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Artist Ray Simon is privileged to tell a visual story of the brave police who risk their lives for their communities in the line of duty. (Clockwise from top left) As pair of SWAT helicopters cross the sky to transport their tactical teams into harms way, the presence of St. Michael (patron saint of police) emerges in the clouds from which they will descend. Line-abreast, horseback patrolmen salute our flag flying at half mast in the foreground as the bugler blows taps in honor of an officer down, symbolized by the badge lain beneath the flag.
Means of pursuit and enforcement devolve from the next three elements first, from the present-day female patrolman entering her squad car while calling in to dispatch, ,then to the Model-T paddy wagon and Harley Davidson motorcycles dispatched from the station house to their next calls, and finally to the foot-patrol cop on the neighborhood beat interacting with those whom he protects and serves. In centuries� old tradition, a single file row of Crown-Victoria squad cars process in escort to honor the fallen, as one of our finest looks over this scene from the clouds. In the foreground, a sole patrolman clutches the folded flag to his breast in preparation for the formal presentation of the flag.

Ray Simon Art is grateful in offering these personalized memorials to those who have responded to the bravery and sacrifice of Police Officers throughout our history.