|  Marine 
		Corps Air Station Cherry Point Provost Marshal Officers Joe Maxfield, 
		left, Staff Sgt. Steven Matolevich, center, and Marine Corps Base Camp 
		Lejeune PMO officer Richard L. Guy Jr., right, salute as taps is played 
		for the memory of fallen police officers at a ceremony in Morehead City, 
		NC on May 15, 2012. President John F. Kennedy declared May 15 to be 
		Peace Officers Memorial Day in 1962, which police departments nationwide 
		have observed ever since. Photo by USMC Lance Cpl. Scott L. Tomaszycki |