    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 133, 116th Congress, 1st Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Proclamation 9884 of May 10, 2019

    Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week, 2019

    By the President of the United States of America

    A Proclamation

    On Peace Officers Memorial Day and throughout Police Week, we express
    our unending gratitude to our Nation's law enforcement officers. Those
    brave men and women selflessly confront danger to protect our families
    and defend our communities. We also honor those in blue who have been
    killed or disabled in the line of duty. We are especially mindful of the
    tremendous sacrifices of the 106 heroes who laid down their lives last
    year while protecting their communities.
    My Administration is working on several fronts to enhance the health and
    safety of our Nation's law enforcement officers. The Department of
    Justice (DOJ) continues to promote initiatives that provide funding for
    bulletproof vests, active shooter training, the National Blue Alert
    System, and other programs that bolster the physical and mental health
    of those who protect us. We are making surplus military equipment
    available to law enforcement agencies. We are implementing the Law
    Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act, which I signed into law

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    last year, to improve the delivery of and access to mental health and
    wellness services. And when tragedy does strike, DOJ's Public Safety
    Officers' Benefits Program stands ready and able to assist the families
    of the fallen and catastrophically injured.
    The best way we can support law enforcement is to reduce violent crime.
    My Administration has secured $50 million in funding for one of the most
    effective crime prevention strategies in America, the Project Safe
    Neighborhoods initiative. This results-based and data-proven initiative
    is reducing violent crime nationwide by leveraging local law enforcement
    and community partnerships, along with strategic enforcement efforts, to
    arrest the most violent criminals in the most violent locations. Through
    the combined efforts of all levels of law enforcement, violent crime in
    our country is falling.
    Our Nation's law enforcement officers serve with courage, dedication,
    and strength. They fearlessly enforce our laws, even at the risk of
    personal peril, safeguarding our property, our liberty, and our lives.
    We owe them, and their families, our full and enduring support.
    By a joint resolution approved October 1, 1962, as amended (76 Stat.
    676), and by Public Law 103-322, as amended (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, 2019, as Peace Officers Memorial Day
    and May 12 through May 18, 2019, as Police Week. In humble appreciation
    of our hardworking law enforcement officers, Melania and I will light
    the White House in blue on May 15. I call upon all Americans to observe
    Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police 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. I further encourage all Americans to
    display the flag from their homes and businesses on that day.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of May,
    in the year of our Lord two thousand nineteen, and of the Independence
    of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-third.
    DONALD J. TRUMP