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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
PROCLAIMING MARCH 17, 2015, TO BE "LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE SERVICE | |
DEPARTMENT DAY" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Senator Michael J. McCaffrey | |
Date Introduced: March 18, 2015 | |
Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
1 | WHEREAS, On every day of the year, law enforcement officers and fire service |
2 | department professionals work diligently and tirelessly to protect the people and property in |
3 | Rhode Island; and |
4 | WHEREAS, These dedicated individuals undergo rigorous training and extensively study |
5 | safety and protection issues in order to best serve the residents of our great state. Their |
6 | responsibilities require an abundance of physical strength, courage, and stamina, and an abiding |
7 | and selfless concern for the safety of others; and |
8 | WHEREAS, Our law enforcement officers and fire department personnel protect our |
9 | schools, public meeting places, our homes and our physical safety twenty-four hours a day, every |
10 | day of the year. It is because of them that we are able to daily go about our lives with a reasonable |
11 | expectation of being safe and secure; and |
12 | WHEREAS, All too often, these devoted public service heroes pay the ultimate price in |
13 | order to protect us from dangerous and hazardous situations. These dedicated servants always |
14 | answer the call and always come to the aid of those in need, regardless of the dangers they face or |
15 | the possible consequences they may endure; now, therefore be it |
16 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
17 | hereby proclaims March 17, 2015, to be "Law Enforcement and Fire Service Department Day" in |
18 | the State of Rhode Island. We furthermore thank the members of this "fraternity" for their |
19 | tireless, diligent and valorous service on every day to the citizens of Rhode Island; and be it |
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1 | further |
2 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
3 | transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Paul Reed, President of the Rhode Island |
4 | Association of Firefighters, Colonel Richard Silva, Rhode Island Police Chiefs Association, |
5 | Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Bob Sweeney, |
6 | President, RES Associates. |
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