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AGENDA ITEM 1E <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR David J. Pecchia, Public Safety <br />Director /Chief of Police <br />May 8, 2000 <br />Police Week 2000 <br />Simple Majority <br />DATE <br />TOPIC <br />VOTES REQUIRED <br />BACKGROUND <br />POLICE WEEK WAS DESIGNED TO RECOGNIZE THE SERVICE GIVEN BY THE <br />MEN AND WOMEN WHO, NIGHT AND DAY, UNSELFISHLY STAND GUARD IN OUR <br />COMMUNITIES TO SAFEGUARD THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF THEIR FELLOW <br />AMERICANS. ON OCTOBER 1, 1962 JOHN F. KENNEDY, THEN PRESIDENT OF <br />THE UNITED STATES PROCLAIMED MAY 15 OF EACH YEAR AS PEACE <br />OFFICERS' MEMORIAL DAY AND THE CALENDAR WEEK OF EACH YEAR DURING <br />WHICH SUCH MAY 15 OCCURS AS POLICE WEEK. <br />STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGE AND READ THE <br />ATTACHED PROCLAMATION IN OUR SUPPORT OF DESIGNATING MAY 14 TO MAY <br />20, 2000, AS POLICE WEEK, AND MAY 15TH AS PEACE OFFICER'S <br />MEMORIAL DAY IN THE CITY OF LINO LAKES. <br />OPTIONS <br />1. MOTION TO APPROVE <br />2. MOTION TO DENY <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />OPTION 1 - APPROVE SUPPORT OF POLICE WEEK <br />