NLEOMF Reconsiders Decision to Exclude Officer from Memorial

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) agreed to delay a decision to leave a slain Wisconsin officer off the national police memorial because of the way she died, reports WISN .

The Memorial Fund has scheduled a meeting for April 3 to specifically address adding the name of Wauwatosa Police  Officer Jennifer Sebena  to the police memorial in Washington, D.C., the Wisconsin Professional Police Association told WISN .

Craig Floyd, chairman and CEO of NLEOMF, had issued a statement last week saying that more research is warranted and the fund would delay a decision until early 2014.

Floyd had told WISN on Wednesday that Sebena's name wouldn't be added to the wall because her death was a case of domestic violence . Jennifer's husband, Benjamin Sebena , 30, is accused of stalking her and shooting her to death on Christmas Eve while she was on duty.

Gov. Scott Walker, who lives in Wauwatosa, sent a letter to Floyd asking him to reconsider and Jim Palmer, executive director of the Wisconsin Police Association, called the decision "a travesty."