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47th Annual Washington Area Law Enforcement Memorial Service
The MPD’s 47th Annual Washington Area Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Service will be held Monday, May 4, 2026. The MPD, DC Police Memorial, C.O.P.S., Jerrard F. Young DC State Lodge and Auxiliary hold the regional service each May to honor officers who died in the...
DC Police Memorial Mourns the Loss of MPD Officer Terry Bennett
The Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Police Memorial and Museum Inc., wishes to extend our condolences to the family of Officer Terry Bennett and to our MPD family, as we learn about his unfortunate death in the line of duty. On Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at...
Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at the DC Police Memorial
It is especially important during the holidays that we remember all the families whose officers will not be coming home this holiday. Their sacrifice should never be forgotten.
Major Police Museum Donation – MPD Badge Collection
The Metropolitan Police Memorial & Museum is very pleased to announce a major donation to the historical artifacts collection of the Museum. Retired U.S. Deputy Marshal John Seay, who worked with the DC Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) on several occasions,...
Join Us in Preserving the Stories of Policing in the Nation’s Capital
The MPM&M wants to ensure the rich history of policing in our nation’s capital is told and preserved. Will you help us?
Name of Investigator Wayne David Engraved on DC Police Memorial
On April 15th, investigator Wayne David’s name was officially added to the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Memorial. On Monday, May 5, 2025, David will be remembered and honored, along with 125 other fallen officers of the MPD.
May 5th – Annual Regional Memorial Service to Honor Fallen Police Officers
The MPD’s 46th Annual Washington Area Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Service was held Monday, May 5, 2025. The MPD and the DC Police Memorial hold a regional service each May to honor officers who died in the line of duty in the past year and also all our fallen...
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 DC Preservation League honored the Memorial with a District of Columbia Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation at a ceremony at DAR Constitution Hall in recognition of the organization’s work to restore the DC Police Memorial, located in front of the historic headquarters of the MPD, at 300 Indiana Avenue, NW.
DC to be Host of the North American Association of Law Enforcement Museums Conference
The Washington, DC Police Memorial & Museum will be the official host of law enforcement museum representatives from across North America in April of 2024. The North American Association of Law Enforcement Museums (NAALEM) is a network of representatives from...
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,...
DEDICATION DAY
The long-awaited day arrived! Yesterday, May 1, 2023, the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Memorial & Museum Board of Directors were honored to hold its Dedication Ceremony. As the families and friends of DC's fallen heroes looked on, the names all 125 members...
Memorial Dedication Ceremony May 1st
Survivors and friends are invited to the Dedication Ceremony for the newly renovated DC Police Memorial Fountain and the new Memorial Wall. The event will take place in front of the Daly Building at 300 Indiana Ave, NW, Wash, DC, on/about May 1, 2023.
About the DC Police Memorial
The Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Memorial and Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization intended to honor the fallen heroes of the Metropolitan Police Department. Our mission is also to establish an MPD Museum to preserve the department’s legacy and the rich and unique history of policing in the nation’s Capital.
Sadly, an average of one law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty somewhere in the United States every 57 hours. More than *21,000 U.S. law enforcement officers have made the ultimate sacrifice since 1791. (see source)
On May 1, 2023, we achieved our 11+ year goal to renovate the Memorial Fountain which was dilapidated and in sad need of repair. The memorial is in front of the Daly building, the historic headquarters of the MPD, at 300 Indiana Avenue, NW. In addition to repairing the fountain, we also built a brand new Memorial Wall, with the names of all the DC MPD officers who have died in the line of duty since the department was founded.
We need your ongoing support to maintain the memorial to ensure it never again falls into such a sad state.
Your support is also needed to build a museum of police history to preserve MPD artifacts that tell the story of our city and the MPD.