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CITY OF LODI
COUNCILCOMMUNICATION
AGENDA TITLE: Peace Officer Memorial Month
MEETING DATE: May 6,2009
PREPARED BY: David J. Main, Chief of Police
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Proclaim the Month of May, 2009, 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 10 through May 16
is designated National Police Week, while May 8 is the date of the California Peace Officer
Memorial Ceremony. These ceremonies are held annually to honor the memory of over 18,300
law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty throughout the United
States. Of the 133 line of duty deaths in 2008, California's loss was 10 officers.
Members of the Lodi Police Department, led by its Honor Guard, will hold a ceremony early the morning
of May 6 at the gravesite of Officer Rick Cromwell (5/7/63 — 12/9/98), the only Lodi Police Officer 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 8 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
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