2025 -- H 6330

========

LC002494

========

     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

____________

H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

COMMEMORATING MAY 11 THROUGH MAY 17, 2025, TO BE "NATIONAL POLICE

WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, IN REMEMBRANCE OF ALL THE POLICE

AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE

OF DUTY

     Introduced By: Representatives Read, Hull, Fascia, Noret, Shekarchi, Blazejewski,
Chippendale, Paplauskas, Corvese, and Craven

     Date Introduced: May 13, 2025

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, In 1962, President John Kennedy signed a proclamation declaring May 15th

of each year to be National Police Officers Memorial Day and the week in which May 15th falls

to be National Police Week. In 1994, President Clinton directed that the United States flag be

flown at half-staff every May 15th; and

     WHEREAS, This year, during the week of May 11 through May 17, Rhode Islanders

remember and honor all the brave men and women serving as police and law enforcement

officers who through the years have made the ultimate sacrifice in order to protect the public in

service to our nation. In 2023, 164 police officers died in the line of duty across America; and

     WHEREAS, According to the National Fraternal Order of Police, 342 police officers

were shot in 2023, and according to the FBI, 43,469 police officers were assaulted while

performing their duties. Former FBI Director Christopher Wray has stated that on average, a law

enforcement officer is murdered more often than every five days in the United States; and

     WHEREAS, According to the Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP), a nonprofit

organization that keeps track of all statistics related to law enforcement officers killed in the line

of duty, since 1791, there have been 26,921 known line-of-duty deaths, including 54 from the

State of Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, Each year during National Police Week, approximately to 40,000 attendees

congregate in Washington D.C., at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial where they

attend vigils and services to honor the memory of all the police and law enforcement officers who

have perished in service to our nation; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

commemorates May 11 through May 17 of 2025, to be "National Police Week" in the State of

Rhode Island; and be it further

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

transmit duly certified copies of the resolution to the International Brotherhood of Police Officers,

Mr. Patrick Yoes, National President, Fraternal Order of Police, the Rhode Island Police Chiefs

Association, and the Rhode Island Troopers Association.

========

LC002494

========

LC002494 - Page 2 of 2