[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 83 (Thursday, May 13, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2527-S2529]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 SENATE RESOLUTION 215--DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF MAY 9 THROUGH MAY 15, 
                   2021, AS ``NATIONAL POLICE WEEK''

  Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
Scott of Florida, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. 
Whitehouse, Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
Risch, Mr. Coons, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. King, Mr. 
Cassidy, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
Casey, Mr. Moran, Mr. Manchin, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Mr. Boozman, 
Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Thune, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Warnock, Mrs. 
Fischer, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Braun, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Burr, Ms. 
Klobuchar, Mr. Young, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Brown, Mr. Toomey, 
Mr. Carper, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Daines, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
Lee, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Schatz,

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Mr. Lankford, Mr. Booker, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Warner, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
Blunt, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Tuberville, Ms. Lummis, Mr. 
Barrasso, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Portman, Mr. Romney, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Crapo, 
Mr. Cotton, Mr. Paul, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Johnson, 
Mr. Graham, Mr. McConnell, and Mr. Cruz) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 215

       Whereas Federal, State, local, and Tribal police officers, 
     sheriffs, and other law enforcement officers across the 
     United States are charged with--
       (1) protecting and serving their communities and the 
     public;
       (2) pursuing justice for all individuals; and
       (3) performing the duties of a law enforcement officer with 
     fidelity to the constitutional and civil rights of the public 
     the officers serve;
       Whereas law enforcement officers swear an oath to uphold 
     the public trust even though, through the performance of the 
     duties of a law enforcement officer, the officers may become 
     targets for senseless acts of violence;
       Whereas, through a pandemic and at the cost of their own 
     lives, law enforcement officers have continued to bravely 
     meet the call of duty to ensure the security of their 
     neighborhoods and communities;
       Whereas the resolve to service is clearly demonstrated by 
     law enforcement officers across the United States who have 
     tragically fallen ill as a result of, or passed away due to 
     complications from, COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty;
       Whereas, in 1962, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy signed 
     Public Law 87-726 (36 U.S.C. 136) (referred to in this 
     preamble as the ``Joint Resolution''), which authorizes the 
     President to proclaim May 15 of every year as Peace Officers 
     Memorial Day in honor of the Federal, State, and local 
     officers who have been killed, disabled, or otherwise injured 
     in the line of duty;
       Whereas the Joint Resolution also authorizes the President 
     to designate the week in which Peace Officers Memorial Day 
     falls as National Police Week;
       Whereas the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, 
     dedicated on October 15, 1991, is the national monument to 
     honor those law enforcement officers who have died in the 
