[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1299 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1299

    Supporting the goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial Day.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2010

Mr. Poe of Texas submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Supporting the goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial Day.

Whereas there are more than 900,000 sworn law enforcement officers in the United 
        States, 12 percent of whom are women;
Whereas law enforcement officers selflessly protect the people of the United 
        States and their communities;
Whereas law enforcement officers serve the country in spite of the inherent 
        danger of their service;
Whereas more than 18,600 law enforcement officers have been killed in the line 
        of duty in the United States since the first recorded police death in 
        1792;
Whereas 72 law enforcement officers were killed while responding to the 
        terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, making that day the deadliest 
        in law enforcement history;
Whereas 125 law enforcement officers were killed in 2009;
Whereas, on March 21, 2009, Sergeant Mark Dunakin and Officer John Hege and 
        Sergeants Ervin Romans and Dan Sakai of the Oakland Police Department in 
        California were shot and killed by the same gunman in two separate 
        attacks;
Whereas, on November 29, 2009, Sergeant Mark Renniger and Officers Tina 
        Griswold, Ronald Owens II, and Greg Richards of the Lakewood Police 
        Department in the State of Washington were shot and killed as they sat 
        in a coffee shop;
Whereas Public Law 87-726 designates May 15th of each year as Peace Officers 
        Memorial Day, and the calendar week during which that Day occurs as 
        Police Week;
Whereas section 7(m) of title 4, United States Code, requires that the United 
        States flag be flown at half-staff on all government buildings on Peace 
        Officers Memorial Day; and
Whereas law enforcement officers deserve the gratitude of the people of the 
        United States for their service: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the goals and ideals of Peace Officers 
        Memorial Day;
            (2) honors Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
        officers who have been killed or disabled in the line of duty; 
        and
            (3) calls upon the people of the United States to observe 
        Peace Officers Memorial Day with ceremonies and respect 
        befitting those who have risked their lives and died in service 
        to their communities.
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