Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at the DC Police Memorial

 The Holiday🎄Tree Lighting ceremony was held at the newly renovated DC Police Memorial yesterday (Dec. 11). It is especially important during the holidays that we remember all the families whose officers will not be coming home. Their sacrifice for our city and its...

DC Police Memorial Mourns the Loss of MPD Officer Wayne David

The Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Police Memorial and Museum Inc., wishes to extend our condolences to the family of Officer Wayne David and to our MPD family, as we learn about his tragic death. He was a decorated, stalwart officer, working in one of the...

Annual Service Held at Newly-Renovated Police Memorial Site

May 7, 2024 – Yesterday, the Metropolitan Police Department, in conjunction with the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Auxilliary and DC Chapter of Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS), held the 45th annual Washington Area Law Enforcement Memorial ceremony at the...

DC Police Memorial Honored for Historic Preservation

The Washington, DC Police Memorial & Museum has been honored by the DC Preservation League with a District of Columbia Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation. The award was presented at a ceremony at DAR Constitution Hall on November 14, 2023.  The award...

Statue Donation Gift in Memory of Maurice Cullinane

In memory of Maurice J. Cullinane and with deep gratitutude for his service and leadership, the DC Police Memorial offers a donation thank you gift that honors him and the Pullitzer prize-winning photograph taken of him in 1957. Cullinane, who passed away on March 2,...
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