You all for being here on what is a somber evening. There is a biblical admonition that we are to give honor wh dut ry during during National Police week and ahead of peace officers memorial day, we give much deserved recognition to our Law Enforcement officers and in particular, of course, those who have fallen in the line of dut these are the men and women who pursue justice, maintain order, and guard the sa o communities from crime and chaos. And those hair lives for this noble and necessary cause are buried with honor. And, of course, with hardwick. Mou because they were taken too soon, but i supreme sacrifice, they have shown the greatest form of love, the act of laying down ones life for others. 26 thousand officers have died in the line of duty in the u. S. , 56 this past year alone. Vocation. It is a dangerousvocation. Buit is more than a vocation, it is a calling. These officers exemplify the american spirit. They ha pledged their lives in sacred honor so that we may all live