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CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />OFFICE OF THE MAYOR <br />PROCLAMATION <br /> <br /> <br />To recognize National Police Week 2015 and to honor the service and sacrifice of those law <br />enforcement officers killed in the line of duty while protecting our communities and <br />safeguarding our democracy. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, there are approximately 900,000 law enforcement officers serving in <br />communities across the United States, including the dedicated members of the MOUNDS <br />VIEW POLICE DEPARTMENT; <br /> <br />WHEREAS, nearly 60,000 assaults against law enforcement officers are reported each <br />year, resulting in approximately 16,000 injuries; <br /> <br />WHEREAS, since the first recorded death in 1791, almost 20,000 law enforcement <br />officers in the United States have made the ultimate sacrifice and been killed in the line of <br />duty; <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the names of these dedicated public servants are engraved on the walls of <br />the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.; <br /> <br />WHEREAS, 273 names of fallen heroes are being added to the National Law <br />Enforcement Officers Memorial this spring, including 117 officers killed in 2015 and 156 <br />officers killed in previous years; <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the service and sacrifice of all officers killed in the line of duty will be <br />honored during the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund’s 27th Annual <br />Candlelight Vigil, on the evening of May 13, 2015; <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the service and sacrifice of all officers killed in the line of duty will be <br />honored during the MINNESOTA LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION’S <br />Annual Candlelight Vigil, on the evening of May 15, 2015; <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Candlelight Vigil is part of National Police Week, which takes place this <br />year from May 10-16; <br /> <br />WHEREAS, May 15 is designated as Peace Officers Memorial Day, in honor of all fallen <br />officers and their families; <br /> <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 11, 2015; <br /> <br />THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL formally <br />designates May 10-16, 2015, as Police Week in THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW, and publicly <br />salutes the service of law enforcement officers in our community and in communities across <br />the nation. <br /> <br />Given under my hand and Seal of the City of Mounds View, this 11h day of May, 2015. <br /> <br /> <br /> ________________________________________ <br /> Joe Flaherty, Mayor <br /> <br />(seal) <br />