The County of Bucks on Tuesday remembered its law enforcement officers lost in the line of duty since 1898 with the annual Project Blue Light wreath lighting ceremony.
Each year during the holiday season, the County displays the wreath – adorned with blue lights and 16 white ornaments, one for each fallen officer – from the third-floor rotunda of the Administration Building.
“As we reflect this holiday season on the things we’re grateful for, we’ll be remembering the brave law enforcement officers who gave everything in service to their communities,” said Commissioner Chair Bob Harvie. “These 16 men – and we hope we never have to add another name to this list – laid down their lives for our benefit, and that sacrifice must never be taken for granted.”
This year’s honor roll includes:
Pennsylvania State Deputy Constable Erwin Mondeau, 1898 Pennsylvania State Constable Henry A. Kolbe, 1914 Bucks County Sheriff Abram L. Kulp, 1927 Quakertown Borough Police Officer Edward W. Shearer, 1936 Dublin Borough Police Chief Eli M. Myers, 1965 Bristol Township Police Detective George F. Stuckey, 1972 Bensalem Township Police Officer James K. Armstrong, 1975 Bensalem Township Police Officer Robert A. Yezzi, 1980 Bucks County Deputy Sheriff Thomas A. Bateman, 1986 Bucks County Deputy Sheriff George M. Warta, Jr., 1986 Bucks County Ranger Stanley E. Flynn, 1993 Plumstead Township Police Officer Joseph E. Hanusey III, 2002 Newtown Borough Police Officer Brian S. Gregg, 2005 Middletown Township Police Officer Christopher C. Jones, 2009 Bucks County Ranger Thomas Booz, 2020 Warrington Township K9 Officer Stephen C. Plum, 2022
Project Blue Light is a nationwide observance begun more than 30 years ago by Dolly Craig of Philadelphia.
PHOTO: Law enforcement officials from throughout Bucks County joined County officials Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, for the annual Project Blue Light wreath lighting ceremony held each year in honor of law enforcement officers from Bucks County who lost their lives in the line of duty.
In 1988, Craig placed two blue candle lights in the window of her home: one in honor of her son-in-law, Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Gleason, killed in the line of duty 1986; and one for her daughter Pam, Gleason’s wife, who died in an auto crash in 1988. The couple had six children.
Craig wrote of her simple gesture to Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) an organization dedicated to families of fallen officers, which helped the idea take hold nationally.
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