The Levelland Police Department will be kicking off National Police Week celebrations Monday, May 13 with a Bless the Badge event.
Bless the Badge has becoming a staple event for the Levelland Police Department when celebrating National Police Week and Texas Police Week.
This years event will be held at the Law Enforcement Center located at 1310 Avenue H, beginning at 9 a.m. Community members are invited to join local law enforcement to pray over officers and first responders.
National Police Week offers honor, remembrance, and peer support, while allowing law enforcement, survivors, and citizens to gather and pay homage to those who gave their lives in the line of duty.
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week. Currently, tens of thousands of law enforcement officers from around the world converge on Washington, DC to participate in a number of planned events which honor those that have paid the ultimate sacrifice.
The Memorial Service began in 1982 as a gathering in Senate Park of approximately 120 survivors and supporters of law enforcement. Decades later, the event, more commonly known as National Police Week, has grown to a series of events which attracts thousands of survivors and law enforcement officers to our Nation’s Capital each year.
National Police Week draws in between 25,000 to 40,000 attendees. The attendees come from departments throughout the United States as well as from agencies throughout the world.