The Department of Criminal Justice Training will honor former Adairville Police Department Chief Taylor G. Walker and Marshal Hence H. Harmon along with 23 other officers killed in the line of duty at its annual law enforcement memorial ceremony to be held at the Kentucky Law Enforcement Memorial, located at DOCJT in front of the John W. Bizzack Law Enforcement Training Complex on Eastern Kentucky University's campus. Walker died Sept. 10, 1939 and Harmon died July 4, 1896.

The agency will dedicate the officers' names on the memorial monument during the ceremony, Wednesday, May 21 at 11 a.m.

Kentucky state Rep. Harry Moberly will be the keynote speaker.

Of the 25 names that have been added to the monument this year and will be dedicated at the ceremony, three are of officers killed in 2007.

Barren County Constable Ronnie K. Jones was killed April 2, 2007 when his patrol car was struck by a tractor trailer. The tractor trailer crossed into Jones' traffic lane, striking the patrol car.

Clay City Chief Randy Lacy was shot and killed on June 13, 2007 by a prisoner who was sitting in the back seat of his patrol car. Lacy was transporting the prisoner for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Forest Hills Chief Randy Wells was killed on October 29, 2007 when his patrol car was hit by a box truck. Wells was blocking traffic when the truck crashed into the back of his vehicle.

The other 22 lawmen whose names will be dedicated at the memorial ceremony were killed in the line of duty between 1875 and 1995, but their names were not added to the national memorial until recently. The criteria for having a name placed on the Kentucky Law Enforcement Memorial is that it be on the National Law Enforcement Memorial.

Those officers' names are: