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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 177 

Designating the week of May 10 through May 16, 2015, as ‘‘National Police 

Week’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 11, 2015 

Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. COONS, Ms. 

MURKOWSKI, Ms. HEITKAMP, Ms. AYOTTE, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. BLUNT, 

Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. HATCH, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. 

MENENDEZ, Mr. ALEXANDER, Ms. WARREN, Mr. COTTON, Mr. BROWN, 

Mr. TILLIS, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. THUNE, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. SCOTT, 

Mr. KAINE, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. WARNER, Mr. RUBIO, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, 

Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. WICKER, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. TESTER, 

and Mr. PETERS) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Designating the week of May 10 through May 16, 2015, 

as ‘‘National Police Week’’. 

Whereas, in 1962, John Fitzgerald Kennedy signed the Joint 

Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint Resolution to authorize the 

President to proclaim May 15 of each year as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar week of each year 

during which such May 15 occurs as Police Week’’ (36 

U.S.C. 136); 

Whereas law enforcement officers are charged with pursuing 

justice and protecting communities in the United States; 


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Whereas Federal, State, local, and tribal police officers, sheriffs, and other law enforcement officers across the United 

States serve with dignity and integrity; 

Whereas, in 2015, on the 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma 

City Murrah Federal Building bombing, the Senate honors the memory of those who perished in the bombing 

and the role of law enforcement officers as both first responders to terrorist attacks and protectors of the homeland from foreign and domestic threats; 

Whereas law enforcement officers selflessly serve their communities even at the risk of their own personal safety, including the abhorrent murders of New York Police Department Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu; 

Whereas Peace Officers Memorial Day honors all law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty; 

Whereas Peace Officers Memorial Day, 2015, honors 127 law 

enforcement officers recently killed in the line of duty, including David T. Johnson, Terry B. Fisher, Clinton Jeffrey Holtz, Carlos A. Rivera-Vega, Thomas A. Smith, Jr., 

Kristian D. Willhight, Brian D. Beck, David M. Baldwin, 

Eddie Maurice Hamer, Carlos Papillion, Jr., Cory B. 

Wride, Percy Lee House III, Jonathan Scott Pine, 

Amanda B. Baker, Brian M. Law, Juan Jaime Gonzalez, 

John T. Hobbs, Nicholas Choung Lee, Derek Andrew 

Hansen, Joaquin Correa-Ortega, Jason M. Crisp, Marc 

Uland Kelley, Allen Ray Richardson, James P. Morrissy, 

Ricky Del Fiorentino, Robert G. German, Mark A. Mayo, 

Mark H. Larson, Alexander E. Thalmann, David W. 

Smith, Jr., Gregory T. Maloney, Ernest T. Franklin, 

Dennis Guerra, Christopher A. Cortijo, Douglas H. 

Mayville, Mareli A. Morales-Santiago, Dennis Oliver 

Simmonds, Michael J. Seversen, William Heath Kelley, 


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Bryan Marshall Berger, Gabriel Rich, Patrick Scott 

Johnson, Roberto Carlos Sanchez, Chelsea Richard, Noel 

Lee Hawk, John Collum, Michael Alexander Petrina, 

Charles Dinwiddie, Stephen Arkell, Steven LaCruz 

Thomas, Chad Charles, Jair A. Cabrera, Alexander 

Giannini, Christopher Skinner, Frank McKnight, Brian 

W. Jones, Paul A. Buckles, Kevin Dorian Jordan, Daryl 

Giles, Igor Soldo, Alyn R. Beck, Scott M. Hewell, Lee 

Dixon, Allen Bares, Jr., Jacob Daniel Calvin, Perry W. 

Renn, Jeffrey Brady Westerfield, Frank Gregory 

Bordonaro, Melvin Santiago, Christopher M. Goodell, 

Scott Patrick, Mark A. Hecker, Patrick Libertone, Joseph James Dunn I, Michael Pimentel, Geniel AmaroFantauzzi, Cleveland Johnson, Jr., Paul Ferrara, Daryl 

R. Pierson, Nickolaus E. Schultz, Jason E. Harwood, Joseph J. Matuskovic, Tyler R. Robledo, Byron Keith 

Dickson II, Michael Norris, Reinaldo Arocha, Jr., Jessica 

Laura Hollis, Michael C. Williams, Jordan J. Corder, 

David Kedra, Michael Joe Naylor, Eddie Johnson, Jr., 

Danny Oliver, Michael David Davis, Jr., Kagan Dindar, 

John Timothy Williamson, Anthony Haase, Robert 

Blajszczak, Jeffrey W. Garrett, Yevhen Eugene 

Kostiuchenko, Jesse Valdez III, Shaun Richard Diamond, 

David Payne, Robert Parker White, Matthew Chism, 

Darrell Perritt, Holmes Nathaniel Smith, Jr., Ronald A. 

Leisure, Justin Winebrenner, Jeffrey Wayne Greene, 

Alejandro Martinez, Sr., Christopher Smith, James Hart, 

Edwin O. Roman-Acevedo, Ernest J. Montoya, Sr., 

Grant William Whitaker, Richard Anthony Champion, 

John Robert Street, Rafael Ramos, Wenjian Liu, Charles 

R. Kondek, Jr., Jamel Clagett, Tyler Jacob Stewart, Stephen Petruzzello, Thomas Choi, James E. Foster, Jr., 

and Timothy Mitchell; and 


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Whereas 44 law enforcement officers across the United 

States have made the ultimate sacrifice during the first 

4 months of 2015: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) designates the week of May 10 through May 

3 16, 2015, as ‘‘National Police Week’’; 

4 (2) expresses strong support for law enforce5 ment officers across the United States for their ef6 forts to build safer and more secure communities; 

7 (3) recognizes the need to ensure that law en8 forcement officers have the equipment, training, and 

9 resources necessary to protect their health and safe10 ty while the law enforcement officers are protecting 

11 the public; 

12 (4) recognizes the members of the law enforce13 ment community for their selfless acts of bravery; 

14 (5) acknowledges that police officers and other 

15 law enforcement officers who have made the ultimate 

16 sacrifice should be remembered and honored; and 

17 (6) encourages the people of the United States 

18 to observe National Police Week with appropriate 

19 ceremonies and activities that promote awareness of 

20 the vital role of law enforcement officers in building 

21 safer and more secure communities across the 

22 United States. 

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