First Regular Session
Sixty-first General Assembly
LLS NO. R97@0786.01 CUB
STATE OF COLORADO
BY SENATOR Norton;
also REPRESENTATIVE C. Berry.
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 97-20
DECLARING THE WEEK OF MAY 11 THROUGH MAY 20, 1997,
AS POLICE WEEK AND MAY 15, 1997, AS PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL DAY.
WHEREAS, The Congress and President of the United
States have designated May 15th as Peace Officers' Memorial Day
and the week in which it falls as Police Week; and
WHEREAS, The members of the law enforcement agencies
within the State of Colorado play an essential role in safeguarding
the rights and freedoms of the citizens of the State of Colorado;
and
WHEREAS, It is important that all citizens of Colorado
know and understand the problems, duties, and responsibilities
of their police officers; and
WHEREAS, It is important that police officers throughout
Colorado recognize their duty to serve the people of this State
by safeguarding life and property, protecting citizens against
violence, disorder, and deception, and protecting the weak against
oppression or intimidation; and
WHEREAS, The law enforcement agencies within the
State of Colorado have grown to be modern and progressive agencies
which unceasingly provide a vital public service; and
WHEREAS, It is fitting and appropriate for the citizens
of Colorado to join together in commemorating police officers,
past and present, who by their faithful and loyal devotion to
their responsibilities have rendered a dedicated service to their
community and, in doing so, have established for themselves an
enviable and enduring reputation for preserving the rights and
security of all citizens; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixtyfirst
General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives
concurring herein:
That we, the members of the General Assembly of the
State of Colorado, hereby proclaim the week commencing May 11,
1997, as Police Week in Colorado in recognition of police officers'
efforts in safeguarding the citizens of Colorado, and call upon
all citizens of the state and upon all patriotic, civic, and educational
organizations to observe Police Week.
Be It Further Resolved, That we, the members of the General Assembly, hereby proclaim the day of May 15, 1997, as Peace Officers' Memorial Day in recognition of those officers who, through their courageous deeds, have made the supreme sacrifice or who have been disabled in the line of duty, and call upon the citizens of Colorado to recognize and participate in the observance of this worthy occasion.