In honor of National Police Week and National Peace Officers’ Memorial Day,the State of Kansas will be holding its Annual Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony Friday. A Candlelight Vigil took place last night. The Annual Kansas Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony will be held today at the Kansas Statehouse, second floor Rotunda, at 11:00 in the morning. A Wreath Laying Ceremony will follow at the Kansas Law Enforcement Monument, which is on the northeast quadrant of the statehouse grounds.
Four Kansas Officers died in the line of duty last year, 226 killed Nationwide. As of last Friday, 37 officers in the U. S. have died in the line of duty in 2023
