UTSA Downtown hosts Police Officer Memorial Day

Photo from last year's ceremony

James Benevides (photo)

UTSA Downtown CampusPublic Affairs specialist

Local law enforcement honors fallen officers

San Antonio and Bexar County-area law enforcement agencies will gather at the UTSA Downtown Campus to observe Police Officers Memorial Day. The ceremony includes presentation of the colors, roll call for the absent and a wreath presentation.

Speaker: Assistant U.S. Attorney, Western District of Texas, Bettina J. Richardson Invocation: Police Chaplain, Father Jimmy Drennan

Vocalist: Captain Celeste Mussey

10 a.m., Wednesday, May 14th

UTSA Downtown Campus – Bill Miller Plaza 501 W. Durango Blvd.

Media parking at Frio Street Service Circle – please post credentials.

The Police Officers Memorial Day ceremony brings together all branches of San Antonio's law enforcement community, including local police, special jurisdictions such as college campus police and park police; military police and federal agencies including ATF, DEA, FBI, Secret Service and United States Marshals.

National Police Officers Memorial Day began in 1962 when President John F. Kennedy designated the week encompassing May 15 as National Police Week. Every 57 hours, a law enforcement officer gives up his or her life in the line of duty. In 2007, Texas lost 22 law enforcement officers. Since 1963, 29 university police officers nationwide have died in the line of duty protecting college campuses.

James M. Benavides

Public Affairs Specialist

The University of Texas at San Antonio