HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-05-06 PACKET 04.C. REQUEST OF CITY COUNCIL ACTION COUNCIL AGENDA
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DATE 05/06/15 •
PREPARED BY: Public Safety Craig Woolery
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT STAFF AUTHOR
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COUNCIL ACTION REQUEST:
Pass a resolution to proclaim Tuesday, May 15 as Police Officers' Memorial Day and the week
of May 10 — May 16, 2015 as National Police Week. Locally, there are two memorial services
held.
➢ Washington County Sheriff's Office Law Enforcement Memorial Day
Date: May 15, 2013 12 noon
Location: Washington County Historic Court House, 101 W. Pine Street, Stillwater, MN
➢ Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Services
Date: May 14-15, 2015
Location: Peace Officers' Memorial at the State Capitol - 20 12th St W, Saint Paul, MN
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Pass a resolution to proclaim Tuesday, May 15 as Police Officers' Memorial Day and the week
of May 10 — May 16, 2015 as National Police Week.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS:
❑ RESOLUTION:
❑ PROCLAMATION
ADMINISTRATORS COMMENTS:
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COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN: ❑ APPROVED ❑ DENIED ❑ OTHER
RESOLUTION NO. 2015-\[Resolution Number\]
PROCLAIMING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK MAY 10 THROUGH 16, 2015
AND
PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL DAY MAY 15, 2015
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 20,000 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, 1 Minnesota fallen officer’s name, Scott Patrick, will be added to the National Law
Enforcement Officers Memorial from 2014. In addition to the national number of 127 officers who died in 2014, and
WHEREAS, the service and sacrifice of all officers killed in the line of duty will be honored during National Police
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Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund 27 Annual Candlelight Vigil, in Washington D.C., on the evening of
Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 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 by President John F.
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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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Friday, May 15, 2015.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Myron Bailey, Mayor of the City of Cottage Grove, do hereby proclaim the week of May
10-16, 2015, as National Police Week, and Friday, May 15, 2015, 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 6 day of May 2015.
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Myron Bailey, Mayor
Attest:
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Joseph Fischbach, City Clerk