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- LAWVCC_221001_11.JPG: On the Front Lines
Law Enforcement and COVID-19
- LAWVCC_221001_20.JPG: In 2020, Americans confronted a new reality fraught with uncertainty, isolation, and fear. Yet America's law enforcement officers courageously rose each day to help keep us safe and support our communities -- despite the dual dangers from increased criminal activity and exposure to infection. Tragically, whether combatting the increase in homicides, assaults, and domestic violence or protecting the Constitutional right of freedom of speech, police officers contracted COVID-19 at high rates, leading to a significant loss of life.
Today and every day we thank all of those who have made the commitment to keep us from danger and provide the support we need -- all wile risking their own safety.
- LAWVCC_221001_23.JPG: Rising Crime Rates
During the course of the 2020 pandemic, COVID-related lockdowns led to higher rates of gun violence and domestic violence in the US. A study of 34 US cities produced for the Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice showed that 2020 homicide rates were 30% higher than in 2019, while aggravated assault and gun assault rates were 6% and 8% higher , respectively. A review of 12 US studies for the Commission revealed that domestic violence incidents increased 8.1% after jurisdictions imposed pandemic-related lockdowns. Despite the increased dangers, law enforcement officers bravely continued to discharge their duties and respond to calls.
- LAWVCC_221001_33.JPG: COVID-Related Deaths Confirmed
Exposure to Infection
Because law enforcement officers were among the vital frontline workers who continued to provide essential services despite the risks, many faced increased exposure to COVID-19. According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, over the course of 2020, thousands of officers contracted COVID-19, and 182 of them died from the disease. As a result, 2020 saw the highest number of law enforcement line-of-duty deaths since 1930 with COVID-19 as the largest cause.
- Wikipedia Description: National Law Enforcement Museum
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The National Law Enforcement Museum is a mostly-underground facility located adjacent to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC's Judiciary Square (400 block of E Street, NW). The museum covers American law enforcement through interactive exhibits, historical and contemporary artifact collections, with a dedicated space for research and educational programming. It officially opened on October 13, 2018.
History
In 2000, the United States Congress authorized the establishment of the National Law Enforcement Museum, to tell the story of law enforcement in the United States. Stories of the fallen will be featured in the Museum's "Hall of Remembrance." The bill, signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 9, 2000, authorized the planning for the museum. The public review process to authorize construction at the site took five years.
On October 14, 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and others broke ground on the construction of the museum. As of October 2012, over $58 million in private donations have been raised.
On February 28, 2014, Rep. Steny Hoyer introduced the bill To amend the National Law Enforcement Museum Act to extend the termination date (H.R. 4120; 113th Congress) into the United States House of Representatives. The bill would extend until November 9, 2016, the authority of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, a nonprofit organization, to construct a museum on federal lands within the District of Columbia honoring law enforcement officers.
Purpose
The Memorial and Museum are both projects of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF), a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization based in Washington, D.C. The Memorial Fund maintains the Memorial, collects and analyzes information about officer fatalities and publishes research bulletins on fatality trends. As officer fatalities on roadways have increased in recent years, the NLEOMF launched the "Drive Safely" campaign to decrease law enforcement fatalities on the road.
Design
The architect for the museum is Davis Buckley Architects and Planners, the firm that also designed the Memorial. Plans for the museum's exhibitions include permanent galleries and one changing exhibitions gallery. The design of the permanent galleries was first undertaken by Christopher Chadbourne & Associates of Boston. When that firm closed, the design effort was completed by Studio 647 of Washington D.C. (exhibition design) and One By Design of Gloucester, MA (graphic design). Media elements were produced by Richard Lewis Media Group and Donna Lawrence Productions. The exhibits were built and installed by Design and Production Incorporated of Lorton, VA.
The building will be located below ground with two entrance pavilions with 55,000 square feet (5,100 m2) of interior space. The excavation for the building will go down 40 feet (12 m) below the surface. Exhibits and highlights are expected to include:
* The U.S. Park Police helicopter that responded to the Air Florida Flight 90 crash into the Potomac River
* A costume from the 1987 film RoboCop
* A sweat shirt worn by character Jack Bauer in the TV series 24
* Artifacts of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
* DC Sniper Task Force evidence related to the investigation and trial of the Beltway sniper attacks of October 2002
* Memorabilia related to the prohibition-era federal agent Eliot Ness and his team of "Untouchables"
* Handcuffs used by the police to arrest Sirhan Sirhan, after the latter fatally shot US Senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in June 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles
* Badge, gun and a coin purse belonging to American Old West lawman Pat Garrett who became famous for killing frontier outlaw Billie the Kid in 1881
* Badge and Deputy US Marshal commission that belonged to Ted Hinton-the youngest of the posse that ambushed and killed fugitive couple Bonnie and Clyde near Gibsland, Louisiana, on May 23, 1934
* Bulletproof vest from c.1930 that was used by gangster Al Capone
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