HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2014-042 - Peace Officers Memorial Days RESOLUTION NO.2014-042
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING PROCLAIMING
MAY 4 AND MAY 5,2014,AS "CALIFORNIA PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL DAYS;"
MAY 8,2014,AS"SHASTA COUNTY PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL DAY;"AND MAY 11
THROUGH MAY 17,2014,AS"NATIONAL POLICE WEEK" IN THE CITY OF REDDING
WHEREAS, May 4 and May 5, 2014, have been designated by the California State
Legislature as California Peace Officers' Memorial Days; and
WHEREAS, the week of May 11 through May 17, 2014, has been designated "National
Police Week"by both an Act of Congress and Presidential Proclamation; and
WHEREAS, in 2013, 105 officers were killed nationwide, with two 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 4 and May 5, 2014, as "California Peace Officers' Memorial Days;"Thursday, May
8, 2014, as "Shasta County Peace Officers' Memorial Day;" and May 11 through 17, 2014, as
"National Police 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-staff
on Thursday, May 8, 2014,in honor of the peace officers killed in the line of duty during 2013.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced, read and adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 15th day of April, 2014, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Cadd,Jones,McArthur, Sullivan, &Bosetti
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
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RICK BOSETTI,Mayor
ATTEST: FORM APPROVED:
PAMELA MICE; Cit erk RICHARD A.DUVERNAY,-7torn
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