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CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW OFFICE OF THE MAYOR PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, there are approximately 900,000 law enforcement officers serving in communities across the United States, including the dedicated members of the Mounds View Police Department; WHEREAS, some 60,000 assaults against law enforcement officers are reported each year, resulting in approximately 16,000 injuries; WHEREAS, since the first recorded death in 1792, nearly 20,000 law enforcement officers in the United States have made the ultimate sacrifice and been killed in the line of duty; WHEREAS, the names of these dedicated public servants are engraved on the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.; WHEREAS, 321 new names of fallen heroes are being added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial this spring, including 120 officers killed in 2012 and 201 officers killed in previous years; WHEREAS, the service and sacrifice of all officers killed in the line of duty will be honored during the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund’s 25th Annual Candlelight Vigil in Washington, D.C., on the evening of May 13th, 2013; WHEREAS, the Candlelight Vigil is part of National Police Week, which takes place this year locally during the evening of May 15, 2013; WHEREAS, May 15th is designated as Peace Officers Memorial Day, in honor of all fallen officers and their families; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Mounds View formally designates May 12-18, 2013, as “Police Week in Mounds View ” and publicly salutes the service of law enforcement officers in our community and in communities across the nation. Given under my hand and Seal of the City of Mounds View, this 13th day of May, 2013. _____________________________________________________ Joe Flaherty, Mayor (seal)