LYNN – Police Chief Kevin Coppinger and a handful of police officers traveled to Washington, D.C. this week for National Police Week 2013 and to honor one of their own.Police Lt. Chris Kelly said he submitted an application to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund to have former Police Officer Andrew J. Tufts’ name added to the memorial wall in Washington and it was accepted.”Officer Tufts died in the line of duty on March 9, 1958, after suffering a heart attack during a foot pursuit of a prisoner on Winnipurkit Avenue,” Kelly noted. “He was 52 years of age and a 28-year veteran of the department at the time of his death. He left behind a wife and two children.”According to the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund website the memorial is a national monument to law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty. Dedicated on Oct. 15, 1991, the Memorial honors federal, state and local law enforcement officers “who have made the ultimate sacrifice for the safety and protection of our nation and its people.”Kelly said he was recently notified by the Memorial Fund that the application had been approved and Tufts’ name was scheduled to be added to the wall May 13, which is also the 25th anniversary of the Memorial Service.”I have remained in contact with the Tufts family, who are very thankful for this honor,” Kelly said. “Several members of their family will be in attendance on May 13 for the dedication.”Kelly said representatives from the department were scheduled to be on hand for the ceremony as well.With the addition of Tufts, the Lynn Police Department now has four officers who officially have died in the line of duty and whose names are included in the National Law Enforcement Memorial, Kelly said. They include James Carroll, whose End of Watch came June 25, 1910 at age 52, when he was killed during a shootout with robbers. Frank Quinn died Feb. 16, 1933 at age 38 when he was shot twice in the head after questioning three suspicious men who were loitering in front of a store, and Gary Twyman, who died in 1995 at the age of 39, after being attacked by an individual with a machete.They join the unfortunate ranks of roughly 19,000 U.S. law enforcement officers who have been killed in the line of duty since the first death was recorded in 1791.Chris Stevens can be reached at [email protected].