HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommendation Honoring all Police Officers killed in the line of duty - Declaring May 11th - May 17th as National Police WeekRESOLUTION
3852-08
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
April 28, 2008
Attest:
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
April 29, 20 08
Approved and signed by me
May 2,
City Clerk
President of Common Council
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Resolution No. 3~-5 ~ ` ~D
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH
BEND, INDIANA, HONORING ALL POLICE OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE
OF DUTY AND DECLARING THE WEEK OF MAY 11-May 17, 2008, AS
NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
~ the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, notes that more than 900,000 sworn law
enforcement officers serve throughout the United States; with 181 of these officers dying in the line of duty in 2007,
increasing from 151 officers who died in the line of duty in 2006; and
G}j the Common Council notes that the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington,
D.C., honors more than 18,200 of America's federal, state and local law enforcement officers who have been killed in
the line of duty, with this annual week of memorial services beginning in 1962 when President John F. Kennedy
designating each May 15th as Peace Officers' Memorial Day requiring all American flags lowered to half-staff and
having week-long activities to honor these Fallen Heroes; and
G}f the South Bend Common Council further recognizes that on Friday, May 9, 2008 the Fraternal Order
of Police, Lodge # 36 will be conducting at our Police Department Headquarters, the City of South Bend's annual
tribute and memorial service to honor all of the South Bend Police Department Officers who have given their lives in
the line of duty, namely:
Hans Brandt Paul R. Deguch Lewis Keller Delbert Thompson
Fred E. Buland Charles E. Farkas, Sr. Neil McIntyre Lloyd Thompson
Oscar Christenson Thomas J. DeRue, Sr. Nick S. Polizzotto Howard Wagner
Samuel Cooper Ronald St. Germain, Sr Scott Lee Severns
with each of these officers having served our city with courage, honor and the utmost of professionalism; with each of
them also being remembered in the many other activities at the National Peace Officers Memorial and the National
Law Enforcement Museum which is a tribute to the essential role which law enforcement plays in a free ~ society.
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Section I. On behalf of all of the citizens of the City of South Bend, Indiana, the Common Council hereby
publicly commemorates, celebrates, remembers and gratefully honors each of the fifteen (1 S) members of the South
Bend Police Department who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving and protecting the residents of the City of
South Bend, Indiana, and salutes and embraces each of their family members and friends.
Section II. The South Bend Common Council honors each of our fallen police heroes who have had the 10-42
called out; all of the fallen law enforcement officers across the country, and all of their families, friends and colleagues
who have been left behind; not because of the way each of them died, but rather because of the way each of these
dedicated police officers lived and faithfully and selflessly performed their many police duties on a 24/7 basis.
Section III. The Common Council hereby declares the week of May 11-17, 2008, as National Police Week in
South Bend, Indiana. The Common Council urges all citizens to attend the upcoming Memorial Service on Friday,
May 9, 2008, and to always remember those who have given their lives while serving as part of the "thin blue line"
standing between the lawful and the lawless. The Council honors each of our dedicated police officers for their
individual commitment to their police careers and for their daily commitment to making our community safe & secure.
shall be in full force and effect fr~.q- ana er jts adoption by the Council and
the 'vis 6`" District
Al„Buddy" Kirsit~, At Large
Large
Karen L. White, At Large
John orde, City Clerk
Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand, Council Attorney
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Stephen J. Lu e, Mayor of South Bend