APD honors 16 officers lost in line of duty on National Peace Officers Memorial Day
AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — The Amarillo Police Department is honoring its 16 officers lost in the line of duty onNational Peace Officers Memorial Day.
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which it falls as National Police Week.
Last year, 458 officers were killed in line of duty nationwide (up from 360 in 2020), including 84 in Texas (up from 73 in 2020), according to APD.
Three Amarillo police offices died last year from complications due to COVID-19.
So far this year, 105 law enforcement officers have been killed.
honor and remember those law enforcement officers who made the ultimate sacrifice, as well as the family members, friends, and fellow officers they left behind.
"The Amarillo Police Department will always remember the 16 officers that we have lost in the line of duty."
- Captain Preston George Burnam: End of Watch 1-5-1934
- Patrolman Chester Lewis Grounds: End of Watch 2-12-1934
- Detective Lemuel Dodd Savage: End of Watch 3-15-1945
- Patrolman B.W. Woods Jr.: End of Watch 1-17-1955
- Patrolman Marvin E. Moore Jr.: End of Watch 1-10-1960
- Assistant Chief Claude Bishop Evans: End of Watch 12-18-1961
- Patrolman Jerry Wayne Cawthon: End of Watch 1-1-1964
- Patrolman William Stanley Meadows: End of Watch 6-8-1964
- Patrolman Berry Joe McGuire: End of Watch 12-25-1980
- Patrolman Delbert Wayne Miller Sr.: End of Watch 11-24-1982
- Sergeant James Delbert Mitchell Jr.: End of Watch 11-11-1985
- Patrolman Mark Steven Simmons: End of Watch 12-17-2008
- Patrolman Justin Ryan Scherlen: End of Watch 8-4-2016
- Sergeant Raquel Virginia Saunders: End of Watch 10-13-2021
- Sergeant Michael David Dunn: End of Watch 10-22-2021
- Corporal Miguel Eladio “Mike” Sanchez: End of Watch 12-27-2021
