HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommendation Honoring all police officers killed in the line of duty and declaring the week of May 14, 2006, as law enforcement memorial week in South BendRESOLUTION
3583-06
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
May 8,
Attest:
City Clerk
President of Common Council
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
May 9, 2006
Approved and signed by me Mav 12 204Ei .
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City Clerk
RESOLUTION 3 S g3~" OHO
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, 2006, AS LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL WEEK IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
ce,~ the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, notes that 155 police officers
died in the line of duty in 2005, with one law enforcement officer being killed in America every 53 hours;
56,000 officers being assaulted each year which have resulted in over 16,000 injuries annually; and
~e,~.~, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C., honors more than
17,000 of America's federal, state and local law enforcement officers who have been killed in the line of
duty, an annual week of memorial services which began in 1962 when President John F. Kennedy
designating each May 15~' as Peace Officers' Memorial Day requiring all American flags are lowered to
half-staff; and
G;h~ the South Bend Common Council further recognizes that Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge
# 36 will be conducting on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. at our Police 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 Samuel Cooper Charles E. Farkas, Sr. Neil McIntyre
Fred E. Buland Paul R. Deguch Ronald St. Germain, Sr. Delbert Thompson
Oscar Christenson Thomas J. DeRue, Sr. Lewis Keller Lloyd Thompson
Howard Wagner
with the name of an 8-year veteran of the South Bend Police Department, Corporal Scott Lee Severns, PIN
# 2018, being added to the South Bend Police Officers Memorial Monument last month, after he made the
ultimate sacrifice when protecting and saving the life of a citizen during an armed robbery attempt.
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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 the fourteen (14) 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.
Section II. The South Bend Common Council honors each of these fallen police heroes, 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 performed their police duties 24/7, as a sworn peace officer.
Section III. The Common Council hereby declares the week of May 14, 2006, as Law Enforcement
Memorial Week in South Bend, Indiana. The Common Council urges all citizens to attend the upcoming
Memorial Service on May 17, 2006, and to 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 further challenges all
members of the South Bend Community to work together in making South Bend a safer city for all.
Section lV. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the
L and~pploval by tl~ Mayor.
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Karen L. White,~At Larg/e ~(
Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand, Council Attorney
Stephen J. Luec ,Mayor of South Bend