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CITY OF LODI
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
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AGENDA TITLE: Peace Officer Memorial Month
MEETING DATE: May 2,2007
PREPARED B Y Jerry J. Adams, Chief of Police
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Proclaim the Month of May, 2007, 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 13 through May 19
is designated National Police Week, while May 3rd is the date of the California Peace Officer
Memorial Ceremony. These ceremonies are held annually to honorthe memory of over 17,900
law enforcement officers who have losttheir lives in the line of duty throughout the United
States. Of the 145 line of duty deaths in 2006, California's loss was 12 officers.
Members of the Lodi Police Department, led by its Honor Guard, will hold a ceremony early the
morning of May 2nd at the gravesite of Officer Rick Cromwell (517/63 — 12/9/98), the only Lodi
Police Officer ever lost in the line of duty. They will continue on to the Stockton Police
Departmentwhere the Stockton Police Officers Association will hold Memorial Services honoring
fallen law enforcement officers from throughout San Joaquin County. On Thursday, May 3`d the
Lodi Police Honor Guard will participate in the California Memorial Enrollment Ceremony in
Sacramento.
An inscription at the California 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.
FISCAL IMPACT: None
FUNDING AVAILABLE: NIA
Jerry J/Adarfis
Chief of Police
APPROVED:
Blair Kin , City Manager