FBI Director Patel's National Police Week Message Honors Fallen Officers
May 12, 2025 · FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation · 0:02:01
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What happened
FBI Director Kash Patel, in his National Police Week message, said he is honored to serve as the ninth director of the FBI and that each May the bureau joins the nation in honoring the courage and commitment of law enforcement officers and those who sacrificed their lives protecting their communities, according to the FBI video (transcript rendered from Arabic auto-captions).
Patel said that during his time as director he has called every police chief or sheriff whose department lost an officer to hostile action in the line of duty, and that even in less than three months in the role he had already made many of those calls, according to the video. He said officers go to work each morning knowing they may not come home and may be targeted simply for wearing the badge, citing, as he stated, the 64 officers intentionally killed in the line of duty last year and more than 85,000 others who were assaulted, as stated in his remarks.
Patel said law enforcement officers continue to show up despite the hardship, demands and danger because they chose to serve and protect their fellow Americans, and that the FBI is proud to stand alongside its law enforcement partners in protecting the nation, according to the video.
Why it matters
The Police Week message is the FBI director’s annual statement of solidarity with state and local officers, anchored on the fallen-officer and assault figures the bureau cites each year.
Sources: FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation, “FBI Director Kash Patel’s National Police Week Message”, 2025-05-12 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-05-12). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.
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