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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.