Bill Text: PA HR252 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Honoring the memory of law enforcement officers who gave their lives in the line of duty in this Commonwealth and recognizing the memorial service in their honor in Soldiers' Grove at the State Capitol Complex on May 4, 2009.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 80-42)

Status: (Passed) 2009-04-28 - Adopted [HR252 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR252-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1605
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 252 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY STERN, BOYLE, PERZEL, MOUL, D. O'BRIEN, GROVE, SOLOBAY, TURZAI, RAPP, GRELL, GRUCELA, SWANGER, GIBBONS, READSHAW, M. O'BRIEN, BISHOP, MELIO, SCAVELLO, VEREB, MUSTIO, SANTONI, HENNESSEY, CARROLL, FLECK, GEIST, COHEN, GINGRICH, W. KELLER, DONATUCCI, REICHLEY, MANN, BAKER, GEORGE, BELFANTI, HELM, DiGIROLAMO, HARHAI, CALTAGIRONE, BRIGGS, WATSON, MARSICO, LONGIETTI, KULA, SIPTROTH, FABRIZIO, TRUE, WHITE, HESS, FAIRCHILD, ROSS, GODSHALL, BRENNAN, VULAKOVICH, PAYNE, MILLER, SAYLOR, ROCK, CAUSER, COX, MENSCH, HARRIS, MURPHY, KOTIK, HARHART, METZGAR, DELOZIER, MILLARD, MANDERINO, O'NEILL, HUTCHINSON, CREIGHTON, BOYD, EVERETT, DERMODY, PYLE, ROAE, PHILLIPS, M. KELLER, CUTLER, BEYER, MARSHALL, BEAR, MARKOSEK, PICKETT, DALLY, MURT, ADOLPH, STEVENSON, PETRI, SAINATO, BARRAR, CASORIO, LEVDANSKY, OBERLANDER, MICOZZIE, SCHRODER, FARRY, BOBACK, BROOKS, PALLONE, S. H. SMITH, HICKERNELL, MAJOR, J. TAYLOR, SONNEY, MAHER, QUINN, KAUFFMAN, WALKO, DeLUCA, GOODMAN, GABLER, TALLMAN AND MILNE, APRIL 23, 2009
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, APRIL 23, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the memory of law enforcement officers who gave their
lives in the line of duty in this Commonwealth and
recognizing the memorial service in their honor in Soldiers'
Grove at the State Capitol Complex on May 4, 2009.
WHEREAS, The following law enforcement officers have made the
ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty on the following dates:
Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski, Philadelphia Police Department, May 3,
2008; Officer Isabel Nazario, Philadelphia Police Department,
September 5, 2008; Sgt. Michael Wiegand, Jr., Latimore Township
Police Department, September 14, 2008; Sgt. Patrick McDonald,
Philadelphia Police Department, September 23, 2008; Officer
David Tome, Northern York Regional Police Department, October
21, 2008; Officer Nathaniel Burnfield, South Strabane Township
Police Department, November 4, 2008; Sgt. Timothy Simpson,
Philadelphia Police Department, November 17, 2008; Agent Samuel
Hicks, FBI, November 19, 2008; and
WHEREAS, The deaths of these law enforcement officers make a
total of 710 officers who, through the year 2008, made the
ultimate sacrifice since the beginning of law enforcement within
this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, A Venango County constable who died in April 1825 is
believed to be the first officer to have given his life in the
line of duty in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, "National Police Memorial Day" is held on May 15
each year; and
WHEREAS, The week containing May 15 is celebrated each year
as "National Police Week"; and
WHEREAS, On October 1, 1962, Joint Resolution 730 of the 87th
Congress of the United States was signed, authorizing the
President to proclaim May 15 of each year as "Peace Officers
Memorial Day"; and
WHEREAS, Twenty years passed before the first "National
Police Memorial Day" was recognized on May 15, 1982; and
WHEREAS, May 15 has continued to be observed annually in
memory of those police officers who made the ultimate sacrifice
in the line of duty; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania State Lodge of the Fraternal Order
of Police presents the annual memorial service in this
Commonwealth; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the
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memories of the following law enforcement officers who gave
their lives in the line of duty in this Commonwealth in 2008:
Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski, Officer Isabel Nazario, Sgt. Michael
Wiegand, Jr., Sgt. Patrick McDonald, Officer David Tome, Officer
Nathaniel Burnfield, Sgt. Timothy Simpson and Agent Samuel
Hicks; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
memorial service in their honor in Soldiers' Grove at the State
Capitol Complex on May 4, 2009.
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