This in from a reader.....
A police dispatcher, named Pat Charleville, in Puyallup has started the Blue Light Project in the Western Washington area - suggesting to everyone to put a blue light in their windows to honor the men and women in blue.
In an email she sent to a local news station she said, “Let’s remember the way these officers lived, as well as the way they died. They were strong, tough, compassionate people who’s love of the job kept them back because they knew that helping just one person during their shift overshadowed all the bad they encountered every day.”
The project was originally started in 1988 in Washington DC by a mother who lost her police officer son-in-law. Her story is on the DC Concerns of Police Survivors Website (COPS).
"Law enforcement families nationwide will be decorating for the holidays in blue again this winter, honoring and remembering those law enforcement officers who have given their lives in service to the profession and thanking those officers who continue to work America's increasingly dangerous streets each and every day of the year.
The color blue is a symbol of peace. Put blue lights in your window, decorate your tree in blue, trim the outside of your home or the police station in blue lights. Let our blue lights shine in support of law enforcement this season.You will be sending a dual message that you support America's peacekeepers and that you hope the coming year will be a year of peace," says the website.
Check out some beautiful local photos here.
