PRINTER'S NO. 1820
No. 205 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY STERN, J. EVANS, ARGALL, McGEEHAN, ARMSTRONG,
CAPPABIANCA, LESCOVITZ, RUBLEY, RIEGER, JAMES, READSHAW,
BELARDI, ROONEY, DONATUCCI, GEORGE, FLICK, WOGAN, GODSHALL,
PERZEL, CALTAGIRONE, WOJNAROSKI, FAIRCHILD, NAILOR, DeWEESE,
COY, WRIGHT, CORRIGAN, CLARK, FEESE, WATERS, TIGUE, YUDICHAK,
ROSS, CLYMER, CREIGHTON, WATSON, LEH, CAWLEY, HARPER, GEIST,
BENNINGHOFF, SOLOBAY, PALLONE, TANGRETTI, HERSHEY, BASTIAN,
MANDERINO, CAPPELLI, McNAUGHTON, E. Z. TAYLOR, HORSEY, BARD,
SHANER, SURRA, COLEMAN, CASORIO, BEBKO-JONES, DALEY,
McILHATTAN, B. SMITH, DeLUCA, KIRKLAND, MANN, JADLOWIEC,
HERMAN, ROBINSON, FORCIER, McILHINNEY, J. TAYLOR, S. MILLER,
FREEMAN, WILT, SATHER, PISTELLA, SCHULER, HASAY, C. WILLIAMS,
WALKO, R. MILLER, RAYMOND, HARHAI, M. BAKER, MELIO, DALLY,
SCRIMENTI, ROHRER, MARSICO, BARRAR, BELFANTI, BUNT, MAJOR,
WASHINGTON, PETRARCA, FRANKEL, L. I. COHEN, HESS, FICHTER,
LAUGHLIN, SANTONI, JOSEPHS, O'BRIEN, KAISER, YOUNGBLOOD,
PIPPY, SEMMEL, SAMUELSON, STABACK, BROWNE, HUTCHINSON AND
STEELMAN, MAY 3, 2001
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 3, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the memory of police officers who gave their lives in
2 the line of duty in this Commonwealth and recognizing the
3 memorial services in their honor in Soldiers' Grove at the
4 State Capitol on May 7, 2001, and in Hollidaysburg, Blair
5 County, on June 2, 2001.
6 WHEREAS, Trooper Matthew R. Bond of the Pennsylvania State
7 Police paid the ultimate sacrifice on January 14, 2000; and
8 WHEREAS, Officer John Ayello of the Hamburg Police Department
9 paid the ultimate sacrifice on September 8, 2000; and
10 WHEREAS, Officer Jose M. Ortiz of the Philadelphia Police
11 Department paid the ultimate sacrifice on September 21, 2000;
1 and
2 WHEREAS, The deaths of these police officers make a total of
3 627 officers who, through the year 2000, made the ultimate
4 sacrifice since the beginning of law enforcement within this
5 Commonwealth; and
6 WHEREAS, A Venango County constable who died in April 1825 is
7 believed to be the first officer to have given his life in the
8 line of duty in this Commonwealth; and
9 WHEREAS, "National Police Memorial Day" is held on May 15
10 each year; and
11 WHEREAS, The week of May 13 through 19, 2001, is "National
12 Police Week"; and
13 WHEREAS, On October 1, 1962, Joint Resolution 730 of the 87th
14 Congress of the United States was signed, authorizing the
15 President to proclaim May 15 of each year as "Peace Officers
16 Memorial Day"; and
17 WHEREAS, Twenty years passed before the first "National
18 Police Memorial Day" was recognized on May 15, 1982; and
19 WHEREAS, May 15 has continued to be observed annually in
20 memory of those police officers who made the ultimate sacrifice
21 in the line of duty; therefore be it
22 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the memory
23 of Trooper Matthew R. Bond and Officers John Ayello and Jose M.
24 Ortiz, the police officers who gave their lives in the line of
25 duty in this Commonwealth in 2000; and be it further
26 RESOLVED, That the annual police memorial ceremony presented
27 by the Pennsylvania State Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police
28 on May 7, 2001, at noon in Soldiers' Grove on the grounds of the
29 State Capitol recognize and remember these brave men; and be it
30 further
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1 RESOLVED, That the 10th annual memorial service presented by
2 the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association on June 2, 2001,
3 at Zion Lutheran Church in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, be
4 recognized as a fitting tribute to the memory of these heroic
5 police officers.
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