Item B5
ADD-ON
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date:
5/17/00
Division: Mayor Freeman
Department: BOCC-3
Bulk Item: Yes
No
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Proclamation proclaiming the week of May 14th_20th, 2000 as Law Enforcement Week.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
Nationally, Law Enforcement Memorial Day is May 15th, therefore, the week surrounding this date is
recognized as Law Enforcement Memorial Week. .
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes No
COST CENTER #
COST TO COUNTY:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No AMOUNT PER MONTH YEAR
APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMBlPurchasing_ Risk Management _
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL: '- ~~~ .zt~dAJ
Mayor Shirley eeman
To Follow:_ Not Required:
DOCUMENTATION: Included: X
Agenda Item #:
/-B5
DISPOSITION:
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Ilroctamatton
WHEREAs, law enf~rcement officers steadfastly provide an extraordinary level of
service 24 hours a day, seven days a w~ek, under often difficult.and dangerous
circumstances; and '
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WHEREAS, law enforcement officers, and their 'loved ones must live with the
possibility of life-threatening violence every day they ar~ on the job; and' '
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WHEREAS, as a consequence of this danger many law enforcement officers have
made the supreme sacrifice fot their communities; and'
WHEREAS, law enforcement officers and grateful citizens pause every year to
honor the memory of these officers
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the power vested in me as Mayor of Monroe ,
County, Florida, I SHIRLEY FREEMAN, do hereby proclaim the week of May 14-20,
2000, as
LAW ENFORCEMENT
MEMORIAL WEEK
in the "Southernmost County of the Continental United States." I urge all citizens,
residents and visitors of our County to remember those law enforcement officers who fell
holding the thin, blue line that stands: between us and lives of fear and' anarchy, and to
attend the Law Enforcement Memorial ceremony this Friday, May 19, at 2:00 p.m. at the
Sheriffs Office,Marathon sub-station and at 7:00 p.m. at Bayview Park in Key West.
DATED this 17th day of May, 2000.
SHIRLEY FREEMAN
MONROE COUNTY MAYOR
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