Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> [Awaiting the proclamation of National Gypsy Cabdrivers Week. Wojtek,
> how you going to celebrate?]
>
> THE WHITE HOUSE
>
> Office of the Press Secretary
> ________________________________________________________________________
> For Immediate Release May 11, 2000
>
> PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY AND POLICE WEEK, 2000
>
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>
> BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
>
> A PROCLAMATION
>
> From our earliest days as a Nation, America has been blessed with
> citizens of courage and character who have dedicated their lives to
> keeping the peace in our communities. Five years after the creation of
> the U.S. Marshals Service in 1789, U.S. Marshal Robert Forsyth was shot
> and killed in the line of duty. He was the first of more than 14,000
> law enforcement personnel since that time to give his life to uphold the
> law and protect the people he was sworn to serve.
>
> Our Nation owes a lasting debt of gratitude to the men and women of
> our law enforcement community who, each day, put their lives at risk to
> protect us and ensure the safety of our families and homes. Because of
> their skill, valor, and commitment, we have begun to turn the tide on
> crime in America. The murder rate is at its lowest level in more than
> 30 years, and the overall crime rate is at its lowest point in 25 years.
> There are many reasons for this progress, but police chiefs,
> policymakers, and citizens alike agree that the dedication of our law
> enforcement officers and the spread of community policing have been
> critical factors. Today, in cities and communities across America,
> residents and police officers are working in partnership, forming
> neighborhood watch organizations, banding together against drug dealers
> and gangs, and building connections that are the core of community life
> and the foundation of a civil society.
>
> Unfortunately, we need look no further than the tragic losses
> suffered by law enforcement officers to recognize the risks that these
> brave men and women face every day. Last year, 50 police officers were
> struck down in the line of duty, and another 84 lost their lives in
> accidents. For these heroes, the safety of their fellow citizens was
> their purpose and passion, and they made the ultimate sacrifice to
> fulfill their duty.
>
> We can never repay these gallant men and women for their service or
> adequately comfort their families. We can only honor their memory --
> not only in words and ceremony, but in our determination to promote
> justice, uphold the law, and preserve the peace and safety they helped
> purchase with their lives.
>
> By a joint resolution approved October 1, 1962 (76 Stat. 676), the
> Congress has authorized and requested the President to designate May 15
> of each year as "Peace Officers Memorial Day" and the week in which it
> falls as "Police Week," and, by Public Law 103-322 (36 U.S.C. 136), has
> directed that the flag be flown at half-staff on Peace Officers Memorial
> Day.
>
> NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United
> States of America, do hereby proclaim May 15, 2000, as Peace Officers
> Memorial Day and May 14 through May 20, 2000, as Police Week. I call
> upon the people of the United States to observe these occasions with
> appropriate ceremonies, programs, and activities. I also request the
> Governors of the United States and of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
> as well as the appropriate officials of all units of government, to
> direct that the flag of the United States be flown at half-staff on
> Peace Officers Memorial Day on all buildings, grounds, and naval vessels
> throughout the United States and all areas under its jurisdiction and
> control. I also invite all Americans to display the flag at half-staff
> from their homes on that day.
>
> IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day
> of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand, and of the Independence of
> the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-fourth.
>
> WILLIAM J. CLINTON
>
> # # #
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