Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week, 2017 — Historical Half-Staff Archive
Historical archive — 2017. This records a past observance and is not a current half-staff notice.
Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week, 2017
President Donald J. Trump issued Proclamation 9611 of May 15, 2017. The Federal Register published this document on 2017-05-18.
Half-staff period and scope
May 15, 2017, Peace Officers Memorial Day.
Annual observance. The proclamation cites the congressional authorization for Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week. It calls on state and territorial governors and other jurisdictional officials to direct half-staff display, and encourages Americans to display the flag at half-staff at homes and businesses.
Official proclamation
Open or download the official proclamation PDF from GovInfo
Read the Federal Register source
Signature-page preview
Page 2 of the official PDF is reproduced below. It contains a reproduced presidential signature, not an original wet-signed scan. Select the image to open the complete official PDF.
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