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Iowa Peace Officer Memorial
and
National Police Week
National
Peace Officer Memorial
& National Police Week 2009
May
10-16, 2009
The 2009 Iowa Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony was held Thursday, May 14, 2009, at 10:00 a.m., at the Peace Officer Memorial located North of the Lucas State Office Building on the State Capitol Complex (near the corner of East Grand Avenue and East 12th Street, Des Moines).
Click here to view photographs of the 2009 Iowa Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony.
Click here to view the press release regarding the Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony.
May 14, 2009, was proclaimed Peace Officer Memorial Day in Iowa. Click here to view the Proclamation by Governor Culver.
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The
Iowa Peace Officer Memorial, located in an open area north of the Lucas
State Office Building, was dedicated in 1985. It honors those peace
officers in the history of Iowa who have made the ultimate sacrifice in
the line of duty.
The
Memorial is fronted by a stone which carries language explaining the artist's
conception of the elements of the Memorial. The following language
appears on the stone:
The
three outer forms represent the three levels of law enforcement
in Iowa.
The equal spacing represents the equal sharing of responsibility.
The circles represent the cooperation and fraternity between agencies
and departments.
The three gray paths to the center represent the agencies and departments
uniting to serve, sacrifice, and mourn.
The center pinnacle represents the service, dedication, and sacrifice
shared by each peace officer.
The top of each outer form represents the aim of each peace officer
with the goal being just short of the ultimate act of giving one's
life, which is represented by the top of the center pinnacle Designed
by C. Richard Webb
The
stone also carries the names of the members of the committee which planned
and organized the development and dedication of the Memorial: The
Honorable Terry E. Branstad, Governor of Iowa, the Honorable Lee Holt,
State Senator, Adrian D. Anderson, Raymond K. Baker, Glenn F. Brockett,
Cindy Hill-Collier, George S. Mills, Gene W. Shepard, and Connie A. White.
Supplementing the Iowa Peace Officer Memorial are two
plaques which are on display the Iowa Department of Public Safety Building located at 215 East 7th Street, Des Moines, Iowa. One of
these recognizes each Iowa peace officer who has died in the line of duty,
while the other recognizes other Iowans who died while engaged in law
enforcement or closely related functions, but who were not peace officers.
Each year, the Iowa State Patrol includes in its exhibit
at the Iowa State Fair a memorial display honoring those troopers who
were killed in the line of duty. There are currently nine troopers
honored in the display. There is also a permanent display at the Iowa
State Patrol Headquarters Office in the Iowa Department of Public Safety Building located at 215 East 7th Street, Des Moines, Iowa.
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