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CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON <br />WHEREAS, there are over 900,000 law enforcement officers serving in communities across the United States, <br />including the dedicated members of the NEW BRIGHTON DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; <br />WHEREAS, there have been 60,211 assaults against law enforcement officers in 2017, resulting in approximately <br />17,476 injuries; <br />WHEREAS, since the first recorded death in 1786, over 21,000 law enforcement officers in the United States <br />have made the ultimate sacrifice and been killed in the line of duty; <br />WHEREAS, the names of these dedicated public servants are engraved on the walls of the National Law <br />Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.; <br />WHEREAS, 371 names of fallen heroes are being added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial <br />this spring, including 158 officers killed in 2018 and 213 officers killed in previous years; <br />WHEREAS, the service and sacrifice of RAMSEY COUNTY SUBURBAN LAW ENFORCEMENT officers <br />killed in the line of duty will be honored during the SUBURBAN RAMSEY COUNTY LAW <br />ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL CEREMONY, on May 16,2019; <br />WHEREAS, the ceremony is part of National Police Week, which takes place this year from May 12-18; <br />WHEREAS, May 15 is designated as Peace Officers Memorial Day, in honor of all fallen officers and their <br />families; <br />NOW, THEREFORE I, VALERIE JOHNSON, Mayor of The City of New Brighton, Minnesota do hereby <br />proclaim May 12-18, 2019: <br />NEW <br />miBRIGHTON <br />building tomorrow today <br />Police Week <br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, <br />hand and caused'the Seal of the ! <br />afxed�lhis 23", day of April, 201 <br />VALERIE JOHNSON — MAYOR <br />in the City of New Brighton. <br />I have hereunto set my <br />a pf New Brighton, Minnesota to be <br />