HomeMy WebLinkAbout17- Mayoral Proclamation - Peace Officer Memorial Day and Police WeekMAYORAL
PROCLAMATION
Peace Officer Memorial Day and
Police Week
WHEREAS, every day, peace officers face the threat of violence and danger. They
routinely put their lives on the line to defend ours, and the price of that bravery may
result in injury, disability, or death; and
WHEREAS, these men and women sustain peace and order in Bozeman, throughout
the state of Montana and across America, and we look to them as models of courage
and integrity; and
WHEREAS, we rely on law enforcement officers to keep our neighborhoods safe,
enforce our laws, and respond in times of crisis; and
WHEREAS, by a joint resolution approved on October 1, 1962, the President has
been authorized and requested to designate May 15 of each year as "Peace Officers
Memorial Day" and the week in which it falls as "Police Week., -
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that I, Carson Taylor, Mayor of the City of
Bozeman, do hereby proclaim May 15th as
Peace Officer's Memorial Day
and May 15th through May 21" as Police Week
We take this day and week to honor their extraordinary service and sacrifice and
we remember the fallen heroes whose selfless acts have left behind safer streets
and stronger communities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereto set my
hand and cause the Great Seal of the City to
be affixed this 15' day of May 2017.
Mayor Carson Taylor