Expressing support for recognizing "National Police Week".

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; Whereas law enforcement officers are 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 officers serve; 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 law enforcement officers have bravely continued to meet the call of duty to ensure the security of their neighborhoods and communities at the risk of their own personal safety in the time of a viral pandemic; Whereas the resolve to service is clearly demonstrated by law enforcement officers across the country who have tragically fallen ill or passed away due to complications of COVID–19 contracted in the line of duty; Whereas, in 1962, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy signed Public Law 87–726 36 U.S.C. 136 Joint Resolution Peace Officers Memorial Day 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; and Whereas Peace Officers Memorial Day, 2021, honors the 394 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty and whose stories were recovered during 2020, including— (1) Nicholas Daniel O’Rear; (2) Stephen Paul Williams; (3) Gail S. Green; (4) Parnell Laroy Guyton; (5) Jason W. Judd; (6) Greg Scott Carnicle; (7) Ed Thomas Allen; (8) Travis Cental Wallace; (9) Brent William Perry Scrimshire; (10) James Lawrence Dancy; (11) Kevin Dwaine Collins; (12) Oscar Walter Rocha; (13) Daniel Lopez Mendoza III; (14) Andy Ornelas; (15) Efren Coronel; (16) Jose Cruz Mora, Jr.; (17) Angel De La Fuente; (18) Larry Dean Crom; (19) Donald Keith Sumner; (20) Virgil Lynn Thomas, Sr.; (21) Harry Morris Cohen; (22) Terrell Don Young; (23) Daniel Gene Walters; (24) Damon Christopher Gutzwiller; (25) Marylou Hernandez Armer; (26) Curt Michael Holland; (27) Andrew Sandberg; (28) James C. Richey; (29) Jeffrey Christopher Hopkins; (30) Brendan Patrick Unitt; (31) Keith D. Williams, Sr.; (32) Mark Randall Eckenrode; (33) Aldemar Rengifo, Jr.; (34) Shannon Santo Bennett; (35) Eric John Twisdale; (36) Robert Wayne Rogers; (37) Julian L. Keen; (38) Joseph Jon Bullock; (39) Christopher Michael Cunningham, Sr.; (40) Lynn D. Jones; (41) Richard Mark Barry; (42) Kenneth Dale Foley; (43) Paul Patrick Dunn; (44) Corey Pendergrass; (45) Aubrey Travis Johnson, Jr.; (46) Jairo Antonio Bravo; (47) Angela Dinece Chavers; (48) Maurice Che’valier Ford; (49) Jose Antonio Diaz-Ayala; (50) William Thomas Etheridge; (51) Charles Otis Pugh II; (52) L. Dale Allen; (53) Kenterrous Dewayne Taylor; (54) Avery Delshawn Hillman; (55) Jane Alice Ash; (56) Philip Kraverotis; (57) William Robert Garner; (58) Anthony Lamar White; (59) Kenny Bernard Ingram; (60) James Edward Morton; (61) Stanley Curtis Elrod; (62) James Michael Cornacchia; (63) Brian Keith McNair; (64) Stephen Bradley CrazyWolf Dutton; (65) Patrick David Snook; (66) Sheldon Gordon Whiteman; (67) Charles Edward Norton; (68) Steven Allen Minor; (69) Christopher Eric Ewing; (70) Philip Edward Street; (71) Kaulike Saylor Gerard Kalama; (72) Tiffany-Victoria Bilon Enriquez; (73) Wyatt Christopher Maser; (74) Marco Di Franco; (75) Clifford Willie Martin, Sr.; (76) Ronald Newman; (77) Titus Theopsy Moore; (78) Sheila Janelle Rivera; (79) Richard William O’Brien, Jr.; (80) Antoine Pierre Jones; (81) Jose Pedro