2018 -- S 2893

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF MAY 13 THROUGH MAY 19, 2018, TO BE "NATIONAL

POLICE WEEK IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND", IN REMEMBRANCE OF ALL

POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE

LINE OF DUTY

     Introduced By: Senators Coyne, Algiere, Archambault, Satchell, and Sheehan

     Date Introduced: May 16, 2018

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, In 1962, President John Kennedy, signed a proclamation declaring May

15th of each year to be National Police Officers Memorial Day and the week in which May 15

falls to be National Police Week. In 1994, President Bill Jefferson Clinton directed that the

United States Flag be flown at half-staff every May 15th; and

     WHEREAS, This year, during the week of May 13 through May 19, we remember and

honor all the brave men and women serving as police and law enforcement officers through the

years who made the ultimate sacrifice in order to protect the public and in service to our nation;

and

     WHEREAS, The FBI database states that from 2008 to 2017, a total of 1,023 police

officers lost their lives in the line of duty across the United States. In 2016, 135 law enforcement

officers lost their lives in the line of duty, and last year 129 officers lost their lives; and

     WHEREAS, According to the Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP), a nonprofit

organization that keeps track of all statistics and facts related to law enforcement officers killed in

the line of duty, since 1791, there have been 23,305 known line-of-duty deaths, including 50 from

the State of Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, Each year during National Police Week, approximately 25,000 to 40,000

attendees congregate in Washington D.C. at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

where they attend vigils and services in honor and memory of all the police and law enforcement

officers who have perished in service to our nation; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby proclaims the week of May 13 through May 19, 2018, to be National Police Week in the

State of Rhode Island; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the International Brotherhood of Police

Officers, and to Mr. Chuck Canterbury, National President, Fraternal Order of Police.

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