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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />PROCLAMATION <br /> <br />To recognize National Police Week 2016 and to honor the service and sacrifice <br />of those law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty while protecting <br />our communities and safeguarding our democracy. <br /> <br /> <br />WHEREAS, there are approximately 900,000 law enforcement officers serving in <br />communities across the United States, including the dedicated members of the RAMSEY <br />COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE; <br /> <br />WHEREAS, nearly 15,725 assaults against law enforcement officers in 2014, resulting <br />in approximately 13,824 injuries; <br /> <br />WHEREAS, since the first recorded death in 1971, almost 20,000 law enforcement <br />officers in the United States have made the ultimate sacrifice and been killed in the line of <br />duty, including FOUR members of the RAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE; <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the names of these dedicated public servants are engraved on the walls of <br />the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.; <br /> <br />WHEREAS, 252 names of fallen heroes are being added to the National Law <br />Enforcement Officers Memorial this spring, including 123 officers killed in 2015 and 129 <br />officers killed in previous years; <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the service and sacrifice of all officers killed in the line of duty will be <br />honored during the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund’s 28th Annual <br />Candlelight Vigil, on the evening of May 13, 2016; <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the service and sacrifice of all officers killed in the line of duty will be <br />honored during the MINNESOTA LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL <br />ASSOCIATION’S Annual Candlelight Vigil, on the evening of May 15, 2016; <br />