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Second Regular Session

Sixty-first General Assembly

LLS NO. R98­0261.01 MD

STATE OF COLORADO

BY SENATORS Congrove and Arnold;

also REPRESENTATIVE Schauer.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 98-014

CONCERNING RECOGNITION OF THE COLORADO LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL.

WHEREAS, Over ten thousand men and women serve as law enforcement officers in the state of Colorado; and

WHEREAS, These officers bravely and courageously serve society by enforcing the laws of the state of Colorado and protecting its citizens; and

WHEREAS, Many officers have made the supreme sacrifice and were killed during the performance of their official duties; and

WHEREAS, In recognition of the officers who have lost their lives while acting in the line of duty, the Colorado Law Enforcement Memorial was created in 1979; and

WHEREAS, Every year in the month of May, a memorial service is held to remember the fallen officers and a moment of silence is observed in their honor; and

WHEREAS, This year, the memorial service will be held on May 8; and

WHEREAS, The memorial stone bearing the inscription "With Respect And Admiration, We Remember Those Colorado Law Enforcement Officers Who Died In The Line Of Duty" currently lists the names of one hundred forty­seven officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty since 1881; 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 the Colorado Law Enforcement Memorial located on the grounds of the training academy at Camp George West be declared as the official memorial recognizing all law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in Colorado.

Be it further resolved, That copies of this resolution be sent to each municipal, county, and state law enforcement agency in Colorado; the regional offices of each federal law enforcement agency in the state of Colorado; Ted Rosack, founder of the memorial; and Colonel Gary Coe, chairperson of the memorial committee.