Plymouth Mayor Mark Senter has asked the department heads of the City of Plymouth to put flags at half-staff in honor of Police Memorial Week beginning Monday, May 15 to Wednesday, May 17.
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week.
There have been thousands of police officers killed in the line of duty since this country began.
Plymouth itself lost an officer while on duty December 11, 1967. Patrolman James Nelson lost his life when his Plymouth squad car collided with a semi-tractor trailer on N. Michigan Street. Officer Nelson left behind his wife and two children.
In October 2008, the city’s portion of Muckshaw Road was changed to Jim Nelson Drive in his memory.
