[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 21, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 21685-21686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09229]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 97 / Wednesday, May 21, 2025 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10938 of May 12, 2025

                
Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week, 2025

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On Peace Officers Memorial Day and during Police Week, 
                we honor our brave officers who serve on the front 
                lines to protect our families, safeguard our 
                communities, and shoulder a burden of responsibility 
                that most Americans cannot fathom. This week and 
                always, we honor the courageous men and women serving 
                in law enforcement and memorialize those who sacrificed 
                their lives defending the thin blue line.

                A nation in chaos ceases to be a citadel of liberty. 
                Tragically, the previous administration allowed 
                lawlessness to permeate our country, making it harder 
                for our law enforcement officers to do their jobs. 
                Their reckless, soft-on-crime policies emboldened 
                criminals and thugs; wreaked havoc on the sanctity of 
                our homes, businesses, and public spaces; instilled 
                fear; and jeopardized public trust.

                As your 47th President, I am fulfilling my promise to 
                make America safe again by reclaiming sovereignty on 
                the border and restoring the rule of law in communities 
                nationwide. We will utilize every available means to 
                equip and train law enforcement, retain qualified 
                officers, and recruit on the basis of meritocracy.

                The oath to serve and protect comes with extraordinary 
                risk and sacrifice, and we are indebted to those who 
                choose this righteous profession. That is why I have 
                asked the Congress to codify my Executive Order 
                mandating the death penalty for the murder of a police 
                officer--sending an unequivocal message that barbaric 
                acts of violence and blatant disregard for the lives of 
                our Nation's heroes will not be tolerated--and to pass 
                a crime bill with enhanced protections for police 
                officers.

                I stand in steadfast solidarity with those who defend 
                our freedoms and the families who love and support 
                them. We pray for those who grieve the fallen and 
                pledge that their lives, legacies, and sacrifices will 
                forever be remembered by our grateful Nation.

                By a joint resolution approved October 1, 1962, as 
                amended (Public Law 87-726, 76 Stat. 676), and by 
                Public Law 105-225 (36 U.S.C. 136-137), the President 
                has been authorized and requested to designate May 15 
                of each year as ``Peace Officers Memorial Day'' and the 
                week in which it falls as ``Police Week.''

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 15, 
                2025, as Peace Officers Memorial Day and May 11 through 
                May 17, 2025, as Police Week. I call upon all Americans 
                to observe this week with appropriate ceremonies and 
                activities. I also call on the Governors of the States 
                and Territories and officials of other areas subject to 
                the jurisdiction of the United States to direct that 
                the flag be flown at half-staff on Peace Officers 
                Memorial Day.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twelfth day of May, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                ninth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2025-09229
Filed 5-20-25; 8:45 am]
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