HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2004-056 - Peace Officers Days
..- ~
e
e
RESOLUTION NO. 2004-56
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
PROCLAIMING MAY 6 AND MAY 7, 2004 AS "CALIFORNIA I)EACE
OFFICERS' MEMORIAL DAYS"; MAY 13,2004 AS "SHASTA COUNTY PEACE
OFFICERS' MEMORIAL DAY"; AND MAY 9 THROUGH MAY 15, 2004 AS
"NATIONAL PEACE OFFICERS' WEEK" IN THE CITY OF REDDING.
WHEREAS, May 6 and May 7, 2004 have been designated by the California State
Legislature as California Peace Officers' Memorial Days; and
WHEREAS, the week of May 9 through May 15, 2004, has been designated
"N ational Peace Officers' Week" by both an Act of Congress and Presidential Proclamation;
and
WHEREAS, in 2003, 148 officers were killed nationwide, with 17 California
officers being killed in the line of duty; 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, be it resolved that the City Council ofthe City of Redding
hereby proclaims May 6 and May 7, 2004, as "California Peace Officers' Memorial Days";
Thursday, May 13, 2004, as "Shasta County Peace Officers Memorial Day"; and May 9
through 15,2004, as "National Police Officers' Memorial Week" in the City of Redding.
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 13, 2004, in honor of the police officers and fire fighters
killed in the line of duty during 2003.
a
~
V't
~
.
e
e
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced, read and
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 20th day of April, 2004, by the
following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
I
~
A ttl!~t; (.
COUNCIL MEMBERS: Cibula, Kight, Mathena, Stegall and Pohlmeyer
COUNCIL Ml8:MBERS: None
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
I "
j' ,
" ~
L~
'. "
"
-'L;' -_
Co'nnie'S,trohm\ayer ' ()
City Clerk. '_ '
Form Approved:
k L-
Brad L. Fuller
City Attorney
~
fZ.-. l '-~
-