Marquez; (82) Terrence Allen Engle; (83) Joseph Fishback, Sr.; (84) Te’juan Fontrese Johnson; (85) Breann Rochelle Leath; (86) Kenneth Reid Lester; (87) Allan Joseph Weber; (88) Charles A. McKinney; (89) George Bernard Robare; (90) Olufela A. Adebiyi; (91) Gabe Morales; (92) Daniel Ray Abramovitz; (93) Michael Shaun Mosher; (94) John Arthur Lawson; (95) William E. Maddox; (96) James Traver Kirk; (97) Glenn Dale Hutto, Jr.; (98) Kevin Paul Trahan; (99) Donna Michelle Richardson-Below; (100) Levi Kelling Arnold, Sr.; (101) Claude Winston Guillory; (102) Kaitlin Marie Cowley; (103) George Bowman Baker; (104) Marshall Lee Waters, Jr.; (105) Raymond Andrew Boseman; (106) Mark Albert Hall, Sr.; (107) Sharon M. Williams; (108) Steven Michael Gaudet, Jr.; (109) Randy Michael Vallot; (110) Kietrell Michael Pitts; (111) Kejuane Artez Bates; (112) Alonzo Burnham; (113) Daniel W. Sullivan; (114) Danford Dunn; (115) Thomas Edmond Young; (116) Albert Harry Giles; (117) John Franklin Montague; (118) Felix Francis Sharkey; (119) Robert Andrew Maher; (120) Edward C. Lynch; (121) Samuel Reynolds; (122) David Ray Brown; (123) Allan Foss Ray, Jr.; (124) Harold Francis MacGilvray, Jr.; (125) Thomas William Devlin; (126) John D. Songy; (127) Steven Splan; (128) Benton James Hacker; (129) Jonathan David Parnell; (130) Waldis Vanness Johnson; (131) William James Darnell; (132) Homer Edward Hatt; (133) Caleb Howard Starr; (134) Benny N. Napoleon; (135) Bryant Searcy; (136) Dean Michael Savard; (137) Donafay Collins; (138) Lemick Arthur Larson; (139) Carter I. Jones; (140) Henry R. Campbell; (141) William C. Cooper; (142) Marshall Lee London, Jr.; (143) Dylan Scott Pickle; (144) James Harold Blair; (145) Andrew Deric Clark; (146) Dwight Eugene Willis; (147) Rickie Allen Groves; (148) Kendle Glen Blackburn; (149) Richard Allen Wright; (150) Herschel Rico Turner, Jr.; (151) Christopher Ryan Walsh; (152) Tamarris L. Bohannon; (153) L. Mario Herrera; (154) Marvin Lee Scott; (155) Erik Larson Lloyd; (156) Benjamin Michael Jenkins; (157) Alterek Shaundel Patterson; (158) Gary Louis Walker; (159) Leroy George Palmer; (160) Charles Edward Roberts III; (161) Thomas Flynn; (162) Thomas Joseph Cavanagh; (163) Eugene Otersen; (164) Charles H. Ackerman; (165) Richard H. Fletcher, Jr.; (166) Joseph Francis Sewell; (167) Maria Gibbs; (168) Nelson Perdomo; (169) Marcus Thomas; (170) Irving Gene Callender; (171) Michael W. Clegg; (172) Michael Alexander Conners; (173) Christopher Dennis Cronin; (174) Anthony Joseph Lucanto; (175) Francesco Sebastiano Scorpo; (176) John V. McCabe; (177) John J. Kane; (178) Lawrence A. Guarnieri; (179) Thomas M. Inman; (180) William E. Doubraski; (181) Alex Ruperto; (182) Arthur McKenna; (183) James Francis Knight; (184) John Thompson; (185) Thomas A. Herbert; (186) Nancy Puca; (187) Michael H. Grannis; (188) Eric Murray; (189) Jack V. Polimeni; (190) Jeffrey Allen Scalf; (191) Raymond C. Abear; (192) Robert A. Cardona; (193) Christopher B. McDonnell; (194) Frank L. Gagliano; (195) William T. Morris; (196) Justin C. Lenz; (197) Stephen Lawrence Raymond; (198) Jennifer M. Czarnecki; (199) Joseph Spinosa; (200) Craig L. Capolino; (201) Keith S. Allison; (202) Randall Clayton French; (203) Jason Nicholas Shuping; (204) Alexander