Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service, May 15, 2026
May 15, 2026 · The White House · 0:23:26
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What happened
Vice President JD Vance delivered the keynote address at the National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service in Washington, D.C., on May 15, 2026 — “quite literally a year to the day” after he addressed the same service. “Of all the amazing things I get to do, getting here, getting to be here to speak to the families of the fallen and our brave law enforcement officers, it’s at the very top of the list,” he said. “Speaking for all the American people, Democrat, Republican, and independent, we love you. We’re grateful to you, and we’re sorry that you’ve had to sacrifice so much, but we know that we’re free and we’re safe and we’re peaceful because of what your families did.”
He opened his remarks with the prophet Isaiah’s call — “Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, whom shall I send and who will go for us? And I said, ‘Here I am. Send me.’” — and applied it to the fallen: men and women “whose selflessness led them toward danger when others fled. People who said, ‘Send me. Not send somebody else, but send me.’”
Why it matters
The memorial service is the law-enforcement community’s annual day of remembrance, and the Vice President’s return as keynote for a second consecutive year is the administration’s standing gesture of alliance with that community, recorded on the Justice & Crime hub alongside its enforcement record.
Sources: The White House, “Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at the National Peace Officer’s Memorial Service,” Washington, DC, May 15, 2026 (official upload, embedded above). All characterizations as stated by Vice President Vance at the service.
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