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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.