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PROCLAMATION
NATIONAL POLICE WEEK MAY 12 THROUGH 18, 2019
AND
PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY MAY 15, 2019
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 over
16,000 injuries, and
WHEREAS, since the first recorded death in 1791, over 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 two police officers' names from Minnesota will be added to the National Law Enforcement
Officers Memorial from 2018 in addition to the national number of 158 officers who died in 2018, and
WHEREAS, the service and sacrifice of all officers killed in the line of duty will be honored during the National
Law Enforcement Officers Memorial's 31st Annual Candlelight Vigil, in Washington D.C., on the evening of Monday, May
13, 2019, and
WHEREAS, May 15th 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 it 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
Wednesday, May 15th, 2019 as well as attending the Law Enforcement Memorial Day service at the Historic Courthouse
in Stillwater, MN.
NOW,THEREFORE, the Mayor and City Council of the City of Cottage Grove, do hereby proclaim the week of
May 12-18, 2019, as National Police Week, and Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 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 1�t day of May 2019.
Myron Bailey, Mayor