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RESOLUTION NO. 98- � � �
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF MAY 10-'i6, 1998 AS "NATIONAL POLICE
OFFICERS' MEMORIAL WEEK," AND MAY 14, 1998, AS "POLICE
MEIVIORIAL DAY" IN THE CITY OF REDDING.
WHEREAS, the week of May 10 through 16, 1998, has been designated "National
Police Officers' Week," by both an Act of Congress and Presidential Proclamation; and
ValHEREAS, this week has been set aside to commemorate the over 13,600 law
enforcement officers slain in the line of duty during the course of American history; and
WHEREAS, in 1997, 116 officers were killed nationwide, with fourteen (14)
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 Sheriff s 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 the
week of May 10 through 16, 1998, as "National Police Officers' Memorial Week," and
Thursday, May 14, 1998 as "Police Memorial Day" in the City of Redding;
SE 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 atl City of Redding flags be
flown at half-mast on Thursday, May 14, 1998, in honor of the police officers killed in the
line of duty during 1997.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was introduced, read, and
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 1 c r day of A r�r;�, 1998, by the
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following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:Cibula , Kight , McGeorge , Kehoe , Anderson
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:�one
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:None
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