Greater Cleveland Peace Officers Memorial Society®
April/May 2025 Issue of The Epitaph
This issue marks 40 years of GCPOMS, with reflections from President Mannion and support from police cadets.
COPS Ride – Thank you all!
Thank you to those who participated and especially to John “kiks” Kikol and COPS Ride for a wonderful event and for their continued support of GCPOMS.
Put your order in now for GCPOMS merchandise!
We invite you to shop our online products. With your purchase, you are supporting the operation of this organization whose purpose is to honor fallen officers. This website features selected memorial merchandise. All memorial merchandise will be available at certain GCPOMS Merchandise Sales.
New Benefit for Members
Through a partnership with American Income Life Insurance Company, an AD&D benefit and other no-cost offers are being provided to all members of Greater Cleveland Peace Officers Memorial Society.
Watch the Commemoration
Hello Friends –
We invite you to watch this video of our 2020 commemoration ceremony, when the Greater Cleveland Peace Officers Memorial Society read the names of fallen officers. Every year during Police Week the Society holds a ceremony at the Memorial to honor the memory of those officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
Keeping The Promise… to never forget our fallen heroes.®
Honoring the service of fallen peace officers, ensuring that they are never forgotten and providing assistance and emotional support to their families. We serve Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain, Geauga, Medina and Northern Summit counties.
What We Do
We Honor Service to the Community
Each year in May, the Police Memorial Society remembers fallen officers during the Greater Cleveland Police Memorial Commemoration, a schedule of events for family, friends and the entire community. The 40th Annual Greater Cleveland Peace Officers Memorial Society Commemoration will coincide with Police Week in 2025. Events include:
- Greater Cleveland Police Memorial Parade
- Greater Cleveland Peace Officers Memorial Service
- Police Collectors Show
- Cleveland International Tattoo
Enjoy the stirring sounds and pageantry of the Pipes and Drums, marching bands, drill teams, dancers and choruses. A heart-pounding and high energy salute to our safety forces, our armed forces . . . our country!
- Samuel H. Miller Lifetime Achievement Award
- Police Officer of the Year Award
- Citizen of the Year Award
- Veteran of the Year Award
- GCPOMS President’s Award
We Support Families
The Greater Cleveland Peace Officers Memorial Society® provides emotional and practical support to the families of fallen officers.
We Advance Education for Law Enforcement
Additionally, the Police Memorial Society awards the Peter Lawer Memorial Scholarship each year to a police officer furthering his/her education, or a student pursuing a degree in law enforcement or a related field and planning a career in law enforcement. The scholarship is awarded each May during the annual Greater Cleveland Police Memorial Commemoration. Scholarship criteria…
