PRINTER'S NO. 3544
No. 690 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY STERN, KING, PERRY, SABATINA, D. O'BRIEN, GEORGE, GRELL, MAJOR, BEYER, SWANGER, KENNEY, SAINATO, GODSHALL, FABRIZIO, RUBLEY, BELFANTI, GRUCELA, RAMALEY, BAKER, HELM, PAYNE, YOUNGBLOOD, VULAKOVICH, JAMES, READSHAW, RAPP, GEIST, CREIGHTON, HERSHEY, MILLARD, SANTONI, LENTZ, SOLOBAY, ROAE, MANN, MARKOSEK, PHILLIPS, BROOKS, PYLE, SCAVELLO, CAPPELLI, SIPTROTH, SAYLOR, GINGRICH, DiGIROLAMO, COHEN, WOJNAROSKI, FRANKEL, CALTAGIRONE, MURT, JOSEPHS, HARPER, KOTIK, CLYMER, BRENNAN, NAILOR, REICHLEY, CASORIO, FLECK, GOODMAN, PICKETT, ROSS, MANTZ, McILHATTAN, MELIO, FAIRCHILD, DALEY, R. STEVENSON, J. WHITE, PETRARCA, MUSTIO, CIVERA, CAUSER, MARSHALL, PETRONE, PALLONE, HARHART, McGEEHAN, FREEMAN, O'NEILL, K. SMITH, MYERS, MOYER, MILNE, BOBACK, MOUL, KULA, ARGALL, HUTCHINSON, LONGIETTI, DeLUCA, BENNINGHOFF, HORNAMAN, BEAR, HENNESSEY, EVERETT, R. MILLER, BASTIAN, SONNEY, CONKLIN, WATSON, BOYD, GILLESPIE, QUINN, HESS, MANDERINO AND DENLINGER, APRIL 3, 2008
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, APRIL 3, 2008
A RESOLUTION 1 Honoring the memory of the law enforcement officers who gave 2 their lives in the line of duty in this Commonwealth and 3 recognizing the memorial service in their honor in Soldiers' 4 Grove at the State Capitol Complex on May 5, 2008. 5 WHEREAS, Officer Walter Barclay of the Philadelphia Police 6 Department made the ultimate sacrifice on August 19, 2007; and 7 WHEREAS, Officer Scott Ball of the Pennsylvania State Police 8 made the ultimate sacrifice on August 27, 2007; and 9 WHEREAS, Officer Charles Cassidy of the Philadelphia Police 10 Department made the ultimate sacrifice on November 1, 2007; and 11 WHEREAS, The deaths of these law enforcement officers make a
1 total of 702 officers who, through the year 2007, made the 2 ultimate sacrifice since the beginning of law enforcement within 3 this Commonwealth; and 4 WHEREAS, A Venango County constable who died in April 1825 is 5 believed to be the first officer to have given his life in the 6 line of duty in this Commonwealth; and 7 WHEREAS, "National Police Memorial Day" is held on May 15 8 each year; and 9 WHEREAS, The week containing May 15, is celebrated each year 10 as "National Police Week"; and 11 WHEREAS, On October 1, 1962, Joint Resolution 730 of the 87th 12 Congress of the United States was signed, authorizing the 13 President to proclaim May 15 of each year as "Peace Officers 14 Memorial Day"; and 15 WHEREAS, Twenty years passed before the first "National 16 Police Memorial Day" was recognized on May 15, 1982; and 17 WHEREAS, May 15 has continued to be observed annually in 18 memory of those police officers who made the ultimate sacrifice 19 in the line of duty; and 20 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania State Lodge of the Fraternal Order 21 of Police presents the annual memorial service in this 22 Commonwealth; therefore be it 23 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the 24 memories of Officer Walter Barclay, Officer Scott Ball and 25 Officer Charles Cassidy, the law enforcement officers who gave 26 their lives in the line of duty in this Commonwealth in 2007, 27 and recognize the memorial service in their honor in Soldiers' 28 Grove at the State Capitol Complex on May 5, 2008. C14L82JS/20080H0690R3544 - 2 -