HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso. 2026-030 - Peace Officer Memorial Day Resolution sozuTl�N ��. �ozs-o�o
A SOLUTICIN QF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY C►F �7►DING
P12+DCLArMING MAY 4, 2026, AS GALIFQ IA PEACE t�FFI�Ei2
MEM�7► AL D�iY, MAY 14, 2026, AS SHASTA C�UNTY PEACE
OFFiCEi��' MEMC)RIAL llA"Y AND MAY 15, 2�26, AS NATItII�AL
PEA+CE OFFICEl2 MEMUll2�AL DAY IN THE +CITY UF D►DING
WHE AS, 1VIay 4, 2026, has been designated as Califarnia Peace t�fficer Memorial Day; and
May 14, 202b, has been designated by the Shasta Caunty Board of Supervisors as Shasta Cc�unty
Peace �fficer Memorial Day; and May 15, 2026 has been d�signated Natic�nal Peace (Jfficer
Memorial Day;;and
WHEREAS, In 1962, President Kennedy proclaimed May I Sth as National Peace Officers
Memorial Day and the calendar week in which May 15th falls as National Pcalice Week. The
praclamation was established by a joint resolution c�f Congress in 1962; and
WHE A5, in 2025; 115 officers were kil�ed natianwide, with 13 Califarnia officers being
killed in the line of duty; and
WHE AS, the safety of our citizenry greatly depends �n the servic�s of the Redding Police
Department, the Sha�ta Cc�unty Sheriff s Department, and the Anderson Folice I�epartrnent, as
well as the many county, state and federal agencies that make up the law enforcement
community in Shasta Cc�unty;
NUW, THEREF� , BE IT SQLVEI� that the City Council of th� City of Redding
hereby praclaims May 4, 2026, as California Peace (�fficer Memorial Day; and May 14, 2026, as
Shasta County Peace Officers Memorial I)ay; ancl May 15, 20'26 as Nati�nal Feace �ff cer
Mernorial Day; and
BE IT FURTHEA S+ULVEll that the City Council urges residents and civic organizations tc�
salute this City's dedicated law enfarcement professionals by attending the Shasta C�runty Peace
()fficers Memarial, and directs that ail City af Redding flags be flown at half-staff on May �,
May 14,and May 15, 2026, in honor of the peace officers killed in the line of duty during 2025.
I HE BY CERTIFY that th� for�going resolution was introduced and adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council af the City of Redding on the 21 st day of April, 2026, by the
follc�wing vote:
AYES: Ct�UNCIL ME EIaS: -Audette,Dr. Dhanulka,lVlunns,Resner and Littau
NOESz COUNCIL ME ER5: -Nane
ABSElVT: COUN�IL ME ERS4 -None
t�BSTAIN: COUNCIL ME ERS. -N�ne �
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MIKE LITTAi1,Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED► AS TO FO :
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� xA ENE TIPTON, City Clerk �E JAMIN . STOCK,City Attorney