Item B3BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: __May 18, 2011_______ Division: ____BOCC_3___________________
Bulk Item: ____ No X Department: ___Mayor Heather Carruthers____
Staff Contact /Phone #: _Carol Schreck_______
305-292-3430
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Presentation of Mayor’s Proclamation proclaiming May 15 – 21, 2011 as Police Week and May 15,
2011 as Peace Officers’ Memorial Day in Monroe County.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
See attached proclamation
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DISPOSITION:AGENDA ITEM #
Revised 7/09
POLICE WEEK in MONROE COUNTY
May 15 – 21, 2011
and
PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY
May 15, 2011
WHEREAS,
The Congress and the President of the United States have designated
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May 15 as Peace Officers’ Memorial Day, and the week in which May 15 falls as
National Police Week; and
WHEREAS,
the members of the law enforcement agency of Monroe County play
an essential role in safeguarding the rights and freedoms of Monroe County; and
WHEREAS,
it is important that all citizens know and understand the duties,
responsibilities, hazards, sacrifices of their law enforcement agency, and that members of
our law enforcement agency, recognize their duty to serve the people by safeguarding life
and property, by protecting them against violence and disorder, and by protecting the
innocent against deception and the weak against oppression; and
WHEREAS,
the men and women of the law enforcement agency of Monroe
County unceasingly provide a vital service
NOW,THEREFORE,
I, Heather Carruthers, Mayor of Monroe County, call upon
all citizens of the County and upon all patriotic, civic, and educational organizations to
Police Week
observe the week of May 15 - 21, 2011 as in Monroe County with
appropriate ceremonies and observances in which all of our people may join in
commemorating law enforcement officers, past and present, who, by their faithful and
loyal devotion to their responsibilities have rendered a dedicated service to their
communities and, in doing so, have established for them an enviable and enduring
reputation for preserving the rights and security of all citizens.
I further call upon all citizens of Monroe County to observe May 15, 2011 as
Peace Officers’ Memorial Day in Monroe County
in honor of those law enforcement
officers who, through their courageous deeds, have made the ultimate sacrifice in service
to their community or have become disabled in the performance of duty to let us
recognize and pay respect to the survivors of our fallen heroes.
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Dated this 18 day of May, 2011
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Heather Carruthers
Monroe County