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COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 3615
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN,
MONTANA, DECLARING
ITS ALLEGIANCE TO
CIVIL LIBERTIES AS
GUARANTEED IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS, THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION,
AND THE MONTANA CONSTITUTION AND ITS OPPOSITION TO THE PATRIOT
ACT.
WHEREAS, in response to the destruction of the World Trade Center towers
(WTC) in New
York City by a terrorist act on September 11,2001, the U.S. Congress passed the USA Patriot Act and
the Justice Department revised its internal orders restricting procedures for investigation and detention;
and
WHEREAS, the Bozeman City Commission supports programs to prevent such
terrorist
violence in the future and to protect the people from the consequences of such future attacks; and
WHEREAS, the Bozeman City Commission does not think it necessary or
desirable that such
programs should diminish civil rights that were enjoyed in America prior to the destruction of the WTC;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Bozeman houses a diverse population whose contributions
to the
community are vital to its character and function; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bozeman has gratitude for those in the armed forces
who defend and
protect these same cherished rights, including those who have made the supreme sacrifice doing so; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Bozeman City Commission have taken an oath
of office which
includes the protection and defense of these rights and liberties.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission the City of Bozeman,
Montana:
That the Bozeman City Commission reaffirms allegiance to civil liberties
guaranteed in the Bill
of Rights, the U.S. Constitution, and the Montana Constitution as core values of our society and nation,
and allegiance to the procedures that protect them; and opposes in Bozeman the possible curtailments
of people's civil liberties, be they local, state or federal; and reaffirms that the Bozeman Police
Department works to preserve the people's freedom of speech, religion, assembly, and privacy; rights
to counsel and due process in jUdicial proceedings; and protection from unreasonable searches and
seizures; and
That the Clerk of the Commission shall communicate this resolution
to all City departments, the
County Sheriff and the County Attorney, the Attorneys General of the State of Montana and the United
States, and the Montana Congressional delegation.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana,
at a
regular session thereof held on the 2nd day of September 2003.
s~ Z~bF~, Mayor
.
ATTEST:
(if of ~
BIN L. SULLIVAN
Clerk of the Commission
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