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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 697 

Designating the week of May 12 through May 18, 2024, as ‘‘National Police 

Week’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 16, 2024 

Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, 

Mr. CORNYN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LEE, Mr. COONS, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, Mr. HAWLEY, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. COTTON, Mr. PADILLA, 

Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. OSSOFF, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. REED, Mrs. BLACKBURN, 

Mr. CARPER, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. BROWN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. CASEY, 

Mr. CRAPO, Mr. TESTER, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. THUNE, 

Mr. BENNET, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. WICKER, Mr. SCHATZ, 

Mr. RISCH, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. MORAN, Mr. KING, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. 

KAINE, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. RUBIO, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. 

JOHNSON, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. PAUL, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. SCOTT of 

South Carolina, Ms. SINEMA, Mrs. FISCHER, Ms. ROSEN, Mrs. CAPITO, 

Mr. FETTERMAN, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. DAINES, Mr. 

ROUNDS, Ms. ERNST, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. YOUNG, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, 

Mr. CRAMER, Mr. ROMNEY, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Ms. 

LUMMIS, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mr. MULLIN, 

Mr. BUDD, Mr. VANCE, Mr. SCHMITT, Mrs. BRITT, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr. 

CARDIN, and Mr. WARNOCK) submitted the following resolution; which 

was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Designating the week of May 12 through May 18, 2024, 

as ‘‘National Police Week’’. 

Whereas Federal, State, local, and Tribal police officers, 

sheriffs, and other law enforcement officers across the 

United States serve with valor, dignity, and integrity; 


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Whereas each law enforcement officer is charged with— 

(1) pursuing justice for all individuals; and 

(2) performing the duties of a law enforcement officer with fidelity to the constitutional and civil rights of 

the public the officer serves; 

Whereas law enforcement officers swear an oath to uphold 

the public trust even though, through the performance of 

the duties of a law enforcement officer, the officers may 

become targets for senseless acts of violence; 

Whereas, in 1962, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy signed 

Public Law 87–726 (76 Stat. 676) (referred to in this 

preamble as the ‘‘Joint Resolution’’), which authorizes 

the President to proclaim May 15 of every year as 

‘‘Peace Officers Memorial Day’’ in honor of the Federal, 

State, and local officers who have been killed, disabled, 

or otherwise injured in the line of duty; 

Whereas the Joint Resolution also authorizes the President 

to designate the week in which Peace Officers Memorial 

Day falls as ‘‘National Police Week’’; 

Whereas the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, 

dedicated on October 15, 1991, is the national monument 

to honor those law enforcement officers who have died in 

the line of duty; 

Whereas Peace Officers Memorial Day 2024 honors the 227 

law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty during 

2023, including— 

(1) Michael S. Abbate; 

(2) Trevor A. Abney; 

(3) William Anthony; 

(4) Anthony B. Ashe; 

(5) Kolby L. Baber; 


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(6) James R. Bailey; 

(7) Gerald T. Barbato; 

(8) Joseph L. Barlow; 

(9) Chanda D. Barnes; 

(10) Michael E. Barnes; 

(11) Terrance N. Bateman; 

(12) Patrick C. Bauer; 

(13) Julian G. Becerra; 

(14) Tucker C. Blakely; 

(15) David W. Bosecker; 

(16) Frederick C. Bowens; 

(17) William P. Brautigam; 

(18) Emily A. Breidenbach; 

(19) Mark N. Bressack; 

(20) Lawrence J. Bromm; 

(21) Tyee M. Browne; 

(22) Shawn A. Burnell; 

(23) Robert M. Burney; 

(24) Lorenzo Bustos; 

(25) Darnell Calhoun; 

(26) Eric Calleja; 

(27) Pedro A. Candia; 

(28) Scotty W. Canezaro; 

(29) Joseph E. Carey; 

(30) Steven A. Carnes; 

(31) Gonzalo Carrasco Duenas; 

(32) Richard Carrero Mendez; 

(33) Robert C. Castioni; 

(34) William J. Cherry; 

(35) Robert D. Clark; 

(36) Ryan M. Clinkunbroomer; 

(37) Joshua L. Clouse; 

(38) Anthony E. Cloyd; 


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(39) Thomas P. Compitello; 

(40) Caleb K. Conley; 

