Item C3
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
MEETING DATE:
Mav 19. 2004
DIVISION:
BOCC
BULK ITEM: Yes
No---X..
DEPARTMENT
DISTRICT FIVE
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Proclamation declaring the week of May 16 through May 22, 2004 as
Law Enforcement Memorial Week
ITEM BACKGROUND:
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
Annual proclamation requested by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.
The proclamation will be received by Sheriff Rick Roth.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
TOTAL COST:
N/A
BUDGETED: N/A
COST TO COUNTY: N/A
REVENUE PRODUCING:
N/A
AMOUNT PER MONTH /YEAR:
N/A
APPROVED BY: County Attorney_ OMB/Purchasing_ Risk Management_
DIVISION DIRECTORAPPROVAL~ <:.- ~
. MAY MURRAY E. NELSON
DOCUMENTATION: Included X To Follow ~ Not Required_
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DISPOSITION:
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WHEREAS, law enforcement officers steadfastly provide an extraordinary level of
service for 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 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 are on the job; and
WHEREAS, as a consequence of this danger, many law enforcement officers have made
the supreme sacrifice for their communities; and
WHEREAS, hundreds of courageous public safety officers lost their lives in the
tragedies of September 11, 2001; and
WHEREAS, law enforcement officers and grateful citizens pause every year to honor
the memory of these officers and the officers who have lost their lives
servicing the citizens of Monroe County
NOW, THEREFORE, by the virtue of the power vested in me as Mayor of Monroe
County, Florida, I, Murray E. Nelson, do hereby declare May 16th _ 22nd,
2004 as
LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL WEEK
In the "Southernmost County of the Continental United States". I urge all citizens,
residents and visitors of Monroe County to remember those law enforcement officers
who fell holding the thin, blue line that stands between good and evil. I invite our
community to attend the Law Enforcement Ceremony on Friday, May 21st at 6:00 p.m. at ~
the Memorial Fountain located at the Sheriff's Headquarters, 5525 College Road, Stock
Island.
WITNESS my hand and seal of Monroe County, Florida this 19th day of May, 2004.
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Mayor M ay E. Nelson
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