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CITY OF LODI
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
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AGENDA TITLE: Peace Officer Memorial Month
MEETING DATE: May 7, 2008
PREPARED BY: David J. Main, Chief of Police
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Proclaim the Month of May, 2008, 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 11 through May 17
is designated National Police Week, while May 9th is the date of the California Peace Officer
Memorial Ceremony. These ceremonies are held annually to honor the memory of over 18,200
law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty throughout the United
States. Of the 181 line of duty deaths in 2007, California's loss was nine (9) officers.
Members of the Lodi Police Department, led by its Honor Guard, will hold a ceremony early the
morning of May 7th at the gravesite of Officer Rick Cromwell (5/7/63 — 12/9/98), the only Lodi
Police Officer ever killed in the line of duty. The group will then participate in the Stockton Police
Officers Association's Memorial Services honoring fallen law enforcement officers from
throughout San Joaquin County. On Friday, May 9th the Lodi Police Honor Guard will
participate in the California Peace Officers' 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: N/A
Chief of Police
APPROVED:
Blair King, City Manager