PRINTER'S NO. 1609
No. 267 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY AND STACK, MAY 10, 2004
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 10, 2004
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the week of May 9 through 15, 2004, as "National
2 Police Week" and May 10, 2004, as "National Police Officers'
3 Memorial Day" in Pennsylvania.
4 WHEREAS, Approximately 600 police officers have made the
5 ultimate sacrifice since the beginning of law enforcement within
6 this Commonwealth by being killed in the line of duty; and
7 WHEREAS, Across the United States the week of May 9 through
8 15, 2004, will be recognized as "National Police Week"; and
9 WHEREAS, The first National Police Officers' Memorial Day was
10 held on May 15, 1962, following a proclamation signed by
11 President John F. Kennedy, and has continued to be observed
12 annually in memory of those police officers who made the
13 ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty; therefore be it
14 RESOLVED, That the Senate honor the memory of the hundreds of
15 police officers who gave their lives in the line of duty in this
16 Commonwealth; and be it further
17 RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the week of May 9 through
18 15, 2004, as "National Police Week" and May 10, 2004, as
1 "National Police Officers' Memorial Day" in Pennsylvania.
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