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| INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE OFFICER MEMORIAL WEEK SEPTEMBER 20-26 2009 PRESS RELEASE 060 May 26 2009 The National Association of Private Officers has been working on a project to recognize all private security officers worldwide who have lost their life in the line of duty while protecting life and property. With the assistance of several organizations, a committee was launched and they have selected a period of time each year when the security industry along with the family and friends of the fallen men and woman can recognize and honor them. Each year beginning with 2009, the third week of September shall be designated the International Private Officer Memorial Week. In 2009 this Memorial Week will be held September 2026 2009. There are numerous events planned including the reading of the 400 names from the Online Memorial Wall which can be found at www.privateofficer.com, a candlelight memorial service to be held in Atlanta Georgia and other events to be scheduled. Year after year, private security officers employed worldwide are killed while protecting life and property and in most cases receive little or no recognition, honors or respect. This situation occurs because there has not been any centralized organization to step forward to thank these fallen hero's and to be there as a support for the family that they have left behind. But in the past several years all of that has changed with the inception of the Memorial Aid Fund sponsored and administered by The National Association of Private Officers. We also realized that there has never been any official week or dedicated time period to remember these men and woman who bravely, valiantly and willingly sacrificed their life to fulfill their duties to their client, their employer and to the public safety of the area that they were responsible for. Therefore, a committee was formed at the N.A.P.O. to aid in the research and designation of a specific date in time when we as professionals in our field along with the rest of the law enforcement and security community, families, friends and the general public could pay homage and respect and gratitude to more than 300 Private Officers who have been killed in the past four years and the many others who died before that in service to those that they were hired to protect, serve, and guard against all criminal activity or other harm that would otherwise come against their employer's property, employees, visitors and the general public. PRIVATEOFFICER.com and The National Association of Private Officers has worked diligently for almost a year to seek input from security agencies and organizations and professional associations to select a week each year when we could memorialize our fallen colleagues and we are extremely pleased to announce that we have determined a special time for us to do this each year beginning with 2009. Each year, the third week in the month of September shall be recognized as the "Official" "Private Officer Memorial Week". During this week each year, there will be many planned activities and they will be announced in advance of the memorial week each year. This year's Memorial Week will include numerous events scheduled in Atlanta Georgia. On the first day of this week, September 20th, 2009 the names of all Private Officers killed in the past five years will be read aloud and streamed on the PrivateOfficer.com website. An online Memorial Wall is already available and regularly updated at www.privateofficer.com. In addition, during the Memorial Week, a special wall will be added where family members, friends and other visitors may leave notes, poems, songs, pictures and other mementos for these fallen heros. A candlelight vigil and prayer by the association Chaplain will also Wednesday evening at a location in downtown Atlanta. Other Events Are Also Being Planned And will Be Announced Soon! This Is An International Memorial, And We Invite Private Security Personnel From All Nations To Participate And Be Recognized. |
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