Reginald Pettiway, Jr.; (205) Norman Odie Daye, Jr.; (206) Lakiya Louise Rouse; (207) William T. Bowman; (208) Robert Lee Bain; (209) Ryan Phillip Hendrix; (210) Sypraseuth Phouangphrachanh; (211) Tyler Avery Herndon; (212) Jared Michael Allison; (213) Nolan James Sanders; (214) Cody Nathaniel Holte; (215) James Michael Skernivitz; (216) Adam S. McMillan; (217) Kaia Lafay Grant; (218) Rex Faux; (219) Anthony Hussein Dia; (220) Jarid Don Taylor; (221) Shirley Jo Lanning; (222) Jeffery Wade Sewell; (223) Craig Vincent Johnson; (224) Zachariah H. Stroud; (225) Robert William Sealock; (226) Mark Joseph Romutis; (227) Thomas E. Booz; (228) John J. Kuhar, Jr.; (229) Michael Lee Henry, Jr.; (230) Dale Thomas Provins, Jr.; (231) Patrick Slevin; (232) Philip Brady; (233) Hilary Baker; (234) Robert McGuffin; (235) James Miller; (236) Hiram Hammer; (237) Jacob Albright; (238) Thomas W. Lawler; (239) John Loughery; (240) John J. Hallowell; (241) Elijah A. Brewer; (242) Frank Clayton Hutton; (243) William Sebastian Hendrickson; (244) George Francis Nick; (245) Frank Perri; (246) Edward Charles Dohrmann, Jr.; (247) James R. O’Connor IV; (248) James Walker, Jr.; (249) Jose Manuel Novoa; (250) Tab T. Ali; (251) Frank Rocco Milillo, Sr.; (252) Joseph M. Youse; (253) John Stack; (254) William Lewis Ammerman; (255) Ethan Ross Kaskin; (256) Jeremy Christopher Ladue; (257) Robert John Hall; (258) Jackson Ryan Winkeler; (259) William Conley Jumper, Jr.; (260) Michael H. Ambrosino; (261) Mikkos Leonardo Newman; (262) Jacob William Hancher; (263) Andrew John Gillette; (264) Lee Russell Weber; (265) Destin Scott Legieza; (266) James O. Riddle; (267) Lon Rains; (268) Oscar Leonard Nance; (269) Francis Marion Alford; (270) Bobby Rodriguez Montgomery; (271) Anthony Terrance Jackson, Sr.; (272) Jeremy DeVaughn Smith; (273) Jose Antonio Buso, Sr.; (274) Lionel Q. Martinez, Jr.; (275) Sheena Dae Yarbrough-Powell; (276) John Andrew Rhoden; (277) Timothy P. De La Fuente; (278) William Homer Hill; (279) Brad Andrew Briscoe; (280) Alan Daniel McCollum; (281) Charlie Williams, Jr.; (282) Bronc Justin McCoy; (283) M. Wayne Rhodes; (284) Marvin Wayne Trejo; (285) Alexander A. Arango; (286) Caleb Daniel Rule; (287) Mark Christopher Brown; (288) Johnny Ramos Tunches; (289) Cornelius Bernard Anderson; (290) Juan Menchaca, Jr.; (291) Raymond John Scholwinski; (292) Dennis Roy Oliver, Jr.; (293) Lemuel Delray Bruce, Jr.; (294) Ernest Leal, Jr.; (295) Harold Lloyd Preston; (296) Jason Michael Knox; (297) Dudley James Champ; (298) John Carter Scroggins; (299) Richard Edward Whitten; (300) Nicholas Lee Reyna; (301) Edelmiro Garza, Jr.; (302) Ismael Z. Chavez; (303) Bill Lankford Cornell, Sr.; (304) Christopher Alan Smith; (305) Christopher Lynn Elder; (306) Jorge Cabrera; (307) Lyle Gene Denny; (308) Tracy Allen Gaines; (309) A. G. Hall; (310) Justin Read Putnam; (311) David Lynn Schmidt; (312) Charles Edward Holt III; (313) Craig Lavorrowous King; (314) Jerry William Jones; (315) Joseph William Lange; (316) Kelvin D. Wilcher; (317) Jonathon Keith Goodman, Sr.; (318) Coy Dale Coffman, Jr.; (319) James David Coleman; (320) Maria Luisa Mendez; (321) Thomas A. Ogungbire; (322) Kenneth Wayne Harbin; (323) Eric Trivonte Johnson; (324) Lebouath