PRINTER'S NO. 1715
No. 171 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY L. I. COHEN, ADOLPH, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, M. BAKER,
BARD, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BUXTON,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPABIANCA, CAPPELLI, CASORIO, CAWLEY,
CREIGHTON, CRUZ, CURRY, DALEY, DERMODY, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI,
J. EVANS, FAIRCHILD, FEESE, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FLICK, FRANKEL,
FREEMAN, GEORGE, GODSHALL, HARHAI, HARPER, HENNESSEY,
HERSHEY, HESS, HORSEY, JAMES, KENNEY, LaGROTTA, LAUGHLIN,
LEDERER, LESCOVITZ, MACKERETH, MANN, McILHATTAN, McNAUGHTON,
S. MILLER, O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PHILLIPS, PIPPY, PRESTON,
READSHAW, ROBINSON, ROSS, RUBLEY, SANTONI, SATHER, SCHULER,
SEMMEL, SHANER, B. SMITH, STABACK, STURLA, THOMAS, TRAVAGLIO,
WASHINGTON, WATERS, WATSON, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND WALKO,
APRIL 26, 2001
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 26, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating May 13 through 19, 2001 as "National Police Week" in
2 Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Approximately 600 police officers have made the
4 ultimate sacrifice since the beginning of law enforcement within
5 this Commonwealth by being killed in the line of duty; and
6 WHEREAS, National Police Memorial Day is held on May 15th of
7 each year; and
8 WHEREAS, Across the United States the week of May 13 through
9 19, 2001 is designated as "National Police Week"; and
10 WHEREAS, The first National Police Memorial Day was held on
11 May 15, 1962, following a proclamation signed by President John
12 F. Kennedy, and has continued to be observed annually in memory
1 of those police officers who made the ultimate sacrifice in the
2 line of duty; therefore be it
3 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the memory
4 of the hundreds of police officers who gave their lives in the
5 line of duty in this Commonwealth; and be it further
6 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate May 13
7 through 19, 2001 as "National Police Week" in Pennsylvania.
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