HLS 16RS-2058 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 110
BY REPRESENTATIVE MACK
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 15 through May 21, 2016, as Police
Week in the state of Louisiana and commends the service of law enforcement
officers
1 A RESOLUTION
2To designate the week of May 15 through May 21, 2016, 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, being killed in
10the line of duty, including nine members of the Louisiana Law Enforcement Community;
11and
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, many new names of fallen heroes will be added to the National Law
15Enforcement Officers Memorial this spring; these new names will include the one hundred
16twenty-four officers killed in 2015 and one hundred fifty-six officers killed in previous
17years; 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
2028th annual candlelight vigil held on May 13, 2016; and
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1 WHEREAS, May 15, 2016, is designated as Peace Officers Memorial Day to honor
2all of the fallen officers and their families.
3 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
4Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate the week of May 15 through May 21, 2016,
5as Police Week in the state of Louisiana and does hereby commend law enforcement officers
6for their service in communities 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)]
HR 110 Original 2016 Regular Session Mack
Designates May 15-21, 2016, as Police Week in La.
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