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Mayor’s Proclamation: National Police Week 05/04/2022
TOWN OF TIBURON
TOWN COUNCIL PROCLAMATION
National Police Week
May 15 – 21, 2022
To recognize National Police Week 2022 and to honor the service and sacrifice of those law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty while protecting our communities and safeguarding our democracy.
WHEREAS, there are more than 800,000 law enforcement officers serving in communities across the
United States, including the dedicated members of the Tiburon Police Department;
WHEREAS, since the first recorded death in 1786, more than 23,000 law enforcement officers in the United States have made the ultimate sacrifice and have been killed or died in the line of duty, including
Sergeant John E. Kim of the Tiburon Police Department, who died of a massive heart attack while on-duty in 1979;
WHEREAS, the names of multiple dedicated public servants, who made the ultimate sacrifice, are
engraved on the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC;
WHEREAS, 619 new names of fallen heroes are being added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial this spring, including 472 officers killed in 2021 and 147 officers killed in previous years;
WHEREAS, the service and sacrifice of all officers killed in the line of duty will be honored during the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund’s 34th Candlelight Vigil, on the evening of May 13, 2022;
WHEREAS, National Police Week will be observed this year, May 15-21;
WHEREAS, May 15 is designated as Peace Officers Memorial Day, in honor of all fallen officers and their families and U.S. flags should be flown at half-staff;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Town of Tiburon Town Council will observe May 15-21, 2022, as National Police Week in the Town of Tiburon, and publicly salutes the service of law enforcement officers in our community and in communities across the nation.
JON WELNER, MAYOR TOWN OF TIBURON
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