Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department report the Department will host the National Law Enforcement Memorial Day Service, this Thursday, May 15th. The service will begin with the memorial flag ceremony on the east side of the Pottawattamie County Courthouse, near the flag pole. During the service, fallen officers of the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, the Iowa State Patrol and Council Bluffs Police Department, will be honored. The ceremony begins at 6:30-p.m.

Immediately following the flag ceremony, the Law Enforcement Memorial service will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Church, where the Council Bluffs Police Chaplin Corps will perform the service. Afterward, those in attendance are invited to a reception in the St. John’ Fellowship Hall.

During the reception, the Council Bluffs Police Department will graduate the 2014 Citizens Police Academy, and honor the Officer of the Year, as well as additional department personnel. Refreshments will be served.