MDIFW NEWS: Maine Law Enforcement Officer Memorial - Augusta

[Augusta, Maine – May 17, 2018] Today in Augusta, law enforcement agencies from across Maine joined forces to honor police officers who have died in the line of duty. Dedicated on May 25, 1991, 85 names are now engraved in granite on the Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial which is in front of the Maine State Capitol.


Fryeburg Police Officer Nathan M. Desjardins was added to the Memorial this year. Officer Desjardins died in the line of duty on June 6, 2017 while responding to a boating fatality on the Saco River. Corporal Eugene Cole with the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office was also honored today. Corporal Cole was killed in the line of duty on April 25, 2018. His name will be added to the wall in 2019.


Governor Paul R. LePage spoke at today’s ceremony and addressed the crowd of officers and families of Maine’s fallen officers. Today’s ceremony follows that of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C., at Judiciary Square. Each year on May 15 in Washington, D.C., all law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty are honored. In 2017, 128 U.S. police officers died in the line of duty in the United States. Twenty-one police officers have died in the line of duty just this year.

We encourage you to visit our website to view our Fallen Heroes Honor Roll page and view our Fallen Warden Tribute Video. Fifteen Maine game wardens have died in the line of duty.

Maine Game Warden: Fallen Heroes Honor Roll


(Attached photos courtesy of the Maine Warden Service. 1 - LE Memorial attendance on State Street Augusta. 2 - Maine State Police 21-Gun Salute. 3 - Fallen Fryeburg Police Officer Badge.)