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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
COUNTY OF BUTTE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
~esolufion No. ~,z-~~~
RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 15, 2002, AS "PEACE OFFICERS' MEMOR[AL DAY
AND THE WEEK OF MAY 13-I7 AS "POLICE WEEK."
WHEREAS, in 1962 President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation recognizing May 15`x'
each year as "Peace Officers' Memorial Day" and the week in which May I5`~' falls as "Police Week'";
and
WHEREAS, a memorial was created in Washington D.C. to honor law enforcement officers
killed in the line of duty and, with the tragedies of September 11°', over 200 officers will be
memorialized this year; and
WHEREAS, on July 2fi, 2001, Deputy Bill Hunter and Lieutenant Larry Estes were killed in the
line of duty in the town of [nskip while protecting the citizens of Butte County; and
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Estes and Deputy Hunter will be memorialized this May I S`h in
Washington D.C. as two deputies who lost their lives in the line of duty. Their names will join Deputy
Randy .Iennings who was killed in 1997 wt7ile performing his duties as a deputy sheriff.
NOV4r', THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Butte County Board of Supervisors hereby
proclaims May 15`x' as Peace Officers" Memorial Day and the week of May 13-17, 2002, as Police Week
in Butte County:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Butte County Board of Supervisors recognizes the
significant contributions of Deputy Sheriffs in Butte County and the ultimate sacrifice Lt. Estes and
Deputy Htnlter gave in protecting the citizens of Butte County.
PASSED ANll ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 7`~' day of May 200?
by the following vote:
AYES: :'.~<<-~rv~.,or~> hcyeler, T)olaT~, Hrnix, Yamaguchi tn;d Chair Josiassen
NOES: `1o~~e
ABSENT: ~Pd~r.e
NOT VOTING: ~V:,ne
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CURT JOSIASSEN, Chair
ATTEST:
PAUL McINTOSH, Chief Administrative Ofticer
and Clerk ~f the Board of Supervisors
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Deputy