Las Vegas police honor victims who died from domestic violence

By Blake Apgar Las Vegas Review-Journal

8 years ago

Police officer Glenn Brook of Metropolitan Police Department and Peggy Wellman of Metro’s Victim Services read a name of domestic violence victim on the ribbon at the Metro headquarters in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, during the annual ceremony to remember victims of domestic violence. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye

Colleen Sanders of Victims of Crime Program, right, and Celia Olson, center, weep as they attend the annual ceremony to remember victims of domestic violence on Wednesday Sept. 27, 2017, at the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Las Vegas. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye

Roger Price, second from right, and Glenn Brook, third from right, both from Metropolitan Police Department, attend the annual ceremony to remember victims of domestic violence at the Metro headquarters in Las Vegas on Wednesday Sept. 27, 2017. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye

Lillian Sherman receives a rose from Peggy Wellman of Metropolitan Police Department’s Victim Services at the Metro headquarters in Las Vegas on Wednesday Sept. 27, 2017, during the annual ceremony to remember victims of domestic violence. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye

Peggy Wellman of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Victim Services, places a rose at the Metro headquarters in Las Vegas on Wednesday Sept. 27, 2017, during the annual ceremony to remember victims of domestic violence. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye

Jay Rivera of Metropolitan Police Department places a rose at the Metro headquarters on Wednesday Sept. 27, 2017, during the annual ceremony to remember victims of domestic violence. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye

Every year, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department holds a ceremony to remember the victims whose lives were cut short by domestic violence.

The names of victims have been added to a plaque that will be displayed at Nellis Air Force Base. Later, it will be moved to the Family Justice Center in downtown Las Vegas, which is scheduled to open by the end of the year.

The victims come from Las Vegas, Henderson, and North Las Vegas. Those who lost their lives between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017, were added to the plaque.