HLS 15RS-2602 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 120
BY REPRESENTATIVE LOPINTO
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 10 through May 16, 2015, as Police
Week in the state of Louisiana and commends the service of law enforcement
officers
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To designate the week of May 10 through May 16, 2015, as Police Week in the state of
3 Louisiana and to commend the service of law enforcement officers.
4 WHEREAS, there are approximately nine hundred thousand law enforcement
5officers serving in communities across the United States; and
6 WHEREAS, nearly sixty thousand assaults against law enforcement officers are
7reported each year, resulting in approximately sixteen thousand injuries; and
8 WHEREAS, since the first recorded death in 1791, more than twenty thousand law
9enforcement officers in the United States have made the ultimate sacrifice and have been
10killed in the line of duty, including three members of the Louisiana Law Enforcement
11Community; and
12 WHEREAS, the names of these notable public servants are engraved on the walls of
13the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.; and
14 WHEREAS, thirty-eight new names of fallen heroes will be added to the National
15Law Enforcement Officers Memorial this spring; these new names will include the one
16hundred seventeen officers killed in 2014 and the one hundred fifty-six officers killed in
17previous years; and
18 WHEREAS, the service and sacrifice of all officers who have been killed in the line
19of duty will be honored during the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund's
2027th Annual Candlelight Vigil held on May 13, 2015; and
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1 WHEREAS, May 15, 2015, is designated as Peace Officers Memorial Day to honor
2all of the fallen officers and their families.
3 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
4designate the week of May 10 through May 16, 2015, as Police Week in the state of
5Louisiana and does hereby commend law enforcement officers for their service in
6communities across the United States.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
8to the Louisiana Fraternal Order of Police.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 120 Original 2015 Regular Session Lopinto
Designates May 10-16, 2015, as Police Week in La.
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