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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - May 5, 2010 C-05AGENDA ITEM �yOF�CITY OF LODI COUNCIL COMMUNICATION 70 AGENDA TITLE: Peace Officer Memorial Month MEETING DATE: May 5,2009 PREPARED BY: Interim Chief of Police RECOMMENDEDACTION: Proclaim the Month of May, 2010, 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 9 through May 15 is designated National Police Week, while May 7 is the date of the California Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony. These ceremonies are held annually to honor the memory of over 18,425 law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty throughout the United States. Of the 125 line -of -duty deaths in 2009, California's loss was six officers. Members of the Lodi Police Department, led by its Honor Guard, will hold a ceremony early the morning of May 5 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 7, 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 Avt��, Captain # incasa interim def of Police APPROVED: Blair Kin y Manager