Bulletin Honors
Ingham County Law Enforcement Memorial
In 1998, the Ingham County, Michigan, Sheriff’s Office (ICSO) began raising funds — through private donations from local businesses and commemorative brick sales — for the Ingham County Law Enforcement Memorial.
Bronze plaques display the names of 12 fallen officers from departments throughout the county. A hexagonal block base supports a granite top, which includes two life-sized bronzed statues of Ingham County deputies in honor guard uniforms ceremoniously presenting a flag.
Local voters approved funding for the new Ingham County Justice Complex in 2018. Construction began in 2020, and the memorial was carefully dismantled and preserved for relocation. It was reconstructed in 2023 as the centerpiece of the complex courtyard, leading to the entrances of the ICSO, correctional facility, and 55th Judicial District Court. The memorial is surrounded by the flags of Ingham County, the state of Michigan, and the United States, as well as benches and a donor plaque.
Also in 2023, the Lansing Police Department discovered that two additional line-of-duty deaths were not recognized on the memorial. On May 6, 1901, 45-year-old Officer George Brown died from a heart attack while struggling with an intoxicated inmate at the Lansing jail. On December 24, 1947, 37-year-old Detective Sergeant Homer Hatt died from a heart attack shortly after being struck in the chest while attempting to stop a fight between two men. To ensure their sacrifice was never forgotten, the ICSO added both names to the memorial in 2024, over a century after Officer Brown made his sacrifice.
The memorial serves as a solemn reminder of the ultimate sacrifice made and the services provided by local law enforcement officers. A countywide law enforcement memorial ceremony is held at the site every May.
