SPC to host annual Peace Officer Memorial on Wednesday

LEVELLAND — The annual Peace Officer Memorial Service is slated for 10 a.m. Wednesday on the lawn at the entrance to South Plains College.

The keynote speaker will be Northwest Regional Director Joe Longway of the Texas Department of Public Safety.

The event honors law enforcement officers whose lives were lost while serving and protecting citizens across the United States. According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, nationwide more than 614 law enforcement officers died in 2021 with 106 officers from Texas.

“We honor the fallen by training the living,” is the motto of the South Plains College Law Enforcement Technology program.

The SPC Law Enforcement Honor Guard will perform a 21-gun salute and Taps. Also, the Levelland Police Department Honor Guard will assist the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard with the flag ceremony. Michael Mogan of the Lubbock Airport Police Department will play the bagpipes.

For more information, contact Mark Wittie, assistant professor of Law Enforcement, at (806) 716-2356.

This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: SPC to host annual Peace Officer Memorial on Wednesday