HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 09- National Police Week, May 10-16 Proclamation~J Mayoral Proclamation -National Police Week, May 10-16, 2009
To honor the service and sacrifice of those law enforcement officers killed in the line
of duty while protecting our communities and safeguarding our democracy.
WHEREAS, there are approximately 900,000 law enforcement officers serving in
communities across the United States, including 54 sworn members of the Bozeman Police
' ~ Department;
~~+ WHEREAS, some 60,000 assaults against law. enforcement officers are reported each
year, resulting in approximately 16,000 injuries;
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WHEREAS, since the first recorded death in 1792, .more than 18,000 law enforcement
J officers in the United States have made the ultimate sacrifice and been killed in the line of
~~ duty, including 116 members from Montana;
WHEREAS, the names of these dedicated public servants are. engraved on the walls of
the National Law Enforcement ..Officers Memorial, which was dedicated in 1991 in
Washington D.C.;
WHEREAS, 387 names are being added o the National Law Enforcement Officers
Memorial this spring, including 133' officers killed in; 200$ and 254 officers killed in
previous years;
WHEREAS, the service and sacrifice of all officers killed in the line of duty wi1T be
honored, and the names of the officers newly engraved on the Memorial will be formally
dedicated, during the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund's 21st Annual
Candlelight Vigil, on the evening of Wednesday, May°l3, 2009;
WHEREAS, the Candlelight Vigil is part of National Police Week, which takes place
this year on May 10-16;
WHEREAS, May 15 is designated as Peace Officers Memorial Day, with federal law
(P.L. 103-322) directing that all flags be flown at half-staff on that date in honor of fallen
officer and their families;
THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City of Bozeman formally declares May 10-16,
2009 as Police Week in Bozeman, Montana and publicly salutes the service of law
enforcement officers in our community and in communities across the nation.
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Kaaren Jacobson, ayor