The CPD Honor Guard is a 501(C)3 charitable organization comprised completely of volunteer officers whose primary mission is to participate at funeral services for active, retired, and reserve officers, as well as active and retired civilians. The City of Columbus Division of Police Honor Guard is a 501(3)c non-profit organization composed completely of volunteer Columbus Police Officers and Comma
nd Staff whose primary mission is to participate at funeral services for active, retired, and reserve officers, as well as active and retired civilian police personnel. The Honor Guard is primarily self-funded, and relies on very limited public funds for its maintenance and operation. These funds are for ceremonial equipment, scholarships the organization donates to, transportation, and upkeep on the Police Memorials at Genoa Park, the Columbus Police Academy, and Columbus Police Headquarters. In case of the tragic loss of a fallen officer, the Honor Guard also sends representation to the National Police Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. They also fund the Fallen Heroes' names being placed on their own Memorial Wall at Genoa Park, and the Memorials at the Columbus Police Academy and Columbus Police Headquarters, amongst many other expenses. In May 2017, members of the Columbus Division of Police Honor Guard will head to our Nation's Capital to add their own Fallen Hero's name, Officer Steven M.Smith, and historic Officer John Manning and Chief Frederick F. Kundts to the National Police Memorial Wall in Washington, DC. Their names can already be viewed on their own Memorial Wall at Genoa Park in their honor.
