Marine
Corps Air Station Cherry Point Provost Marshal Officers Joe Maxfield,
left, Staff Sgt. Steven Matolevich, center, and Marine Corps Base Camp
Lejeune PMO officer Richard L. Guy Jr., right, salute as taps is played
for the memory of fallen police officers at a ceremony in Morehead City,
NC on May 15, 2012. President John F. Kennedy declared May 15 to be
Peace Officers Memorial Day in 1962, which police departments nationwide
have observed ever since.
Photo by USMC Lance Cpl. Scott L. Tomaszycki
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