The Patriots of Brotherhood LEMC would like to offer our congratulations to Detective Brent Hoosac of the Jupiter Police Department for being named the May 2012 Officer of the Month by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. Please click here to read about Detective Hoosac’s honor.

According to preliminary data from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, 173 officers have been killed during 2011 — up 13 percent from 153 line-of-duty deaths in 2010.

On average, one law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty somewhere in the United States every 53 hours. Since the first known line-of-duty death in 1791, more than 19,000 U.S. law enforcement officers have made the ultimate sacrifice.

Join the Memorial Fund in pledging your support of America’s law enforcement officers at a time when they need it the most. Click here for more information.