Protecting The Palm Beaches, A Tribute to Those Who Serve and Sacrifice
Bottom Line: This weekly feature is designed to recognize those who've paid the ultimate price in service and to serve as a reminder of what our police risk to keep us safe. After years of increases in LODs, including multiple record years, thankfully 2023 produced the fewest line-of-duty deaths in the 2000’s. Let’s pray for the improvement to continue this year.
- We lost 123 heroes in the line-of-duty in 2023 including 3 in Florida
- We’ve lost 3 heroes in the line-of-duty in 2024
For just the second week in the past four years there we’ve not suffered any LODs over the past week. At the onset of this year, it appears as though the improved trends from last year are holding which hopefully will result in another significant decline in line-of-duty deaths for law enforcement. It may be a small sample size early in the year, however LODs are 40% lower year-over-year thus far.
As we reflect on those we’ve lost, please remember the families of our fallen as well. The average age is 45, the average tour-of-duty – 15 years. In addition to losing 3 law enforcement professionals in the line-of-duty this year, there are 2 widows and 5 children who’ve lost a parent.