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NewsJuly 22, 2025

Crimes Against Children Detective Named June 2025 Officer of the Month by NLEOMF

The case began in March and culminated with multiple search warrants and arrests on June 10, 2025. This case ran between Virginia and New York with multiple victims throughout the United States.

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NewsJuly 8, 2025

Duty Deaths Down 53% in First 6 Months of 2025, NLEOMF Reports

According to preliminary data NLEOMF reports that 42 federal, state, territory, county, and municipal officers died in the line of duty in the first half of 2025, compared to 89 officers who died in the first half of 2024 during the same timeframe.

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Newsby David GriffithMay 14, 2025

Crowd Braves Rain to Honor Fallen Officers at Annual Police Week Vigil

The most moving speech was from NLEOMF Board member Lori Sharpe Day who told the story of her daughter who is a student at Florida State University. In April with an active shooter on campus, her daughter texted her to alert her to the situation.

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NewsMarch 12, 2025

NLEOMF’s January Officers of the Month Evacuated California Fire Victims

On January 7, 2025, Officer Adrian Woolford was informed by a firefighter that a woman was trapped in her home during the Eaton fires. He ran toward the fire and was joined by Officer Chrystian Banuelos and Officer Jonathan Bombardier.

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NewsJanuary 7, 2025

Duty Deaths Up 25% in 2024, NLEOMF Reports

The leading cause of line-of-duty deaths for police officers in 2024 was gunfire, and the largest increase over 2023 resulted from traffic-related incidents, both underscoring the growing risks faced by law enforcement officers in the line of duty.

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NewsJuly 22, 2024

NLEOMF Honors Agencies for Innovative Programs in Officer Safety and Wellness

NLEOMF launched Destination Zero in 2014 with a goal to identify agencies conducting unique and innovative programs aimed at reducing risk factors for line-of-duty deaths, and to share the design and outcomes of these programs with the national law enforc

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NewsJuly 10, 2024

2024 Mid-Year Duty Deaths Up 15% Over 2023, NLEOMF Says

NLEOMF’s data shows that 71 federal, state, county, municipal, tribal officers from the 50 states and U.S. Territories have died in the line-of-duty in the first half of 2024.

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NewsDecember 6, 2023

30-Year Law Enforcement Veteran Named CEO of National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund

Bill Alexander has served for five months as interim CEO during the search process and was previously NLEOMF’s executive director of its Memorial for nearly two years.

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NewsOctober 13, 2023

Former Cop Turned Singer to Serve as NLEOMF Honorary Chief Ambassador

Frank Ray, a country music recording artist and former law enforcement officer, has agreed to serve as honorary chief ambassador of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund’s Ambassador Program.

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NewsJune 15, 2023

FL Officers Honored by NLEOMF for Saving Child from Submerged Vehicle

The vehicle was partially submerged and still sinking as officers arrived on the scene. They found the emotional driver in the water, desperately trying to free his 3-year-old son who was below the water line and trapped in his car seat.

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