(41) David E. Cook; 

(42) Donald E. Cossean; 

(43) Timothy E. Coyne; 

(44) Kevin M. Cram; 

(45) Garrett C. Crumby; 

(46) Christopher B. Cummings; 

(47) Stephen A. Darby; 

(48) Jeris D. Davis; 

(49) William J. DeBlock; 

(50) Francisco DeCastro; 

(51) Rodrigo Delgado; 

(52) Michael A. DeVecchis; 

(53) Charles F. Dotson; 

(54) John A. Durm; 

(55) Jessica M. Ebbighausen; 

(56) Angel F. Esquerete; 

(57) Alberto E. Felix; 

(58) Anthony D. Ferguson; 

(59) Christopher D. Fitzgerald; 

(60) George Flores; 

(61) Clifford V. Fontaine; 

(62) Pedro A. Foruria; 

(63) Anthony J. Francone; 

(64) I.B. Fugate; 

(65) Christopher J. Garrow; 

(66) Robert C. Garten; 

(67) Anthony J. Garvey; 

(68) William J. Gawron; 

(69) Francis A. Gaynor; 

(70) Nicholas A. Georgeadis; 

(71) James A. Geraghty; 


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(72) Stephen L. Gibson; 

(73) Barry P. Giglio; 

(74) Maureen Gill-Donohue; 

(75) Todd C. Gillerlain; 

(76) Steven P. Gitlin; 

(77) Heather J. Glenn; 

(78) Michael S. Godawa; 

(79) Ivan Gonzalez; 

(80) Thomas J. Graham; 

(81) Roland A. Gray; 

(82) Almondo Greer-Travis; 

(83) Mason E. Griffith; 

(84) Timothy J. Guyer; 

(85) Asson A. Hacker; 

(86) Joshua I. Hamilton; 

(87) Matthew L. Hare; 

(88) Emil Harnischfeger; 

(89) Brett M. Harris; 

(90) Mark U. Heinl; 

(91) Charles H. Herring; 

(92) John J. Hess; 

(93) Ronald E. Higgins; 

(94) Patrick J. Hogan; 

(95) Patrick J. Hogan; 

(96) Nicholas Holovinsky; 

(97) John G. Horan; 

(98) Victor A. Hunter; 

(99) Jeff D. Hust; 

(100) Billy J. Ihrig; 

(101) Jon A. Jenson; 

(102) Peter E.C. Jerving; 

(103) Joseph W. Johnson; 

(104) Jason S. Jones; 


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(105) Russell Earl Lavarl Jones; 

(106) Daniel A. Kammerzell; 

(107) Michael J. Kearns; 

(108) William J. Keating; 

(109) Michael R. Keel; 

(110) Shawn K. Kelly; 

(111) William M. Kelly; 

(112) Edward T. Kiluk; 

(113) Carl D. Kimball; 

(114) Robert J. Kirwan; 

(115) Nevada Krinkee; 

(116) Michael P. Kunovich; 

(117) Lawrence W. Lakeman; 

(118) Shannon E. Lang; 

(119) Tuan Q. Le; 

(120) David J. Lee; 

(121) Kaitlin R. Leising; 

(122) James M. Lett; 

(123) Thomas M. Lilly; 

(124) Scott G. Lovendahl; 

(125) Gerald F. Lynch; 

(126) Christopher J. Marcello; 

(127) Paul S. Martin; 

(128) James A. Mastricovo; 

(129) Cory S. Maynard; 

(130) Marylin A. Mayo; 

(131) Scott C. McArdle; 

(132) John F. McArdle; 

(133) Jeremy D. McCain; 

(134) John J. McCauley; 

(135) James S. McCormick; 

(136) Justin C. McIntire; 

(137) Marc A. McIntyre; 


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(138) Robert W. McKinney; 

(139) Darrin C. McMichael; 

(140) Kyle M. Melancon; 

(141) Jared J. Miller; 

(142) Matthew D. Mitchell; 

(143) Jacqueline M. Montanaro; 

(144) Gregorio Morales; 

(145) Michael A. Moran; 

(146) Steven C. Mosiello; 

(147) Jovian J. Motley; 

(148) Robert Mouradian; 

(149) James M. Muhlbauer; 

