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<\/p>\nThe 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.<\/p>\n
Each year during the holiday season, the County displays the wreath \u2013 adorned with blue lights and 16 white ornaments, one for each fallen officer \u2013 from the third-floor rotunda of the Administration Building.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we reflect this holiday season on the things we\u2019re grateful for, we\u2019ll be remembering the brave law enforcement officers who gave everything in service to their communities,\u201d said Commissioner Chair Bob Harvie. \u201cThese 16 men \u2013 and we hope we never have to add another name to this list \u2013 laid down their lives for our benefit, and that sacrifice must never be taken for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s honor roll includes: \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania State Deputy Constable Erwin Mondeau, 1898 \u00a0\u00a0Pennsylvania State Constable Henry A. Kolbe, 1914 \u00a0\u00a0Bucks County Sheriff Abram L. Kulp, 1927 \u00a0\u00a0Quakertown Borough Police Officer Edward W. Shearer, 1936 \u00a0\u00a0Dublin Borough Police Chief Eli M. Myers, 1965 \u00a0\u00a0Bristol Township Police Detective George F. Stuckey, 1972 \u00a0\u00a0Bensalem Township Police Officer James K. Armstrong, 1975 \u00a0\u00a0Bensalem Township Police Officer Robert A. Yezzi, 1980 \u00a0\u00a0Bucks County Deputy Sheriff Thomas A. Bateman, 1986 \u00a0\u00a0Bucks County Deputy Sheriff George M. Warta, Jr., 1986 \u00a0\u00a0Bucks County Ranger Stanley E. Flynn, 1993 \u00a0\u00a0Plumstead Township Police Officer Joseph E. Hanusey III, 2002 \u00a0\u00a0Newtown Borough Police Officer Brian S. Gregg, 2005 \u00a0\u00a0Middletown Township Police Officer Christopher C. Jones, 2009 \u00a0\u00a0Bucks County Ranger Thomas Booz, 2020 \u00a0\u00a0Warrington Township K9 Officer Stephen C. Plum, 2022 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Project Blue Light is a nationwide observance begun more than 30 years ago by Dolly Craig of Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
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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.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s wife, who died in an auto crash in 1988. The couple had six children. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n