[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9772]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                   IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL POLICE WEEK

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                            HON. JACK QUINN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 13, 1999

  Mr. QUINN. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to rise today on the floor of 
this House in recognition of National Police Week, which began May 9 
and will run through May 15.
  As you know, in 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed Public Law 87-
726, designating May 15 as Peace Officers' Memorial Day, and the week 
in which it falls as National Police Week.
  During this week, we not only pay tribute to the brave men and women 
who have given their lives in service to our community, but we show our 
unending gratitutde to the police officers who daily risk their lives 
for our protection.
  It is important that we all know and understand the problems, duties 
and responsibilities of our police department, and that members of our 
police department recognize their duty to safeguarding life and 
property, by protecting them against violence or disorder, and by 
protecting the innocent against deception and the weak against 
oppression.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call upon all citizens of Western New 
York and the Nation, and upon all patriotic, civic, and educational 
organizations to observe this week as National Police Week, and join in 
commemoration of police officers, both past and present, who by their 
faithful and loyal devotion to their responsibilities have rendered a 
dedicated service to their communities and, in doing so, have 
established for themselves an enviable and enduring reputation for 
preserving the rights and security of all citizens. I further call upon 
all citizens to observe Staturday, May 15, as Peace Officers' Memorial 
Day in honor of those peace officers who, through their courageous 
deeds, have lost their lives or have become disabled in the performance 
of duty.

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