Oregon Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony To Honor Fallen Officers (Photo) - 04/30/26
MEDIA ADVISORY
April 30, 2026
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Sam Tenney, Communications Coordinator
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Oregon Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony to honor fallen officers
The 2026 Oregon Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem. The ceremony is held annually to honor the state’s law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty.
The Oregon Law Enforcement Memorial bears the names of 199 officers who have died in the line of duty since the 1860s. These include law enforcement, corrections, and parole and probation officers from city, county, state, tribal, and federal agencies. The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) and Oregon’s law enforcement community are grateful that no new names were added to the memorial this year.
Families, colleagues, and loved ones of fallen officers gather at the ceremony each year to preserve the memories of those whose names adorn the memorial. It is a significant and meaningful event for DPSST and Oregon’s law enforcement community, who remain committed to ensuring that the sacrifices of these officers are never forgotten.
Oregon’s memorial ceremony is held ahead of National Police Week events in Washington, D.C., so that family members and coworkers can attend both observances. More than 23,000 officers who have died in the line of duty are honored on the national memorial.
DPSST is honored to hold the ceremony each year in partnership with the Oregon Law Enforcement Memorial Fund, Oregon Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.), Oregon Fallen Badge Foundation, and statewide law enforcement associations.
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About DPSST
The mission of the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) is to pursue excellence in training and accountability for public safety professionals. DPSST certifies and licenses police, corrections, and parole and probation officers, as well as regulatory specialists, emergency telecommunicators and medical dispatchers, criminal justice instructors, private security providers, private investigators, fire service professionals, and polygraph examiners in the state of Oregon. DPSST works with public and private safety agencies around the state to provide basic, leadership and specialized training at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem and regionally throughout the state.
For more information on the Oregon Fallen Law Enforcement Officer Memorial, please visit https://www.oregon.gov/dpsst/Memorials/LawEnforcement/Pages/default.aspx.
