were killed by gun fire. 13 were killed by Automobile accident mostly when responding to an emergency call. 5 were killed by Vehicular Assault. The rest were killed by other reasons (accidental, assault, Duty related illness, heart attack, motorcycle accident, struck by vehicle and pursuits).

In April 14 Officer's lost thier lives while on duty. March recorded 12 officers down. California is ranked the highest in line of duty deaths with 6 this year. Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania have all had 5 this year.

Last year, I designed a Memorial Bracelet for Law Enforcement Officer's killed in the line of Duty. Since then we have sent out 40 bracelets to the wives, mother and other family members of these officers.

Today, I sat down and made 25 of these bracelets to catch up on this years line of duty deaths. It is one of the few bracelets I do not enjoy making, because of the reason behind it.

On Monday, 27 bracelets will be sent out to the families from the recent months. While we can not take the pain away for thier loss, we can show them that thier loss was not in vain and that they were Heros.

Heros Live Forever!

Please check out our Officer's Memorial Page: http://www.ribbonsforareason.com/category_s/197.htm