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Meeting Date
5/4/2016
Department
Public Safety
Title of Request
National Police Week Proclamation
Staff Recommendation
Adopt Resolution 2016-085 proclaiming Sunday, May 15, 2016 as Police Officers' Memorial
Day and the week of May 15 - May 21, 2016 as National Police Week
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Adopt Resolution Proclaiming National Police Week Resolution 4/27/2016
2016
RESOLUTION NO. 2016-[Resolution Number]
PROCLAIMING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK MAY 15 THROUGH 21, 2016
AND
PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL DAY MAY 15, 2016
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 21,000 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, Steven Sandberg, from the Aitkin County Sheriff's Office,
will be added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial from 2015. In addition to the national number of 123
officers who died in 2015, and
WHEREAS, the service and sacrifice of all officers killed in the line of duty will be honored during National Police
Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund 28th Annual Candlelight Vigil, in Washington D.C., on the evening of Friday,
May 13, 2016, and
th
WHEREAS, May 15 is 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.
Kennedy in 1961. It was resolved in Congress that May 15th 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
Sunday, May 15th, 2016.
NOW,THEREFORE, I, Myron Bailey, Mayor of the City of Cottage Grove, do hereby proclaim the week of May
15-21, 2016, as National Police Week, and Sunday, May 15, 2016, 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.
Passed this 4th day of May 2016.
Myron Bailey, Mayor
Attest:
Joseph Fischbach, City Clerk