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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N

CELEBRATING THE WEEK OF MAY 13 - 19, 2012, AS "NATIONAL POLICE WEEK" IN

RHODE ISLAND

     

     

     Introduced By: Senators Shibley, Kettle, Ottiano, Algiere, and Hodgson

     Date Introduced: May 03, 2012

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

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     WHEREAS, In memory of those police officers who have selflessly died or been

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disabled in the line of duty, the State of Rhode Island annually celebrates “National Police

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Week”; and

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     WHEREAS, National Police Week was first signed into law in 1962 by President John F.

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Kennedy and enacted in the Rhode Island General Laws in 1966; and

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     WHEREAS, Police officers in the State of Rhode Island and across America work

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diligently on behalf of the people without regard to the peril or hazards they face each and every

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day as they safeguard our lives, our rights and freedoms, and our property. It is important to

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recognize and thank these noble and courageous individuals; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby recognizes and celebrates the week of May 13 - 19, 2012, as “National Police Week”; and

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be it further

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate offers our sincere condolences to the families and friends

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of the valiant and heroic police officers who have given their lives or have been disabled in the

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performance of their duty in the State of Rhode Island; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate respectfully requests that the Governor direct all flags in

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the state to be lowered to half-mast during this time of solemn remembrance and invites all Rhode

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Island communities and citizenry to observe this celebration with appropriate ceremonies and

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activities; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Honorable Lincoln D. Chafee, Governor of

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the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, the Rhode Island Director of

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Administration, the Rhode Island State Lodge Fraternal Order of Police, and the Rhode Island

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International Brotherhood of Police Officers.

     

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