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Office of the Mayor <br />City of Tukwila, Washington <br />PROCLAMATION <br />WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has designated the week of May <br />13 through May 19 as National Police Week and May 15 as Peace Officers' Memorial <br />Day; and <br />WHEREAS, the law enforcement officer is our guardian of life and property; <br />defender of the right to be free; leader in the war against crime; and dedicated to the <br />preservation of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and <br />WHEREAS, our community joins with other cities and towns to honor all peace <br />officers everywhere; as well as recognizes the service and sacrifice of U.S. law <br />enforcement; and <br />WHEREAS, the Tukwila Police Department will remember and honor their <br />fallen brother and sister officers by wearing a black band over their badges on May 15; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the residents of Tukwila also recognize May 15 as Peace Officers' <br />Memorial Day, when the flag at Tukwila City Hall will be flown and half mast, In <br />Memory of Many, in Honor of All; and <br />NOW THEREFORE, I, Allan Ekberg, Mayor of the City of Tukwila, do <br />hereby proclaim May 15, 2018: <br />Peace Officers' Memorial Day <br />in Tukwila and urge all citizens to remember those officers who gave their lives serving <br />the public. <br />Presented this 7th day of May, 2018. <br />?kberg, Mayor <br />