Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Provost Marshal Officers Joe Maxfield, left, Staff Sgt. Steven Matolevich, center, and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune PMO officer Richard L. Guy Jr., right, salute as taps is played for the memory of fallen police officers at a ceremony in Morehead City, N.C., May 15. President John F. Kennedy declared May 15 to be Peace Officers Memorial Day in 1962, which police departments nationwide have observed ever since.