2026 SESSION
ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 47
Commending the Officer Down Memorial Page.
Agreed to by the Senate, February 12, 2026
WHEREAS, for three decades, the Officer Down Memorial Page, the largest and most comprehensive law-enforcement memorial organization in the United States, has preserved the legacies of law-enforcement officers killed in the line of duty across the country; and
WHEREAS, the Officer Down Memorial Page was created by Fairfax County native Chris Cosgriff while he was a student at James Madison University; after reading that an individual convicted of murdering two Maryland police officers had been released from prison after 16 years, he was compelled to find a way to honor those and other fallen officers; and
WHEREAS, Chris Cosgriff worked with Mike Schutz to build the Officer Down Memorial Page website, which initially honored law-enforcement officers killed or wounded in the line of duty in 1996 and quickly expanded to include officers killed in the line of duty since 1990; and
WHEREAS, with the help of the National Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial Fund, Chris Cosgriff and the Officer Down Memorial Page gained access to information about thousands of law-enforcement officers who had lost their lives since the 1790s; and
WHEREAS, in 2000, the Officer Down Memorial Page was incorporated into a nonprofit organization, further expanding its ability to serve and support the law-enforcement community; and
WHEREAS, the Officer Down Memorial Page currently honors the lives of more than 27,000 law-enforcement officers and 500 K9 officers killed in the line of duty, reaching four million individuals per year through its website and 80,000 mobile application subscribers; and