RESOLUTION NO. 250421
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Sponsor: Councilmember Nathan Willett
RESOLUTION - Recognizing May 12-16, 2025, as "National Police Week" in Kansas City.
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WHEREAS, National Police Week honors and remembers law enforcement officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice by giving their lives in service to others while in the line of duty, as well as those who continue to serve with courage and righteousness; and
WHEREAS, each year, over 150 law enforcement officers lose their lives in the line of duty, and in 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation that designated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week. President Bill Clinton directed that the flag of the United States be displayed at half-staff on all government buildings on May 15 each year to honor these lives lost; and
WHEREAS, the Missouri Law Enforcement Memorial, which holds annual memorial services at the beginning of May, is dedicated to all the law enforcement heroes, past, present, and future, and their family members, who all are dedicated to serving and protecting the citizens and visitors of Missouri; and
WHEREAS, Governor Mike Kehoe took formal steps to honor Missouri’s fallen law enforcement officers by ordering the Missouri State Capitol dome and the Law Enforcement Memorial to be illuminated in blue from sunset on Friday, May 2, 2025, through sunrise on Sunday, May 4, 2025. During these events, Governor Kehoe recognized the courage and sacrifice of officers, adding the names of four officers who died in the line of duty in 2024, as well as two historical officers, to the memorial’s Wall of Honor; and
WHEREAS, each year the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department dispatches a City- wide 10-42 Roll Call of all officers who gave their lives protecting and serving our City, which starts off the KCPD's Memorial Service; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
That the Mayor and Council hereby recognize and observe May 12-16, 2025, as National Police Week in Kansas City; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the Council in testimony thereof and that a copy hereof be presented to Chief Stacey Graves of the Kansas City Police Department, and the families of the fallen officers with the thanks of the Mayor, Council, and citizens for the dedication and service that law enforcement gives our community.
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