HomeMy WebLinkAbout19-185RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 15, 2019, AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY
AND THE WEEK OF MAY 11 THROUGH MAY 16 AS POLICE WEEK
WHEREAS each year, America sets aside a week to salute the men and women who do, the difficult, dangerous, and often
thankless work of safeguarding our communities. Our Nation's peace officers embody the very idea of citizenship -- that along with
our rights come responsibilities, both to ourselves and to others. (wring Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week, we celebrate
those who protect and serve us every minute of every day, and we honor the courageous officers who devoted themselves so fully to
others that in the process they laid down their lives; and
WHEREAS, as we mourn the fallen, let us also remember how they lived. With unflinching commitment, they defended our
schools and businesses. They guarded prisons; patrolled borders; and kept us safe at home, on the road, and as we went about our
lives. To their families, we owe an unpayable debt. And to the men and women who carry their mission forward, we owe our unyielding
support; and
WHEREAS, in 1962, the members of Congress signed a joint resolution recognizing May 15 of each year as Peace Officers
Memorial Day and the calendar week of each year during which such May 15 occurs as Police Week to honor law enforcement officers
killed in the line -of -duty; and
WHEREAS, in 2018 eight California peace officers died in the line -of -duty and 158 officers died nationally while protecting
their communities. The eight California officers were memorialized on Monday May 6th in Sacramento, and the 1S8 killed and 213
who died in prior years will be memorialized on May 15, 2019 in Washington D.C. These memorial ceremonies are a time to remember
our indebtedness to the brave and dedicated peace officers who accept a job that is, difficult and dangerous; and
WHEREAS, as a symbol of respect and remembrance to those who have laid down their lives in the line of duty and a show
of our support to law enforcement officers working to protect our communities, blue ribbons are flown on personal cars and patrol
cars during Police Week; and
WHEREAS, in a four-year time span, the Butte County Sheriff's Office lost three deputies in the line -of duty all to gunfire;
Deputy Randy Jennings in 1997 and Deputy BM Hunter and Lieutenant Larry Estes in 2001. Also killed in the line of duty were Deputy
Constable A,D Miner in 1934, Sheriff Alvin Kister in 1937 and Deputy Charles Brown Jr in 1959.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Butte County Board of Supervisors hereby proclaim May 15, 2019 as Peace
Officers Memorial Day and the week of May 11, 2019 through May 16, 2019, as Police Week in Butte County. The Butte County Board
of Supervisors recognizes Public Law 87-726 directing the flag be flown at half-staff on all County buildings on Peace Officers Memorial
Day, which falls on a Wednesday.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this, 7' day of May, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Lucero, Ritter, Teeter, and Chair Lambert
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
ATTEST:
Shari McCracken, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
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Butte County Board of Supervisors