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<br />Resolution No. 3~-5 ~ ` ~D
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH
<br />BEND, INDIANA, HONORING ALL POLICE OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE
<br />OF DUTY AND DECLARING THE WEEK OF MAY 11-May 17, 2008, AS
<br />NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
<br />~ the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, notes that more than 900,000 sworn law
<br />enforcement officers serve throughout the United States; with 181 of these officers dying in the line of duty in 2007,
<br />increasing from 151 officers who died in the line of duty in 2006; and
<br />G}j the Common Council notes that the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington,
<br />D.C., honors more than 18,200 of America's federal, state and local law enforcement officers who have been killed in
<br />the line of duty, with this annual week of memorial services beginning in 1962 when President John F. Kennedy
<br />designating each May 15th as Peace Officers' Memorial Day requiring all American flags lowered to half-staff and
<br />having week-long activities to honor these Fallen Heroes; and
<br />G}f the South Bend Common Council further recognizes that on Friday, May 9, 2008 the Fraternal Order
<br />of Police, Lodge # 36 will be conducting at our Police Department Headquarters, the City of South Bend's annual
<br />tribute and memorial service to honor all of the South Bend Police Department Officers who have given their lives in
<br />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 Howard Wagner
<br />Samuel Cooper Ronald St. Germain, Sr Scott Lee Severns
<br />with each of these officers having served our city with courage, honor and the utmost of professionalism; with each of
<br />them also being remembered in the many other activities at the National Peace Officers Memorial and the National
<br />Law Enforcement Museum which is a tribute to the essential role which law enforcement plays in a free ~ society.
<br />~N«u c-~J,~,.~ ~ ~c,~,ed, /~ ~ ~ ~~«l~~ ~~ ~c-3.uaE ~~d, cad as follows:
<br />Section I. On behalf of all of the citizens of the City of South Bend, Indiana, the Common Council hereby
<br />publicly commemorates, celebrates, remembers and gratefully honors each of the fifteen (1 S) members of the South
<br />Bend Police Department who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving and protecting the residents of the City of
<br />South Bend, Indiana, and salutes and embraces each of their family members and friends.
<br />Section II. The South Bend Common Council honors each of our fallen police heroes who have had the 10-42
<br />called out; all of the fallen law enforcement officers across the country, and all of their families, friends and colleagues
<br />who have been left behind; not because of the way each of them died, but rather because of the way each of these
<br />dedicated police officers lived and faithfully and selflessly performed their many police duties on a 24/7 basis.
<br />Section III. The Common Council hereby declares the week of May 11-17, 2008, as National Police Week in
<br />South Bend, Indiana. The Common Council urges all citizens to attend the upcoming Memorial Service on Friday,
<br />May 9, 2008, and to always remember those who have given their lives while serving as part of the "thin blue line"
<br />standing between the lawful and the lawless. The Council honors each of our dedicated police officers for their
<br />individual commitment to their police careers and for their daily commitment to making our community safe & secure.
<br />shall be in full force and effect fr~.q- ana er jts adoption by the Council and
<br />the 'vis 6`" District
<br />Al„Buddy" Kirsit~, At Large
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<br />Karen L. White, At Large
<br />John orde, City Clerk
<br />Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand, Council Attorney
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<br />Stephen J. Lu e, Mayor of South Bend
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