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AGENDA TITLE: Peace Officer Memorial Month
MEETING DATE: May 3, 2006
PREPAKED BY: Jerry J. Adams, Chief of Police
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council proclaims the Month of May, 2006, to be
known as Peace Officer Memorial Month throughout the City
of Lodi.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Lodi Police Department requests that the Council make
this proclamation in keeping with such tributes at the state and
national level. This year, the week of May 14 through May 20
is designated National Police Week, while May 5 is the date of
the California Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony. These
ceremonies are held annually to honor the memory of over
17,400 law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in
the line of duty throughout the United States. Of the 156 line
of duty deaths in 2005, California's loss was 18 officers.
Members of the Lodi Police Department, led by its Honor Guard, will hold a ceremony early the
morning of May 3 at the gravesite of Officer Rick Cromwell (517163 —1219198), the only Lodi
Police Officer ever lost in the line of duty. They will continue on to the Stockton Police
Department where the Stockton Police Officers Association will hold Memorial Services honoring
fallen law enforcement officers from throughout San Joaquin County. On Friday, May 5 the Lodi
Police Honor Guard will participate in the California Memorial Ceremony in Sacramento.
This was a particularly tragic year for the California Highway Patrol. In the past six months they
have lost six officers; four died between September and December 2005 and two more this past
February 2006. Our deepest sympathies go out to their families, CHP Commissioner Mike
Brown, and all the men and women of the California Highway Patrol.
An inscription at the Califomia State Memorial reads: "Go, stranger, and tell the (people) that we
lie here in obedience to their laws." We urge the City Council to join in this message, honoring
our fallen Peace Officers.
APPROVED: �j--- C/
Blair King, City Manager
FISCAU IMPACT: None
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Jerryfi. Adatfis
Chief of Police
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