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REGULAR MEETING
<br />SPECIAL BUSINESS
<br />RESOLUTION NO. 3742-07
<br />MAY 14, 2007
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
<br />OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA,
<br />HONORING ALL POLICE KILLED IN THE
<br />LINE OF DUTY AND DECLARING THE WEEK
<br />OF MAY 14, 2007, AS LAW ENFORCEMENT &
<br />MEMORIAL WEEK IN SOUTH BEND,
<br />INDIANA
<br />Whereas, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, notes that
<br />145 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty in 2006, with one of those police
<br />officers being our own Corporal Scott Lee Severns, PIN # 2018, an eight-year police
<br />veteran; and
<br />Whereas, tragically, the very soul of our community has again been shaken by
<br />the shocking loss of another Fallen Hero, Corporal Nick S. Polizzotto, PIN # 2024, a
<br />nine-year veteran of the South Bend Police Department who made the ultimate sacrifice
<br />in the line of duty on April 24, 2007, while protecting and serving the residents of the
<br />City of South Bend; and
<br />Whereas, the Common Council notes that the National Law Enforcement
<br />Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C., honors nearly 18,000 of America's federal, state
<br />and local law enforcement officers who have been killed in the line of duty, with this
<br />annual week of memorial services beginning in 1962 when President John F. Kennedy
<br />designating each May 15~` as Peace Officers' Memorial Day requiring all American flags
<br />lowered to half-staff and week-long activities to honor these Fallen Heroes; and
<br />Whereas, the South Bend Common Council further recognizes that on Friday,
<br />May 18, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge # 36 will be conducting
<br />at our Police Department Headquarters, the City of South Bend's annual tribute and
<br />memorial service to honor all of the South Bend Police Department Officers who have
<br />given their lives in the line of duty, namely:
<br />Hans Brandt Paul R. Deguch Lewis Keller Delbert Thompson
<br />Fred E. Buland Charles E. Farkas, Sr. Neil McIntyre Lloyd Thompson
<br />Oscar Christenson Thomas J. DeRue, Sr. Nick S. Polizzotto
<br />Howard Wagner Samuel Cooper Ronald St. Germain, Sr Scott Lee Severns
<br />with each of these officers having served our city with pride, honor and the utmost of
<br />professionalism who will always be remembered in annual Candlelight Vigils, Police
<br />Unity Tours, Blue Masses, and in the many activities at the National Peace Officers
<br />Memorial and the National Law Enforcement Museum which is a tribute to the essential
<br />role which law enforcement plays in a free a society.
<br />Now, Therefore, be it resolved, by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
<br />Indiana, as follows:
<br />Section L On behalf of all of the citizens of the City of South Bend, Indiana, the
<br />Common Council hereby publicly commemorates, celebrates, remembers and gratefully
<br />honors each of the fifteen (15) members of the South Bend Police Department who made
<br />the ultimate sacrifice while serving and protecting the residents of the City of South
<br />Bend, Indiana, and salutes and embraces each of their families and friends.
<br />Section IL The South Bend Common Council honors each of our fifteen fallen
<br />police heroes who each have had the 10-42 called out; all of the fallen law enforcement
<br />officers across the country, and all of their families, friends and colleagues who have
<br />been left behind; not because of the way each of them died, but rather because of the way
<br />each of these dedicated police officers lived and faithfully & selflessly performed their
<br />police duties on a 24/7 basis.
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