[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 15, 2019)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 22043-22044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10262]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 84 , No. 94 / Wednesday, May 15, 2019 /
Presidential Documents
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Proclamation 9884 of May 10, 2019
Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week, 2019
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On Peace Officers Memorial Day and throughout Police
Week, we express our unending gratitude to our Nation's
law enforcement officers. Those brave men and women
selflessly confront danger to protect our families and
defend our communities. We also honor those in blue who
have been killed or disabled in the line of duty. We
are especially mindful of the tremendous sacrifices of
the 106 heroes who laid down their lives last year
while protecting their communities.
My Administration is working on several fronts to
enhance the health and safety of our Nation's law
enforcement officers. The Department of Justice (DOJ)
continues to promote initiatives that provide funding
for bulletproof vests, active shooter training, the
National Blue Alert System, and other programs that
bolster the physical and mental health of those who
protect us. We are making surplus military equipment
available to law enforcement agencies. We are
implementing the Law Enforcement Mental Health and
Wellness Act, which I signed into law last year, to
improve the delivery of and access to mental health and
wellness services. And when tragedy does strike, DOJ's
Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program stands ready
and able to assist the families of the fallen and
catastrophically injured.
The best way we can support law enforcement is to
reduce violent crime. My Administration has secured $50
million in funding for one of the most effective crime
prevention strategies in America, the Project Safe
Neighborhoods initiative. This results-based and data-
proven initiative is reducing violent crime nationwide
by leveraging local law enforcement and community
partnerships, along with strategic enforcement efforts,
to arrest the most violent criminals in the most
violent locations. Through the combined efforts of all
levels of law enforcement, violent crime in our country
is falling.
Our Nation's law enforcement officers serve with
courage, dedication, and strength. They fearlessly
enforce our laws, even at the risk of personal peril,
safeguarding our property, our liberty, and our lives.
We owe them, and their families, our full and enduring
support.
By a joint resolution approved October 1, 1962, as
amended (76 Stat. 676), and by Public Law 103-322, as
amended (36 U.S.C. 136-137), the President has been
authorized and requested to designate May 15 of each
year as ``Peace Officers Memorial Day'' and the week in
which it falls as ``Police Week.''
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 15,
2019, as Peace Officers Memorial Day and May 12 through
May 18, 2019, as Police Week. In humble appreciation of
our hardworking law enforcement officers, Melania and I
will light the White House in blue on May 15. I call
upon all Americans to observe Peace Officers Memorial
Day and Police Week with appropriate ceremonies and
activities. I also call on the Governors of the States
and Territories and officials of other areas subject to
the jurisdiction of the United States, to direct that
the flag be flown at half-staff on Peace Officers
Memorial Day. I further encourage all Americans to
display the flag from their homes and businesses on
that day.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
tenth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand
nineteen, and of the Independence of the United States
of America the two hundred and forty-third.
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[FR Doc. 2019-10262
Filed 5-14-19; 11:15 am]
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