Posted on 01/24/2020 2:26:34 PM PST by PROCON
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial located in Washington D.C. in Judiciary Square was dedicated in 1991 with the names of 12,561 officers who died in the line of duty through the end of 1990.
The original design accounted for enough space to add names annually through 2100, assuming that an average of 153 law enforcement line of duty deaths occurred each year.
But the country did not stay in 1990 and with the violence and hatred being poured out against law enforcement combined with events such as 9/11, the average number of names added since then has been more than double of what was expected.
The National Law Enforcement Memorial currently has 21,183 names on it and without expansion there will be no more room by 2029.
According to the Washington Business Journal, The National Capital Planning Commission will look at a proposal on February 6th to expand the memorial.
The project, if passed, will add 15 inches to the height of the existing walls which is expected to expand the current memorial to 2057.We can only pray that the prediction in 2020 is not as wrong as what was predicted in 1990.
I'd be interested to see a breakdown of these tragic deaths by each year.
It seems a big uptick took place during the years 2008-2016 during 0bama's reign of terror.
Blood on obamy’s hands.
To put things in perspective, I don’t think gunfire is the leading cause of death. I believe suicide and traffic related deaths account for the majority of deaths.
“I’d be interested to see a breakdown of these tragic deaths by each year.”
https://nleomf.org/facts-figures/officer-deaths-by-year
I’m interested in knowing how recent years’ stand down orders to LEO have affected the statistics and public safety.
“I’d be interested to see a breakdown of these tragic deaths by each year.”
Looking at the breakdown in post 4 link something is not making sense. Seems the most deaths by decade was from
1920-29 / 2500 deaths 250/yr
1970-79 / 2337 deaths 233/yr
1980-89 / 1917 deaths 191/yr
1990-99 / 1628 deaths 162/yr
2000-09 / 1710 deaths 171/yr
2010-18 / 1442 deaths 160/yr
If seems the average has been declining not increasing since 1990, so how did they miscalculate space that badly to run out 70 years ahead of schedule?
Yeah, the math does not work here.
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