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PROCLAMATION
NATIONAL POLICE WEEK MAY 11 THROUGH 17, 2014
AND
PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL DAY MAY 15, 2014
WHEREAS
, there are over approximately 900,000 law enforcement officers serving in
communities across the United States, including the dedicated members of the Cottage Grove Police
Department, and
WHEREAS
, some 60,000 assaults against law enforcement officers are reported each year,
resulting in approximately 16,000 injuries, and
WHEREAS
, since the first recorded death in 1791, nearly 19,000 law enforcement officers in
the United States have made the ultimate sacrifice and been killed in the line of duty, and
WHEREAS
, the names of these dedicated public servants are engraved on the walls of the
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C, and
WHEREAS
, this year, 3 Minnesota fallen officer’s name will be added to the National Law
Enforcement Officers Memorial from 2013. In addition to the national number of 111officers who died
in 2013,and
WHEREAS
, the service and sacrifice of all officers killed in the line of duty will be honored
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during National Police Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund 26 Annual Candlelight Vigil, in
Washington D.C., on the evening of Tuesday, May 13, 2014, and
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WHEREAS
, May 15is designated as Peace Officers' Memorial Day, in honor of all fallen and
their families, and
WHEREAS
, the first recognition of Police Week and Peace Officers Memorial Day was signed
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by President John F. Kennedy in 1961. It was resolved in Congress that May 15 be designated
Police Officers Memorial Day and the week in which falls designated as Police Week. The purpose of
Peace Officers Memorial Day is to honor the police officer at all levels of government who have been
killed or disabled in the line of duty. Staff from Cottage Grove’s Police Department will attend the
Peace Officers Memorial service held at the Minnesota Peace Officer’s Memorial in St.Paul, MN on
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Thursday, May 15, 2014.
NOW, THEREFORE
, I, Myron Bailey, Mayor of the City of Cottage Grove, do hereby proclaim
the week of May 11-17, 2014, as National Police Week, and Wednesday, May 15, 2014, as Peace
Officers' Memorial Day in the City of Cottage Grove, and urge Cottage Grove residents and civic
organizations to salute our dedicated law enforcement officers in our community and in communities
across the nation.
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Passed this 16day of April 2014.
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Myron Bailey, Mayor