(150) Frank H. Murillo; 

(151) Donald M. Neiswinger; 

(152) Alberto Nieves; 

(153) Philip D. Nix; 

(154) Scott C. Norcutt; 

(155) Nicholas F. Ortiz; 

(156) Freddy Ortiz; 

(157) Jonah Oswald; 

(158) Joshua A. Owen; 

(159) Vincent A. Parks; 

(160) Anthony J. Pasquarello; 

(161) Jorge I. Pastore; 

(162) Troy D. Patterson; 

(163) Nicholas N. Pepper; 

(164) Santos Perez; 

(165) Aubrey H. Phillips; 

(166) Delberth I. Phipps; 

(167) Martin M. Podolski; 

(168) David J. Poirrier; 

(169) Lawrence C. Prather; 

(170) Are ́anah M. Preston; 


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(171) Michael G. Prettitore; 

(172) Jason S. Pulliam; 

(173) Isam M. Qasem; 

(174) Andrew L. Quinlan; 

(175) Marcos Quinones; 

(176) Frank D. Randall; 

(177) John R. Randolph; 

(178) Geoffrey B. Redd; 

(179) Trinity L. Reinhart; 

(180) Milton G. Resendez; 

(181) Auston S. Reudelhuber; 

(182) Anthony W. Rickerson; 

(183) Scott D. Ritchey; 

(184) Kimberly D. Roberts Sickafoose; 

(185) Thomas F. Roche; 

(186) Christopher P. Rock; 

(187) Robert D. Rodgers; 

(188) Kelly B. Rolando; 

(189) Michael Romano; 

(190) Jacques F. Rougeau; 

(191) Brian G. Rousseau; 

(192) Richard L. Ruiz; 

(193) James M. Russ; 

(194) John C. Ryan; 

(195) Jacob E. Salrin; 

(196) Janelle Sanders; 

(197) Bill M. Sapolu; 

(198) Hunter T. Scheel; 

(199) Paul Schippereit; 

(200) Karl J. Sederholt; 

(201) Ralph E. Serrano; 

(202) Robert J. Shisler; 

(203) James M. Sides; 


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(204) Jordan Silver; 

(205) Zachary Slavin; 

(206) Sean L. Sluganski; 

(207) Aaron N. Smith; 

(208) Jack S. Stewart; 

(209) Becky V. Strong; 

(210) Chad E. Swanson; 

(211) Carlos E.J. Taylor; 

(212) Richard E. Tesauro; 

(213) Paul J. Tracey; 

(214) Phoukham Tran; 

(215) Sammy J. Trujillo; 

(216) Horren R. Tyler; 

(217) Timothy J. Unwin; 

(218) Victor Vargas; 

(219) Andres M. Vasquez Lasso; 

(220) Mark C. Wagner; 

(221) John J. Walker; 

(222) Jake R. Wallin; 

(223) James L. Ward; 

(224) Richard Weber; 

(225) Clarence L. Williams; 

(226) Michael C. Wood, Jr.; and 

(227) Marcus L Zeigler; and 

Whereas, according to the Law Enforcement Officers Killed 

and Assaulted Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (also known as the ‘‘LEOKA Program’’), since 

the beginning of 2024, 45 law enforcement officers were 

reported to have been killed in the line of duty: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 


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1 (1) designates the week of May 12 through May 

2 18, 2024, as ‘‘National Police Week’’; 

3 (2) expresses unwavering support for law en4 forcement officers across the United States in the 

5 pursuit of preserving safe and secure communities; 

6 (3) recognizes the need to ensure that law en7 forcement officers have the equipment, training, and 

8 resources that are necessary in order to protect the 

9 health and safety of the officers while the officers 

10 protect the public; 

11 (4) acknowledges that police officers and other 

12 law enforcement personnel, especially those who have 

13 made the ultimate sacrifice, should be remembered 

14 and honored; 

15 (5) expresses condolences and solemn apprecia16 tion to the loved ones of each law enforcement offi17 cer who has made the ultimate sacrifice in the line 

18 of duty; and 

19 (6) encourages the people of the United States 

20 to observe National Police Week by honoring law en21 forcement personnel and promoting awareness of the 

22 essential mission that law enforcement personnel un23 dertake in service to their communities and the 

24 United States. 

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