A. Boua; (325) Herbert James Garcia; (326) James Willard Weston, Jr.; (327) Donald Eugene Parker; (328) Rodrick L. Rodgers; (329) Dale Edward Multer; (330) Christopher Scott Korzilius; (331) Raul Adam Gomez; (332) Nathan James Lyday; (333) Robert Charles Sunukjian; (334) Katherine Mary Thyne; (335) Angelanette Moore; (336) Kurtis James Enget; (337) Jonathan Paul Shoop; (338) Jon Michael Melvin; (339) Berisford Anthony Morse; (340) Justin Robert Schaffer; (341) S. Renee Padgett; (342) Daniel Glenn Oaks; (343) Cassie Marie Johnson; (344) Levin Oliver Zimmerman; (345) Richard Charles Treadwell; (346) Kenneth Robert Meisel; (347) Lowery Ware, Sr.; (348) Louis Henry Aguirre; (349) Jason Khai Phan; (350) Joseph Dennis Helton, Jr.; (351) Luis O. Pena, Jr.; (352) Richard McCoy; (353) Omar E. Palmer; (354) Ching Kok Yan; (355) Johan Mordan; (356) Alfonso H. Murrieta; (357) Enrique J. Rositas, Jr.; (358) Roel De La Fuente; (359) Agustin Aguilar, Jr.; (360) Marco Antonio Gonzales; (361) Lucas G. Saucedo, Jr.; (362) Carlo Jay Cayabyab; (363) Domingo Jasso III; (364) Christopher Doyle Carney; (365) Richard Rios; (366) Jose Antonio Santana; (367) Augustus Harris; (368) Charles T. Sparks; (369) William Nathan Turner; (370) Simon Combs; (371) John B. McAdams; (372) Brian Leath Magee; (373) Betty Ann Pascarella; (374) Anthony Charles McGrew; (375) Oscar Jesus Temores; (376) Charlie Joe Cortez; (377) David Wesley Kellywood; (378) Charles Hale; (379) Thomas Clay Warden; (380) Thomas J. Sullivan; (381) Archibald D. Brandon; (382) Owen Mulgrew; (383) E. William Hendricks; (384) Boleslaus Wozniak; (385) George Ziemba; (386) Oliver Columbus Grems; (387) James Edward McDuffie; (388) Robert W. Mulcahy; (389) Victor Arthur McGee; (390) Glenn Timothy Francisco Martinez; (391) Miguel Angel Martinez Ortiz; (392) Jose Antonio Garcia-Vazquez; (393) Ricardo Perez-Ortiz; and (394) Mayra Mercedes Rodriguez-Burgado: Now, therefore, be it That the House of Representatives— (1) expresses support for recognizing National Police Week (2) expresses unwavering support for law enforcement officers across the United States in the pursuit of preserving safe and secure communities; (3) recognizes the need to ensure that law enforcement officers have the equipment, training, and resources that are necessary in order to protect the health and safety of the officers while the officers protect the public; (4) recognizes the law enforcement community for continual unseen acts of sacrifice and heroism, especially in the midst of the COVID–19 pandemic crisis faced by the United States; (5) acknowledges that police officers and other law enforcement personnel, especially those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, should be remembered and honored; (6) expresses condolences and solemn appreciation to the loved ones of each law enforcement officer who has made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty; and (7) encourages the people of the United States to observe National Police Week by honoring law enforcement personnel and promoting awareness of the essential mission that law enforcement personnel undertake in service to their communities and the United States.

Summary: This resolution expresses support for recognizing National Police Week.