     line of duty;
       Whereas Peace Officers Memorial Day, 2021, honors the 306 
     law enforcement officers, who served with valor, dignity, and 
     integrity, killed in the line of duty in 2020, including--
       (1) Raymond C. Abear;
       (2) Daniel R. Abramovitz;
       (3) Olufela A. Adebiyi;
       (4) Agustin Aguilar, Jr.;
       (5) Louis H. Aguirre;
       (6) Tab T. Ali;
       (7) L. Dale Allen;
       (8) Jared M. Allison;
       (9) Keith S. Allison;
       (10) Michael H. Ambrosino;
       (11) Cornelius B. Anderson;
       (12) Alexander A. Arango;
       (13) Levi K. Arnold, Sr.;
       (14) Jane A. Ash;
       (15) George B. Baker;
       (16) Richard M. Barry;
       (17) Kejuane A. Bates;
       (18) Shannon S. Bennett;
       (19) Kendle G. Blackburn;
       (20) James H. Blair;
       (21) Tamarris L. Bohannon;
       (22) Thomas E. Booz;
       (23) Raymond A. Boseman;
       (24) Lebouath A. Boua;
       (25) Jairo A. Bravo;
       (26) Brad A. Briscoe;
       (27) Mark C. Brown;
       (28) Lemuel D. Bruce, Jr.;
       (29) Joseph J. Bullock;
       (30) Jose A. Buso;
       (31) Jorge Cabrera;
       (32) Irving G. Callender;
       (33) Craig L. Capolino;
       (34) Robert A. Cardona;
       (35) Christopher D. Carney;
       (36) Gregory S. Carnicle;
       (37) Carlo J. Cayabyab;
       (38) Dudley J. Champ;
       (39) Angela D. Chavers;
       (40) Ismael Z. Chavez;
       (41) Andrew D. Clark;
       (42) Michael W. Clegg;
       (43) Coy D. Coffman, Jr.;
       (44) Harry M. Cohen;
       (45) James D. Coleman;
       (46) Donafay Collins;
       (47) Kevin D. Collins;
       (48) Michael A. Conners;
       (49) James M. Cornacchia;
       (50) Efren Coronel;
       (51) Charlie J. Cortez;
       (52) Kaitlin M. Cowley;
       (53) Larry D. Crom;
       (54) Christopher D. Cronin;
       (55) Christopher M. Cunningham, Sr.;
       (56) Jennifer M. Czarnecki;
       (57) James L. Dancy;
       (58) William J. Darnell;
       (59) Norman O. Daye, Jr.;
       (60) Angel M. de la Fuente;
       (61) Roel de la Fuente;
       (62) Timothy P. de la Fuente;
       (63) Lyle G. Denny;
       (64) Thomas W. Devlin;
       (65) Anthony H. Dia;
       (66) Jose A. Diaz-Ayala;
       (67) Marco DiFranco;
       (68) William E. Doubraski;
       (69) Paul P. Dunn;
       (70) Stephen C. Dutton;
       (71) Mark R. Eckenrode;
       (72) Christopher L. Elder;
       (73) Stanley C. Elrod;
       (74) Kurtis J. Enget;
       (75) Terrence A. Engle;
       (76) Tiffany Victoria B. Enriquez;
       (77) Christopher E. Ewing;
       (78) Kenneth D. Foley;
       (79) Maurice C. Ford;
       (80) Randall C. French;
       (81) Frank L. Gagliano;
       (82) Tracy A. Gaines;
       (83) Herbert J. Garcia;
       (84) Jose A. Garcia Vazquez;
       (85) William R. Garner;
       (86) Edelmiro Garza, Jr.;
       (87) Steven M. Gaudet, Jr.;
       (88) Maria Gibbs;
       (89) Andrew J. Gillette;
       (90) Raul A. Gomez;
       (91) Marco A. Gonzales;
       (92) Jonathon K. Goodman, Sr.;
       (93) Michael H. Grannis;
       (94) Kaia L. Grant;
       (95) Gail S. Green-Gilliam;
       (96) Rickie Groves;
       (97) Lawrence A. Guarnieri;
       (98) Claude W. Guillory;
       (99) Damon C. Gutzwiller;
       (100) Parnell L. Guyton;
       (101) Mark A. Hall, Sr.;
       (102) Robert J. Hall;
       (103) Jacob W. Hancher;
       (104) Kenneth W. Harbin;
       (105) Ryan P. Hendrix;
       (106) Michael L. Henry, Jr.;
       (107) Marylou P. Hernandez-Armer;
       (108) Tyler A. Herndon;
       (109) L. Mario Herrera;
       (110) Avery D. Hillman;
       (111) Curt Holland;
       (112) Charles E. Holt III;
       (113) Cody N. Holte;
       (114) Jeffrey C. Hopkins;
       (115) Glenn D. Hutto, Jr.;
       (116) Kenny B. Ingram;
       (117) Thomas M. Inman;
       (118) Anthony T. Jackson, Sr.;
