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RESOLUTION NO. 2008. 30
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
PROCLAIMING MAY 8 AND MAY 9,2008, AS "CALIFORNIA PEACE
OFFICERS' MEMORIAL DAYS"; MAY 15, 2008, AS "SHASTA COUNTY
PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL DAY"; AND MAY 11 THROUGH MAY 17,
2008, AS "NATIONAL PEACE OFFICERS' WEEK" IN THE CITY OF REDDING.
WHEREAS, May 8 and May 9,2008, have been designated by the California State
Legislature as California Peace Officers' Memorial Days; and
WHEREAS, the week of May 11 through May 17, 2008, has been designated
"National Peace Officers' Week" by both an Act of Congress and Presidential
Proclamation; and
WHEREAS, in 2007, 186 officers were killed nationwide, with 11 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 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, be it resolved that the City Council of the City of Redding
hereby proclaims May 8 and May 9, 2008, as "California Peace Officers' Memorial Days";
Thursday, May 15, 2008, as "Shasta County Peace Officers Memorial Day;" and May 11
through 17,2008, 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 15, 2008, in honor of the police officers killed in the
line of duty during 2007.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced, read and adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 151 day of April, 2008, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bosetti, Dickerson, Jones, Murray, and Stegall
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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MAR LE~ STEGALL, M or
Attest:
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Form Approved:
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RICHARD A. DUVERNA ,City Attorney
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