South Dakota honored fallen officers during the state’s annual Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony in Pierre.
Attorney General Marty Jackley is encouraging South Dakotans to remember the officers who have died in the line of duty since 1884.
The ceremony included a procession from the George S. Mickelson Criminal Justice Center to the Law Enforcement Memorial at Capitol Lake near the State Capitol. A wreath-laying followed at Capitol Lake.
The names of more than 70 officers who died in the line of duty were read during the ceremony.
Jackley said the ceremony allows law enforcement to honor officers who died in service.
“We take that opportunity to spend time with their families, and there is a wreath that’s laid at the memorial service, there’s a service that we also do at the church to really recognized those officers, and pay a tribute to their families,” Jackley said.
National Peace Officers Memorial Day is Friday, May 15. The day is set aside each year to honor officers killed or injured in the line of duty.
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