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Adopted April 24, 2019 <br />__________________________________ <br />Mayor John T. Keis <br />To recognize National Police Week 2019 and to honor the service and sacrifice of those law enforcement <br />officers killed in the line of duty while protecting our communities and safeguarding our democracy. <br />WHEREAS, there are over 900,000 law enforcement officers serving in communities across the <br />United States, including the dedicated members of the RAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE; <br />WHEREAS, there have been 60,211 assaults against law enforcement officers in 2017, resulting in <br />approximately 17,476 injuries; <br />WHEREAS, since the first recorded death in 1786, over 21,000 law enforcement officers in the <br />United States have made the ultimate sacrifice and been killed in the line of duty, including FOUR <br />members of the RAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE; <br />WHEREAS, the names of these dedicated public servants are engraved on the walls of the <br />National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.; <br />WHEREAS, 371 names of fallen heroes are being added to the National Law Enforcement <br />Officers Memorial this spring, including 158 officers killed in 2018 and 213 officers killed in previous <br />years; <br />WHEREAS, the service and sacrifice of all officers killed in the line of duty will be honored <br />during the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund’s 31st Annual Candlelight Vigil, on the <br />evening of May 13, 2019; <br />WHEREAS, the service and sacrifice of all officers killed in the line of duty will be honored <br />during the MINNESOTA LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION’S Annual <br />Candlelight Vigil, on the evening of May 15, 2019; <br />WHEREAS, the Candlelight Vigil is part of National Police Week, which takes place this year <br />from May 12-18; <br />WHEREAS, May 15 is designated as Peace Officers Memorial Day, in honor of all fallen officers <br />and their families; <br />WHEREAS, the service and sacrifice of RAMSEY COUNTY SUBURBAN LAW <br />ENFORCEMENT officers killed in the line of duty will be honored during the SUBURBAN <br />RAMSEY COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL CEREMONY, on May 16, 2019; <br />THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the LITTLE CANADA CITY COUNCIL formally <br />designates May 12-18, 2019, as Police Week in THE CITY OF LITTLE CANADA, and publicly <br />salutes the service of law enforcement officers in our community and in communities across the nation.