THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY VULAKOVICH, STERN, GILLEN, BRENNAN, EVANKOVICH, WHITE, D. COSTA, VEREB, HACKETT, CAUSER, AUMENT, BAKER, BARRAR, BEAR, BENNINGHOFF, BISHOP, BOBACK, K. BOYLE, BRADFORD, BROOKS, V. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, COX, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DAVIS, DEASY, DeLUCA, DePASQUALE, DiGIROLAMO, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FARRY, FLECK, FREEMAN, GABLER, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, HAHN, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HARHART, HARPER, HEFFLEY, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, KAUFFMAN, KAVULICH, KILLION, KIRKLAND, KNOWLES, KOTIK, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MALONEY, MANN, MARSHALL, MARSICO, McGEEHAN, METZGAR, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILLER, MILNE, MIRABITO, MOUL, MURPHY, MUSTIO, NEUMAN, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PASHINSKI, PERRY, PICKETT, QUINN, READSHAW, ROCK, ROSS, SABATINA, SAMUELSON, SANTONI, SAYLOR, M. SMITH, SONNEY, STEPHENS, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, TOEPEL, TOOHIL AND YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 30, 2012

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, APRIL 30, 2012  

A RESOLUTION

Honoring the memory of law enforcement officers who gave their

lives in the line of duty in this Commonwealth and

recognizing the memorial service in their honor in Soldiers'

Grove at the State Capitol Complex on May 7, 2012.

WHEREAS, The following law enforcement officers have made the

ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty on the following dates:

Police Officer John David Dryer, East Washington Borough Police

Department, December 19, 2011; Patrolman Derek Kotecki, Lower

Burrell Police Department, October 12, 2011; Police Officer

Robert A. Lasso, Freemansburg Borough Police Department, August

11, 2011; and Deputy Sheriff Kyle Pagerly, Berks County

Sheriff's Department, June 29, 2011; and

WHEREAS, The deaths of these law enforcement officers make a

total of 726 officers who, through the year 2011, made the

ultimate sacrifice since the beginning of law enforcement within

this Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, A Venango County constable who died in April 1825 is

believed to be the first officer to have given his life in the

line of duty in this Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, "National Police Memorial Day" is held on May 15

each year; and

WHEREAS, The week containing May 15 is celebrated each year

as "National Police Week"; and

WHEREAS, On October 1, 1962, Joint Resolution 730 of the 87th

Congress of the United States was signed, authorizing the

President to proclaim May 15 of each year as "Peace Officers

Memorial Day"; and

WHEREAS, Twenty years passed before the first "National

Police Memorial Day" was recognized on May 15, 1982; and

WHEREAS, May 15 has continued to be observed annually in

memory of those police officers who made the ultimate sacrifice

in the line of duty; and

WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania State Lodge of the Fraternal Order

of Police presents the annual memorial service in this

Commonwealth; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the

memories of the following law enforcement officers who gave

their lives in the line of duty in this Commonwealth in 2011:

Police Officer John David Dryer, Patrolman Derek Kotecki, Police

Officer Robert A. Lasso and Deputy Sheriff Kyle Pagerly; and be

it further

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the

memorial service in their honor in Soldiers' Grove at the State

Capitol Complex on May 7, 2012.