National initiative set for fallen police officers

I think this is a great idea. First and foremost, i haven't been posting too many blogs on this blog because I've been reading too many bad stories, and i personally just can't handle it, and i don't want to be spreading doom and gloom around (even though it IS apart of being close to the blue family).

When i read this this morning i thought it was very appropriate. It allows the blue community to show it's support and at the same time subtle enough not to show the blue haters where we live.

I will be going out this week and purchasing a blue bulb for one of my window candles to show my support.

God bless the families and friends of the fallen, and Godsspeed to those that are still with us, and thank you for all that you do.

 

Hwy. patrol urges blue lights to show support

By Kristina Goetz
Posted December 21, 2009 at midnight 

The Tennessee Highway Patrol is encouraging residents to place a blue light or candle in their home and office windows during the holiday season.

As part of a nationwide initiative called Project Blue Light, officials say the candles are a way to honor law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty and those who continue to serve.
Nationwide, 115 officers died this year in the line of duty, according to Officer Down Memorial Page Inc. One was from Tennessee.

"The holiday season is an especially tough time for families who have recently lost a loved one," said Col. Mike Walker of the highway patrol. "The same rings true in the law enforcement family."

Project Blue Light was developed in 1988 by a Missouri-based nonprofit organization called Concerns of Police Survivors Inc. It provides support and healing programs for roughly 15,000 family members of officers killed in the line of duty, including those in Tennessee.

The organization received a letter from a woman named Dolly Craig who said she planned to put blue lights in her window in memory of her son-in-law, a police officer who was shot and killed in 1986 while on duty.
"It has kind of since then caught on nationwide," said Brooke McKay, the organization's marketing coordinator.

Displaying blue lights, she said, sends a dual message: that the person supports America's peacekeepers and hopes that the coming year will be one of peace.

"Especially after the recent killing of the four officers in Washington, I mean I definitely think more and more people realize what our law enforcement officers do for us out there day in and day out and just how dangerous it is," she said.