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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2011-038 - Police Officers Days e e RESOLUTION NO. 2011 - 38 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING PROCLAIMING MAY 1 AND MAY 2,2011, AS "CALIFORNIA PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL DAYS;" MAY 5,2011, AS "SHASTA COUNTY PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL DAY;" AND MAY 15 THROUGH MAY 21, 2011, AS "NATIONAL POLICE WEEK" IN THE CITY OF REDDING WHEREAS, May 1 and May 2, 2011, have been designated by the California State Legislature as California Peace Officers' Memorial Days; and WHEREAS, the week of May 15 through May21, 2011, has been designated "National Police Week" by both an Act of Congress and Presidential Proclamation; and WHEREAS, in 2010, 161 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 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 of the City of Redding hereby proclaims May 1 and May 2,2011, as "California Peace Officers' Memorial Days;" Thursday, May 5,2011, as "Shasta County Peace Officers' Memorial Day;" and May 15 through 21,2011, as "National Police Memorial Week" in the City of Redding. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council urges residents and civi~ 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-staff on Thursday, May 5,2011, in honor of the peace officers killed in the line of duty during 2010. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced, read and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 5th day of April, 2011, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: COUNCIL MEMBERS: COUNCIL MEMBERS: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bosetti, Dickerson, Jones, Sullivan, and McArthur None None None , 'I J, >~ ,..., . '"' l' ~ pv' '. '..'.' '-.,.:, ....I 1 ..-. ,j ',... ATTEST:" c,'" 0,;' (,( ,"', ~ ..~' " :"~f" '-: ' , \.... /';.,Jr -~ _ ., .....-:2,..; \:~ :'-. - ... ~-' ~'---" . FORM APPROVED: ~ ~ " Gv C::<JJ ~, ~~;/ RICHARD A. DUVERNAY, City Attorney P AMEI;A M'~ZE, City; 'erk \,,;." '~<:. ".... .J'. ' '-""\, .. ~ ' \ ;',