       (119) Domingo Jasso III;
       (120) Benjamin M. Jenkins;
       (121) Aubrey T. Johnson, Jr.;
       (122) Cassie M. Johnson;
       (123) Craig V. Johnson;
       (124) Eric T. Johnson;
       (125) Te'Juan F. Johnson;
       (126) Waldis V. Johnson;
       (127) Antoine P. Jones;
       (128) Jerry W. Jones;
       (129) Lynn D. Jones;
       (130) Jason W. Judd;
       (131) William C. Jumper, Jr.;
       (132) Kaulike S. G. Kalama;
       (133) Ethan R. Kaskin;
       (134) Julian L. Keen, Jr.;
       (135) David W. Kellywood;
       (136) Craig L. King;
       (137) James T. Kirk;
       (138) Jason M. Knox;
       (139) Christopher S. Korzilius;
       (140) Philip Kraverotis;
       (141) John J. Kuhar, Jr.;
       (142) Jeremy C. LaDue;
       (143) Joseph W. Lange;
       (144) Shirley J. Lanning;
       (145) Ernest Leal, Jr.;
       (146) Breann R. Leath;
       (147) Destin S. Legieza;
       (148) Justin C. Lenz;
       (149) Kenneth R. Lester;
       (150) Erik L. Lloyd;
       (151) Marshall L. London, Jr.;
       (152) Anthony J. Lucanto;
       (153) Nathan J. Lyday;
       (154) Harold F. MacGilvray, Jr.;
       (155) Brian L. Magee;
       (156) Jose P. Marquez;
       (157) Clifford W. Martin, Sr.;
       (158) Glenn T. F. Martinez;
       (159) Lionel Q. Martinez, Jr.;
       (160) Miguel A. Martinez Ortiz;
       (161) Wyatt C. Maser;
       (162) Alan D. McCollum;
       (163) Bronc J. McCoy;
       (164) Richard McCoy;
       (165) Christopher B. McDonnell;
       (166) Anthony C. McGrew:
       (167) Adam S. McMillan;
       (168) Brian K. McNair;
       (169) Kenneth R. Meisel;
       (170) Jon M. Melvin;
       (171) Juan Menchaca, Jr.;
       (172) Maria L. Mendez;
       (173) Daniel L. Mendoza III;
       (174) Frank R. Milillo, Sr.;
       (175) Steven A. Minor;
       (176) Bobby R. Montgomery;
       (177) Angelanette Moore;
       (178) Titus T. Moore;
       (179) Jose C. Mora, Jr.;
       (180) Gabe Morales;
       (181) Johan Mordan;
       (182) William T. Morris;
       (183) Berisford A. Morse;
       (184) Michael S. Mosher;
       (185) Dale E. Multer;
       (186) Eric K Murray;
       (187) Alfonso H. Murrieta;
       (188) Benny N. Napoleon;
       (189) Mikkos L. Newman;
       (190) Ronald Newman;
       (191) Charles E. Norton;
       (192) Jose M. Novoa;
       (193) Daniel G. Oaks;
       (194) Richard W. O'Brien, Jr.;
       (195) James R. O'Connor IV;
       (196) Thomas A. Ogungbire;
       (197) Dennis R. Oliver, Jr.;
       (198) Nicholas D. O'Rear;
       (199) Andy Ornelas;

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       (200) S. Renee Padgett;
       (201) Leroy G. Palmer;
       (202) Omar E. Palmer;
       (203) Donald E. Parker;
       (204) Jonathan D. Parnell;
       (205) Betty A. Pascarella;
       (206) AlTerek S. Patterson;
       (207) Luis O. Pena, Jr.;
       (208) Corey Pendergrass;
       (209) Nelson Perdomo;
       (210) Ricardo Perez-Ortiz;
       (211) Alexander R. Pettiway, Jr.;
       (212) Jason K. Phan;
       (213) Sypraseuth Phouangphrachanh;
       (214) Dylan S. Pickle;
       (215) Kietrell M. Pitts;
       (216) Jack V. Polimeni;
       (217) Harold L. Preston;
       (218) Dale T. Provins, Jr.;
       (219) Nancy Puca;
       (220) Charles O. Pugh II;
       (221) Justin R. Putnam;
       (222) Allan F. Ray;
       (223) Stephen L. Raymond;
       (224) Aldemar Rengifo, Jr.;
       (225) Nicholas L. Reyna;
       (226) John A. Rhoden;
       (227) M. Wayne Rhodes;
       (228) Donna M. Richardson-Below;
       (229) Richard Rios;
       (230) Sheila J. Rivera;
       (231) George B. Robare;
       (232) Charles E. Roberts III;
       (233) Oscar W. Rocha;
       (234) Rodrick L. Rodgers;
       (235) Mayra M. Rodriguez-Burgado;
       (236) Robert W. Rogers;
       (237) Mark J. Romutis;
       (238) Enrique J. Rositas, Jr.;
