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From YouTube: Artscapes - "In Honor of the Fallen"

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With the completed installation of a sculpture outside of the new Oklahoma City Police headquarters, OKC’s fallen officers have a permanent memorial honoring their sacrifice and service.

The installation of “In Honor of the Fallen,” an aluminum and dichroic glass sculpture on a concrete pedestal-like foundation, was completed in November of 2015 outside of the building’s public entrance.

The sculpture, by California artist Gordon Huether, is designed to be the site of the department’s yearly ceremony honoring fallen officers as well as a permanent, everyday memorial.

“My team and I are very grateful for the opportunity to honor law enforcement in Oklahoma City,” Huether said. “It is our hope this public art installation will not only honor the fallen but be an enduring contribution to the Oklahoma Police Department and to the Oklahoma community at large.”

The $207,500 project is funded by OKC’s 1% for Art ordinance, which requires 1 percent of the construction budget for public projects to be spent on public art. A second art project will be installed inside the headquarters.

The sculpture is 12 feet tall when measured from the base of the pedestal, which is 18 feet in diameter and integrated into the surrounding entrance plaza.