Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at the Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service, May 15, 2025
May 15, 2025 · The White House · 0:36:59
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What happened
Vice President JD Vance delivered remarks at the annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service in Washington, D.C., on May 15, 2025 — the Fraternal Order of Police’s yearly ceremony honoring officers killed in the line of duty, held during National Police Week. The service opened with the presentation of colors, an invocation by the FOP’s chaplain, and tributes to individual fallen officers and the families they left behind.
Vance thanked FOP President Patrick Yoes and Executive Director Jim Pasco for the organization’s advocacy, and noted that President Trump was overseas that day. His pledge on the administration’s behalf was direct: “We are proud to stand behind the men and women in blue and we will keep on doing it every day for the next three and a half years.” He credited the FOP with holding people in power to account so that officers “get the dignity and respect they deserve.”
Why it matters
The Memorial Service is the emotional center of Police Week, and the Vice President’s appearance — carrying the message personally while the President traveled — is the administration’s standing commitment to law enforcement stated to the audience that feels it most directly: the survivors of the fallen.
Sources: The White House, “Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at the Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service” (official upload, embedded above; Washington, D.C.). Remarks as delivered; transcript reviewed in the site’s private research store.
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