HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Proclamation - Peace Officers Memorial Week Z�OCLAMJATION
Peace Officers' Memorial Week
May 11 — 15, 2015
WHEREAS, there are approximately 900,000 law enforcement officers
serving in communities across the United States, including the dedicated
members of the Seal Beach Police Department; and
WHEREAS, nearly 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, almost 20,000 law
enforcement officers in the United States have made the ultimate
sacrifice and been killed in the line of duty, including one member of the
Seal Beach Police Department; 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, Peace Officers' Memorial Week was designed to honor the
dedicated men and women of law enforcement who lost their lives in the
line of duty; and
WHEREAS, former President John F. Kennedy designated May 15th as
Peace Officers' Memorial Day and by a joint resolution approved October
1, 1962, as amended (76 Stat. 676), and by Public Law 103-322, as
amended (36 U.S.C. 136-137), the President has been authorized and
requested to designate May 15th of each year as "Peace Officers Memorial
Day" and the week in which it falls as "Police Week"; and
WHEREAS, May 15th is designated as Peace Officers Memorial Day, in
honor of all fallen officers and their families and U.S. flags should be
flown at half-staff.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED, that the Seal Beach City
Council formally designates May 11-15, 2015 as:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereby affix my signature and the seal of the
City of Seal Beach this Eleventh Day of May in the Year Two Thousand
Fifteen.
Ellery A. aton, Mayor
Mayor Pro Tem: David W. Sloan
City Council Members:
Sandra Massa-Lavitt
Gary A. Miller
Mike Varipapa