PRINTER'S NO. 1579
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
288
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY REGAN, FARRY, PHILLIPS-HILL, BROOKS, LANGERHOLC,
HUGHES, ROTHMAN, ROBINSON, LAUGHLIN, MARTIN, TARTAGLIONE,
SANTARSIERO, VOGEL, COMITTA, BREWSTER, HUTCHINSON, MASTRIANO,
COSTA, BAKER, BROWN AND J. WARD, MAY 6, 2024
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, MAY 6, 2024
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the week of May 12 through 18, 2024, as "National
Police Week" and designating May 6, 2024, as "Police
Officers' Memorial Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Since the beginning of law enforcement within this
Commonwealth, hundreds of police officers have made the ultimate
sacrifice while in the line of duty; and
WHEREAS, Oakdale Borough Police Patrolman Charles G.
Stipetich made the ultimate sacrifice on July 3, 2022, when he
was shot and killed by a road rage driver in Blawnox; and
WHEREAS, Brackenridge Borough Police Chief Justin McIntire
made the ultimate sacrifice on January 2, 2023, when he was shot
and killed during a foot pursuit of a wanted subject; and
WHEREAS, McKeesport Police Officer Sean Sluganski made the
ultimate sacrifice on February 6, 2023, when he was shot and
killed while responding to a domestic situation in McKeesport;
and
WHEREAS, Temple University Police Sergeant Christopher
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Fitzgerald made the ultimate sacrifice on February 18, 2023,
when he was shot and killed while struggling with a suspect in
Philadelphia; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Jacques F.
Rougeau, Jr., made the ultimate sacrifice on June 17, 2023, when
he was shot and killed by a wanted man in Walker Township; and
WHEREAS, Philadelphia Police Sergeant Richard Carrero Mendez
made the ultimate sacrifice on October 12, 2023, when he was
shot and killed at the Philadelphia International Airport while
approaching a subject breaking into a vehicle; and
WHEREAS, Across the United States, the week of May 12 through
18, 2024, is being recognized as "National Police Week"; and
WHEREAS, The first "National Police Officers' Memorial Day"
was held on May 15, 1982, following a proclamation signed by
President John F. Kennedy on October 1, 1962; and
WHEREAS, The observance continues to be held annually in
memory of those police officers who have made the ultimate
sacrifice in the line of duty; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the week of May 12
through 18, 2024, as "National Police Week" and designate May 6,
2024, as "Police Officers' Memorial Day" in Pennsylvania; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That the Senate honor the memory of the hundreds of
police officers who have given their lives in the line of duty
in this Commonwealth.
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