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8 Law Enforcement Technology July 2014 www.officer.com SPECIAL COVERAGE by the Police Week numb 3 rs 286 fallen law enforcement heroes were added to the Memorial in 2014 www.nleomf.org $1.9 million dollars was donated by the Police Unity Tour to the Memorial this year. 2014 Line of Duty Deaths (as of press time) www.odmp.org Assault: 1 Automobile accident: 12 Fire: 1 Gunfire: 17 Gunfire (Accidental): 1 Heart attack: 4 Motorcycle accident: 2 Struck by vehicle: 2 Vehicle pursuit: 2 Vehicular assault: 5 Average age: 40 Average tour of duty: 12 years, 2 months K9 Line of Duty Deaths: 7 Automobile accident: 1 Fall: 1 Gunfire: 3 Stabbed: 1 Struck by vehicle: 1 Read more: www.odmp.org 30th Anniversary C.O.P.S. (Concerns of Police Survivors) is celebrating its 30th Anniversary of service to the surviv- ing families of America's fallen law enforcement officers. C.O.P.S. was organized in 1984 with 110 individual members . Today C.O.P.S. membership is over 30,000 families . Members include spouses, children, parents, siblings, significant others, and affected coworkers of offi- cers killed in the line of duty, according to Federal govern- ment criteria. C.O.P.S. is governed by a national board of law enforcement survivors. The organization has more than 50 chapters nationwide that work with survivors at the grass-roots level. 1962 The year President Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week on which May 15 falls as National Police Week 106 offcers were killed in the line of duty in 2013 . During the Candlelight Vigil Craig Floyd (CEO of NLEOMF) said that was the lowest number in a given year since the 1920s. LET_08-09_PoliceWeek0714.indd 8 6/25/14 11:56 AM