St. Louis Police Hold 40th Memorial Breakfast

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department held its 40th annual Memorial Breakfast on Friday, according to local television reports and department materials. The event was presented as the department’s yearly observance for officers killed in the line of duty. Local coverage showed department leaders, families and supporters attending the breakfast in St. Louis. The ceremony extended a memorial tradition the department publicly documented last year at its 39th annual breakfast. ### What was held in St. Louis on Friday? Friday’s event was the 40th annual SLMPD Memorial Breakfast, according to First Alert 4 coverage carried on partner platforms. The station reported that the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department hosted the breakfast that morning. St. Louis police describe the breakfast as part of their annual remembrance of officers who died in the line of duty. A department post about the 39th annual breakfast in May 2025 said the event honored fallen officers and drew hundreds of guests. ### Who was being honored at the breakfast? The 2025 memorial breakfast honored 167 St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officers killed in the line of duty from 1863 to 2024, according to the department’s official recap of that event. (msn.com) That figure is the most specific publicly available count tied to the annual breakfast in department materials surfaced in current reporting. (slmpd.org) FOX 2’s report on the 39th annual breakfast said families, supporters and friends remembered about 167 officers, with losses spanning from 1863 to 2024. That account aligns with the department’s own description of the 2025 ceremony. ### Which groups have been tied to the memorial breakfast? The St. Louis Police Foundation was listed by SLMPD as a co-host of the 39th annual Memorial Breakfast in 2025. (slmpd.org) The department said that event was sponsored by Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield through the foundation. The foundation says on its website that it provides monetary support, services and goods to the St. Louis Metropolitan and St. (fox2now.com) Louis County police departments. The group says it has raised more than $55 million since its founding in 2007 for programs, training and equipment. ### How does this year’s event fit into the department’s recent public memorials? May 5, 2025 marked the department’s 39th annual Memorial Breakfast, with retired Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence “Larry” O’Toole, executive director of The BackStoppers, serving as keynote speaker, according to SLMPD. (slmpd.org) That public record shows the breakfast is an established annual observance rather than a one-off event. (stlouispolicefoundation.org) The St. Louis Police Officers’ Memorial Fund says it sends families of the fallen, coworkers, active officers, retired officers and civilian employees of SLMPD to memorial events. That indicates the department’s remembrance calendar extends beyond a single breakfast each year. ### What can readers verify directly from official or local sources? The City of St. Louis directs readers from its government website to the official SLMPD site for police information and department resources. (slmpd.org) The city’s police events page also serves as a public location for department meetings and events, though no listing for the breakfast was displayed in the next-30-days calendar snapshot available Saturday. (slpomf.org) First Alert 4’s video page showed the memorial breakfast story as updated on Friday, and YouTube and MSN copies of the segment repeated the same basic fact pattern: SLMPD hosted its 40th annual Memorial Breakfast in St. Louis on Friday. June 16, 2026 is the next dated public event currently listed on an SLMPD-affiliated site, when the Police Athletic League plans its 23rd annual golf tournament in St. (stlouis-mo.gov) Louis. Readers can also monitor SLMPD and St. Louis Police Foundation websites for future memorial and department event postings. (palstlouis.org) (msn.com)