Project Blue Light

Project Blue Light is a nationwide recognition of those Police Officers who have died in the line of duty. It began in 1988 in Philadelphia when Dolly Craig wrote a letter to COPS (Concerns of Police Survivors) stating that she would be honoring her late son-in-law, Philadelphia Police Officer Danny Gleason, during the holiday season by placing a blue light in her window. In 1999 the Horsham Township Police Department planted a tree in Deep Meadow Park on Horsham Road as a memorial to those officers. The evergreen tree is decorated every holiday season with 1,000 blue lights representing all Law Enforcement Officers. In addition to the blue lights there is one white light for each Montgomery County Police Officer who has died in the line of duty. Currently there are 26 white lights on the tree. We would like to ask each of you to please consider placing a blue light in your window during the holiday season to show your support for your police officers.

Project Blue Light Presentation

View a presentation about Project Blue Light (will open in a new window).

For more information try these websites:

National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Fund
www.nleomf.org

The Officer Down Memorial Page
www.odmp.org
A site with some very touching remembrances from the families and friends of fallen officers.

In addition some of the departments have memorial pages for their officers on their own websites.

Pennsylvania State Police:
www.psp.state.pa.us
Then browse to the Memorial Wall

FBI:
www.fbi.gov
Choose FBI History and then Hall of Honor.

Lower Merion:
www.lowermerion.org/lmpd/homepage2002.htm
Click on Fallen Officers.

Abington:
www.abingtonpd.org
Click on Department History and follow the link for Officer Thomas Matthews

Montgomery:
www.montgomerytwp.org/police/
Scroll down and click on Memorial

Lower Gwynedd:
www.lowergwynedd.org/police/
Scroll down to In Memory of Officer Richard Lawn