       (239) LaKiya L. Rouse;
       (240) Caleb D. Rule;
       (241) Alex Ruperto;
       (242) Nolan J. Sanders;
       (243) Jose A. Santana;
       (244) Lucas G. Saucedo, Jr.;
       (245) Dean M. Savard;
       (246) Jeffrey A. Scalf;
       (247) Justin R. Schaffer;
       (248) David L. Schmidt;
       (249) Raymond J. Scholwinski;
       (250) Francesco S. Scorpo;
       (251) Brent W. P. Scrimshire;
       (252) Robert W. Sealock;
       (253) Bryant Searcy;
       (254) Jeffery W. Sewell;
       (255) Jonathan P. Shoop;
       (256) Jason N. Shuping;
       (257) James M. Skernivitz;
       (258) Christopher A. Smith;
       (259) Jeremy D. Smith;
       (260) Patrick D. Snook;
       (261) John D. Songy;
       (262) Joseph Spinosa;
       (263) Steven Splan;
       (264) Caleb H. Starr;
       (265) Philip E. Street;
       (266) Donald K. Sumner;
       (267) Robert C. Sunukjian;
       (268) Jarid D. Taylor;
       (269) Kenterrous D. Taylor;
       (270) Oscar J. Temores;
       (271) Marcus Thomas;
       (272) Virgil L. Thomas;
       (273) Katherine M. Thyne;
       (274) Kevin P. Trahan;
       (275) Richard C. Treadwell;
       (276) Marvin W. Trejo;
       (277) Johnny R. Tunches;
       (278) Herschel R. Turner, Jr.;
       (279) Eric J. Twisdale;
       (280) Brendan P. Unitt;
       (281) Randy M. Vallot;
       (282) Gary L. Walker;
       (283) James Walker, Jr.;
       (284) Travis C. Wallace;
       (285) Christopher R. Walsh;
       (286) Daniel G. Walters;
       (287) Lowery Ware, Sr.;
       (288) Marshall L. Waters, Jr.;
       (289) Allan J. Weber;
       (290) Lee R. Weber;
       (291) James W. Weston, Jr.;
       (292) Anthony L. White;
       (293) Sheldon G. Whiteman;
       (294) Richard E. Whitten;
       (295) Kelvin D. Wilcher;
       (296) Charlie Williams, Jr.;
       (297) Keith D. Williams, Sr.;
       (298) Sharon M. Williams;
       (299) Stephen P. Williams;
       (300) Dwight E. Willis;
       (301) Jackson R. Winkeler;
       (302) Richard A. Wright;
       (303) Ching K. Yan;
       (304) Sheena D. Yarbrough-Powell;
       (305) Terrell D. Young; and
       (306) Joseph M. Youse; and
       Whereas, since the beginning of 2021, 119 law enforcement 
     officers from across the United States have made the ultimate 
     sacrifice: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates the week of May 9 through May 15, 2021, as 
     ``National Police Week'';
       (2) expresses strong support for law enforcement officers 
     across the United States in the efforts that those officers 
     undertake to build safer and more secure communities;
       (3) recognizes the need to ensure that law enforcement 
     officers have the equipment, training, and resources 
     necessary to protect the health and safety of the officers 
     and the public they serve;
       (4) recognizes the law enforcement community for the 
     continual selfless acts of sacrifice and bravery carried out 
     by the members of that community;
       (5) recognizes that, even through a pandemic and at the 
     cost of their own lives, law enforcement officers continue to 
     show up and serve their neighborhoods and communities;
       (6) acknowledges that police officers and other law 
     enforcement personnel, especially those who have made the 
     ultimate sacrifice, should be remembered and honored;
       (7) expresses condolences to the loved ones of each law 
     enforcement officer who has made the ultimate sacrifice in 
     the line of duty; and
       (8) encourages the people of the United States to observe 
     National Police Week with appropriate ceremonies and 
     activities that promote awareness of the vital role that law 
     enforcement officers perform in service to the United States 
     and the communities in which those officers serve.

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