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2012 Police Week May 11, 2012 
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From the Desk of Chief William Lamb 2012 National Police Week 
National Police Week—May 13-19, 2012 Each May during National Police Week the nation pauses to recognize the service and sacrifice of U.S. law enforcement. This year National Police Week begins on May 13, 2012 with May 15th being designated as National Peace Officers’ Memorial Day. This is an appropriate time to honor and support law enforcement officers and their families. It is especially important to remember the 19, 000 law enforcement officers nationwide who have given up their lives in the line of duty. There were 177 Law Enforcement Officers killed in the line of duty last year nationwide. The Fond du Lac Police Department will have officers attending both the National Law Enforcement Memorial Service in Washington D.C. on May 15, 2012 and the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Memorial Service held in Madison on May 18, 2012. Both services will pay special tribute to Fond du Lac Police Officer Craig A. Birkholz who was shot and killed in the line of duty on March 20, 2011. Officer Birkholz will have his name engraved on both the National Memorial Wall and the Wisconsin Memorial Wall. The City of Fond du Lac has two additional officers that were killed in the line of duty that are forever listed on both Memorial walls. Officer William C. Prinslow was shot on duty and later died on November 19, 1898. Officer Nick E. Klaske was chasing a burglary suspect when he was shot which resulted in his death on October 31, 1961. Fond du Lac Police Officers will be attaching blue ribbons to their squad cars during Police Week to symbolize “the thin blue line,” a description used in reference to law enforcement, often dressed in blue uniforms, as the factor that separates a civilized society from a society of chaos and turmoil. American citizens are authorized and encouraged and to fly the American Flag at half-staff on National Peace Officers Memorial Day, May 15, 2010 to honor our police officers who have given their lives in the line of duty.
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