Overview
- Federal flags are at half-staff Friday, May 15, under President Trump’s proclamation marking Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week.
- The order applies from sunrise to sunset, and flags are expected to return to full staff after nightfall unless another directive is in place.
- Flag etiquette under U.S. law calls for raising the flag to the peak before lowering to half-staff and again raising it fully before taking it down.
- Governors were asked to join the observance, with Colorado issuing a matching order and Nebraska adding a separate tribute to a World War II service member whose remains were identified last year.
- Created in 1962 as part of Police Week, the day honors officers who died or were injured in the line of duty and is not a federal holiday, so government offices remain open.