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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: (left to right) U.S. President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray stand during the U.S. National Anthem at the 40th Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol Building on October 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. The memorial service is being held to honor the 491 law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2019 and 2020. Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images
President Joe Biden paid tribute on Oct. 16 to law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2019 and 2020 during a speech at a national memorial service.
The president said it’s now harder than ever to do the work of policing and more difficult to hire new personnel to fill the void left by those who have fallen.