Cultural/Worship: Award of Merit: Pikes Peak Region Peace Officers' Memorial

The centerpiece of the memorial is a spiral of sparkling, dark-gray concrete, etched with names of the officers who made the ultimate sacrifice for their communities.

Photo courtesy GE Johnson

Pikes Peak Region Peace Officers’ Memorial
Colorado Springs
Award of Merit

Owner: Pikes Peak Region Peace Officers’ Memorial
Lead Design Firm: NES Inc.
General Contractor: GE Johnson Construction Co.
Subcontractors: Colorado Hardscapes; Encore Electric; Art Castings of Colorado; Larry Terrafranca; Monarch Landscaping & Construction; Windsor Concrete Inc.; Rusin Concrete Construction; SignTech

This beautiful memorial honors the 32 police officers in El Paso and Teller counties who died in the line of duty. The centerpiece is a spiral of sparkling, dark-gray concrete, etched with names of the officers who made the ultimate sacrifice for their communities. A nearby wall features large bronze replicas of the badges of every law-enforcement jurisdiction in the two counties, plus those of the FBI, DEA and other agencies.

Visitors approach the memorial on a path decorated with the names of the memorial’s supporters. At the heart of the memorial is a bronze statue of the Lion of Lucerne, lying on its side with a sword impaling its ribs to represent the sacrifice of fallen officers.