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92_SR0419

 
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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, According to recently released  statistics,  231
 3    federal,  state,  and  local  law  enforcement  officers were
 4    killed in the line of duty nationwide in 2001; and

 5        WHEREAS, Such figures represent a 53 per cent increase in
 6    the number of peace officers killed in the line of duty  from
 7    2000; and

 8        WHEREAS,  The  National Institute for Occupational Safety
 9    and Health has determined that a  deputy  sheriff  or  police
10    officer  has the second highest risk of being murdered on the
11    job; and

12        WHEREAS, Often, the dangers and risks that peace officers
13    are subject to  in  order  to  protect  the  freedom  of  the
14    citizens of this nation are overlooked; and

15        WHEREAS,  By  Act  of  Congress, May 15th of each year is
16    National Peace Officers Memorial Day, and the first Sunday in
17    May is the Chicago Police Department's St. Jude Police League
18    Memorial March; and

19        WHEREAS, The nation pays tribute to the  federal,  state,
20    and  local law enforcement officers who have paid the supreme
21    price of their lives at a National Law  Enforcement  Officers
22    Memorial in Washington, D.C., with blue and gray marble walls
23    displaying  the  names of more than 15,000 officers killed in
24    the line of duty since 1792; and

25        WHEREAS, In 1990,  the  State  of  Illinois  completed  a
26    memorial  to  honor  law  enforcement  officers  who made the
27    supreme sacrifice of behalf of the people of Illinois, with a
28    six-foot-tall statue  of  male  and  female  law  enforcement
29    officers atop a seven-foot-tall, six-sided base; and

30        WHEREAS,  In 2000, the City of Chicago dedicated the Gold
 
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 1    Star Families Memorial Park along Chicago's  lakefront,  with
 2    460  trees  planted, one honoring each Chicago police officer
 3    killed in the line of duty; and

 4        WHEREAS, The  Cook  County  Board  of  Commissioners  has
 5    designated  May  10  as Peace Officers Day of Remembrance and
 6    Recognition in Cook County to provide a lasting  memorial  to
 7    all  peace  officers  killed  in the line of duty within Cook
 8    County and to pay tribute to those  who  currently  serve  in
 9    such positions; therefore, be it

10        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
11    ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that  we  hereby  remember
12    and honor the memories of all peace officers, whether they be
13    sheriffs,  correctional guards, police officers, or any other
14    such service officer killed in  the  line  of  duty,  and  do
15    recognize   and   appreciate  the  dedication  of  those  who
16    currently so serve by designating May 10th as  Peace  Officer
17    Day  of Remembrance and Recognition in Cook County, Illinois,
18    beginning in the year 2002, and each year thereafter; and  be
19    it further

20        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
21    presented to the Co-Chairmen of the Cook County Peace Officer
22    Memorial Foundation, Edward T. Sajdak and Jason H. Watson.

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