Nevada law enforcement agencies statewide are participating in the 26th annual Nevada Law Enforcement Officers Memorial relay run, which started April 22 and ends Thursday, April 30 in Carson City with the Nevada Law Enforcement Officers Memorial ceremony on the state capitol grounds beginning at 1 p.m.
This year, one law enforcement officer has been added to the list of those Nevada law enforcement officers who died while in service. Added is North Las Vegas Police Officer Jason Roscow, 46. His End of Watch was Feb. 4, 2025. He had 17 years of experience in law enforcement and was fatally shot while responding to a call for service.
Law enforcement officers representing agencies across the state have been participating in the multi-day, 400-plus mile run from southern Nevada to northern Nevada. As of Wednesday runners were already in northern Nevada, making their way to Carson City for Thursday’s Nevada Law Enforcement Officers Memorial ceremony.
Among the agencies participating, Nevada State Police received the baton at State Route 208 in Lyon County on Tuesday. Runners are relaying a baton engraved with the names of 158 fallen officers. Law enforcement officers from Carson City and surrounding counties are participating in the memorial run’s northern Nevada segment Wednesday and Thursday.
The Nevada Law Enforcement Officers Memorial was dedicated on May 13, 1998. Governor Bob Miller, hundreds of state dignitaries and law enforcement officers from around the nation attended the first Nevada Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Ceremony. The memorial to Nevada’s slain law enforcement officers was built through private funds. The fund raising effort was led by the Nevada Conference of Police and Sheriffs. The Memorial receives no funding from any government agency. The maintenance and up-keep is also paid by private contributions.
Each year, Nevada’s law enforcement officers make an Olympic-type run from Las Vegas to the Memorial in Carson City. They carry a baton roll of the names of all the officers that have lost their lives so they will always be remembered. It starts a week before the Memorial Ceremony and ends at the presentation.
The ceremony itself is an honor to watch and includes: Presentation of the colors, bag pipes, 21-gun salute, laying of the wreath, speeches, prayer, reverent songs, rider less horse, finalized by families of the fallen laying carnations on the Memorial and Taps.
Since 2007, the Legislative Police are the official “Keepers of the Nevada’s Law Enforcement Memorial” and have proudly assumed the responsibility to maintain the Memorial, the US Flags and monitor the lighting. Each year officers from our staff volunteer to clean and polish the memorial in preparation of Memorial services.
Meanwhile, the 13th annual Nevada Law Enforcement Memorial Ride is scheduled for Saturday, May 2, 2026, at 9 a.m. at the James D. Hoff Peace Officer Memorial at Idlewild Park in Reno.
