HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommendation Law Enforcement Memorial Week - May 14, 2007RESOLUTION
3742-07
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
May 14, 2007
Attest:
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
May 15, .
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City Clerk
President of Common Council
Approved and signed by me May 16, 2~ 7
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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 14, 2007, AS
LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL WEEK IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
G}f, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, notes that 145 law enforcement officers
died in the line of duty.in 2006, with one of those police officers being our own Corporal Scott Lee Severns, PIN #
2018, an eight-year police veteran; and
G}fj, tragically, the very soul of our community has again been shaken by the shocking loss of another
Fallen Hero, Corporal Nick S. Polizzotto, PIN # 2024, anine-year veteran of the South Bend Police Department who
made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty on April 24, 2007, while protecting and serving the residents of the City
of South Bend; and
9 the Common Council notes that the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington,
D.C., honors nearly 18,000 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
week-long activities to honor these Fallen Heroes; and
~ the South Bend Common Council further recognizes that on Friday, May 18, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. 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 pride, honor and the utmost of professionalism who will always
be remembered in annual Candlelight Vigils, Police Unity Tours, Blue Masses, and in the many 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 a 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 (15) 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 families and friends.
Section II. The South Bend Common Council honors each of our fifteen fallen police heroes who each 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 & selflessly performed their police duties on a 24/7 basis.
Section III. The Common Council hereby declares the week of May 14, 2007, as Law Enforcement
Memorial Week in South Bend, Indiana. The Common Council urges all citizens to attend the upcoming Memorial
Service on Friday, May 18, 2007, 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 all of our dedicated police officers
for their individual commitment to their police careers and for their daily commitment to making our community safe.
Section IV. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Council and
approval by the Mayor. ~ ~~
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Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand, Council Attorney
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Stephen J. Lu e, Mayor of South Bend