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COVER STORY A sunny day's cool breeze reminded us all of our location, the current moment and what the day will later come to symbolize. I spent Monday, May 13 at the National Law Enforcement Memorial site in Washington, D.C. along with the thousands of others on the second day of Police Week 2013. Etched in stone are the names of thousands of fallen law enforcement officers from throughout the country. More names—some recent and some old—each with their own heart-breaking story, are added each year. The National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Fund painstakingly researches each case, recognizing as many end of watches (a fitting term solemnly referred to as E.O.W.) as possible. Families, friends, and sworn brothers and sisters collected together to honor the lives of the nation's law enforcement, share their stories, remember and support one another. Craig Floyd, the Memorial Fund's Chairman and CEO lent one such nearly-forgotten story in June 2013 Law Enforcement Technology 27