Vance touts lowest level of on-duty law enforcement deaths in 80 years

Published May 15, 2026 1:55pm ET | Updated May 15, 2026 1:55pm ET



Vice President JD Vance underscored the Trump administration’s record of supporting law enforcement on Friday during an address at the Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service.

“We can’t ever forget that a single officer lost in the line of duty is too much, but just as we mourn the officers we lost, we celebrate the fact that, in 2025, I am proud to say, that the deaths of on-duty law enforcement reached their lowest level in 80 years in the United States of America,” Vance told the National Fraternal Order of Police event on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.

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