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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 108
BY SENATOR LUNEAU
A RESOLUTION
To designate the week of May 15 through May 21, 2016, as Police Week in the state of
Louisiana and to commend the service of law enforcement officers.
WHEREAS, there are approximately nine hundred thousand law enforcement
officers serving in communities across the United States; and
WHEREAS, nearly sixty thousand assaults against law enforcement officers are
reported each year, resulting in approximately sixteen thousand injuries; and
WHEREAS, since the first recorded death in 1791, more than twenty thousand law
enforcement officers in the United States have made the ultimate sacrifice and have been
killed in the line of duty, including members of the Louisiana law enforcement community;
and
WHEREAS, the names of these notable public servants are engraved on the walls of
the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.; and
WHEREAS, many new names of fallen heroes will be added to the National Law
Enforcement Officers Memorial this spring; these new names will include the one hundred
twenty-four officers killed in 2015 and the one hundred fifty-six officers killed in previous
years; and
WHEREAS, the service and sacrifice of all officers who have been killed in the line
of duty will be honored during the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund's
28th Annual Candlelight Vigil to be held on May 13, 2016; and
WHEREAS, May 15, 2016, is designated as Peace Officers Memorial Day to honor
all of the fallen officers and their families.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby designate the week of May 15 through May 21, 2016, as Police Week in the
state of Louisiana and does hereby commend all law enforcement officers for their
professionalism and dedicated service in communities across our nation and the state of
Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
Louisiana Fraternal Order of Police.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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