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RESOLUTION NO. 2001-513
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDDING PROCLAIMING MAY 3 AND MAY 4, 2001 AS
"CALIFORNIA PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL DAYS"; MAY
17, 2001 AS "SHASTA COUNTY PEACE OFFICERS'
MEMORIAL DAY";AND MAY 13 THROUGH MAY 19,2001 AS
"NATIONAL PEACE OFFICERS' WEEK" IN THE CITY OF
REDDING.
WHEREAS, May 3 and May 4, 2001 have been designated California Peace
Officers' Memorial Days; and
WHEREAS, the week of May 13 through May 19, 2000 has been designated
"National Peace Officers' Week" by both an Act of Congress and Presidential
Proclamation; and
WHEREAS, in 2000, 147 officers were killed nationwide, with ten California
officers being feloniously killed; and
WHEREAS, the safety of our citizenry greatly depends on the services of the
Redding Police Department, the Shasta County Sheriffs Department, and the
Anderson Police Department, as well as the many county, state and federal
agencies that make up the law enforcement community in Shasta County;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Redding hereby
proclaims May 3 and May 4, 2001 as "California Peace Officers' Memorial Days";
Thursday, May 17, 2001 as "Shasta County Peace Officers Memorial Day"; and
May 13 through 19, 2001 as "National Police Officers' Memorial Week" in the City
of Redding.
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Resolution 2001- 53
National Peace Officers' Memorial Week
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council urges residents and civic
organizations to salute this City's dedicated law enforcement professionals by
attending the Shasta County Peace Officers' Memorial, and directs that all City of
Redding flags be flown at half-mast on Thursday, May 17, 2001 in honor of the
police officers killed in the line of duty during 2000.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced, read and
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 3rd day of April , 2001 by
the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Cibula, Kight, Pohlmeyer, Stegall and McGeorge
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
David c ,rge, or 7-
Attest:
Attest: Form Approved:
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Connie Strohmayer W. Leonard Winge0
City Clerk City Attorney