PVPD RECEIVES SURPRISE DURING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK

NATIONAL POLICE WEEK OCCURS EVERY MAY. IN 1962, PRESIDENT KENNEDY PROCLAIMED MAY 15TH AS ‘NATIONAL PEACE OFFICERS’ MEMORIAL DAY’ AND THE CALENDAR WEEK IN WHICH MAY 15TH FALLS AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.

ESTABLISHED BY A JOINT RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS IN 1962, NATIONAL POLICE WEEK PAYS SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY FOR THE SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF OTHERS.

TO HONOR THE PRESCOTT VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE PRESCOTT VALLEY WAL MART DELIVERED TREAT BAGS FULL OF GOODIES IN HONOR OF NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.

THE TREATS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO OUR PATROL OFFICERS ACROSS ALL THREE SHIFTS. 

COMMANDER JAMES EDELSTEIN, LIEUTENANT JASON KAUFMAN, AND CRIME PREVENTION OFFICER DESIREE KELLY WERE ON HAND TO ACCEPT THE GENEROUS DONATIONS.