TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: David Morrison, Interim County Executive Officer
REPORT BY: Leah Doyle-Stevens, Staff Aide - Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT: Presentation of a Proclamation designating May 14-20 as Police Week
RECOMMENDATION
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Presentation of a proclamation to be received by Napa County Sheriff Oscar Ortiz, designating May 14-20, 2023 as “Police Week” in Napa County.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In 1962, President Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar week in which May 15 falls, as National Police Week. The designation of Police Week encourages communities to pay special recognition to those law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others.
FISCAL & STRATEGIC PLAN IMPACT
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Is there a Fiscal Impact? |
No |
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County Strategic Plan pillar addressed: |
Healthy, Safe, and Welcoming Place to Live, Work, and Visit |
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The proposed action is not a project as defined by 14 California Code of Regulations 15378 (State CEQA Guidelines) and therefore CEQA is not applicable.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Since the first recorded line of duty death in 1786, over 22,000 law enforcement officers in the United States have made the ultimate sacrifice and been killed in the line of duty, including the line of duty death of Napa County Sheriff’s Reserve Deputy James Healy on May 25, 1980. In 2022, 245 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty across the United States, eight of which were in the State of California; and thus far in 2023, there have been 37 line of duty deaths in the United States, two of which were in the State of California.
Police Week is organized by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Fraternal Order of Police/Fraternal Order of Police Auxiliary (FOP/FOPA) and the Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) and supported by law enforcement agencies across the country.