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2016 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 108
BY SENATOR LUNEAU
COMMENDATIONS. Designates May 15 - May 21, 2016, as Police Week in the state of
Louisiana and commends the service of law enforcement officers.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To 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
5 officers serving in communities across the United States; and
6 WHEREAS, nearly sixty thousand assaults against law enforcement officers are
7 reported each year, resulting in approximately sixteen thousand injuries; and
8 WHEREAS, since the first recorded death in 1791, more than twenty thousand law
9 enforcement officers in the United States have made the ultimate sacrifice and have been
10 killed in the line of duty, including members of the Louisiana law enforcement community;
11 and
12 WHEREAS, the names of these notable public servants are engraved on the walls of
13 the 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
15 Enforcement Officers Memorial this spring; these new names will include the one hundred
16 twenty-four officers killed in 2015 and the one hundred fifty-six officers killed in previous
17 years; and
18 WHEREAS, the service and sacrifice of all officers who have been killed in the line
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1 of duty will be honored during the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund's
2 28th Annual Candlelight Vigil to be held on May 13, 2016; and
3 WHEREAS, May 15, 2016, is designated as Peace Officers Memorial Day to honor
4 all of the fallen officers and their families.
5 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
6 does hereby designate the week of May 15 through May 21, 2016, as Police Week in the
7 state of Louisiana and does hereby commend all law enforcement officers for their
8 professionalism and dedicated service in communities across our nation and the state of
9 Louisiana.
10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
11 Louisiana Fraternal Order of Police.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Ashley E. Menou.
DIGEST
SR 108 Original 2016 Regular Session Luneau
Designates May 15-21, 2016, as Police Week in Louisiana and commends all law
enforcement officers for their professionalism and dedicated service.
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