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Minnesota House presents resolution recognizing May 15 as Peace Officer Memorial Day
Summary
House members read a resolution recognizing May 15, 2025, as Peace Officer Memorial Day and May 11–17, 2025, as Police Week; the resolution cites a 1962 presidential proclamation and lists recently fallen officers and statewide counts.
The Minnesota House of Representatives on May 14, 2025, read a House resolution recognizing May 15, 2025, as Peace Officer Memorial Day and the week of May 11–17, 2025, as Police Week.
The resolution, presented to the House during the morning session, noted that the Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association has recorded 312 peace officers in the state who have died in the line of duty since 1874 and that 10,669 peace officers serve across about 400 law enforcement agencies in Minnesota.
The text of the resolution cites a 1962 proclamation by President John F. Kennedy that designated May 15 as Peace Officer Memorial Day. The resolution also listed several officers who have recently fallen in the line of duty, naming United States Border Patrol Agent David Chris Maitland; Red Lake Police Officer Jesse Brant; National Park Service Ranger Kevin Grossheim; Minneapolis Police Officer Jamal Mitchell; and Burnsville Police Officers Paul Elmstrad and Matthew Rugi.
Several members of the House were recognized while the resolution was read, including Representative Duran of Beltrami, Representative Johnson of Saint Louis, Representative Curran of Ramsey, Representative Knudson of Cass, Representative Hewitt of Dakota, Representative Steer of Scott, Representative Moller of Ramsey, and Representative Novotny of Sherburne.
The resolution notes that members of the Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association stood guard at the Peace Officer Memorial in St. Paul beginning at 6 p.m. on May 14 and that peace officers would stand guard for 24 hours leading into the remembrance ceremony at 7 p.m. on May 15, 2025.
The transcript records the resolution being read and the committee text stating the dates; it does not record a separate roll-call vote or final adoption on the floor within the provided excerpt.
The reading is part of a ceremonial observance scheduled around the statewide remembrance of officers who have died in the line of duty.
