PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 47 PRINTER'S NO. 723
No. 9 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, WAGNER, MOWERY, KUKOVICH, M. WHITE, LAVALLE,
ERICKSON, COSTA, DENT, LEMMOND, MUSTO, WONDERLING, ROBBINS,
CORMAN, CONTI, LOGAN, THOMPSON, SCHWARTZ, RAFFERTY, BOSCOLA,
RHOADES, TARTAGLIONE, O'PAKE, KITCHEN, WENGER, C. WILLIAMS,
WAUGH, KASUNIC, EARLL AND STACK, JANUARY 23, 2003
SENATOR CONTI, LAW AND JUSTICE, AS AMENDED, APRIL 22, 2003
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the week of May 11 through 17, 2003, as "National
2 Police Week" and May 15, 2003, as "National Police Officers'
3 Memorial Day." 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, National Police Officers' Memorial Day is held on
8 May 15 of each year; and
9 WHEREAS, Across the United States the week of May 11 through
10 17, 2003, is recognized as "National Police Week"; and
11 WHEREAS, The first National Police Officers' Memorial Day was
12 held on May 15, 1962, following a proclamation signed by
13 President John F. Kennedy, and has continued to be observed
14 annually in memory of those police officers who made the
15 ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty; therefore be it
16 RESOLVED, That the Senate honor the memory of the hundreds of
17 police officers who gave their lives in the line of duty in this
1 Commonwealth; and be it further
2 RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the week of May 11
3 through 17, 2003, as "National Police Week" and May 15, 2003, as
4 "National Police Officers' Memorial Day." DAY" IN PENNSYLVANIA. <--
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