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Police Week began on October 1, 1962, when President John F. Kennedy Jr. declared May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which May 15 lands as National Police Week. Established by a joint resolution of Congress in 1962, National Police Week pays special recognition to those law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others. Since the first known line-of-duty death in 1791, there have been 21,459 line-of-duty deaths in the United States. According to the Officer Down Memorial website (www.odmp.org/), as of April 16, 2013, there have been 35 line-of-duty deaths this year. To further honor the fallen, in 1994, President Clinton signed another public law directing that the U.S. flag be flown at half-staff on all government buildings on May 15.
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