Backup Documents 05/26/2015 Item # 4A 4A
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, The Board of Collier County Commissioners would like to honor those fa/len law
enforcement officers who gave their lives in the ultimate sacrifice to keep
Collier County residents safe; and,
WHEREAS, When violent criminals threaten our communities, law enforcement officers are
the first ones to shield others from harm and then track down the offenders.
With their service comes great risk and sacrifice; and,
WHEREAS, On average, one law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty
somewhere in the U.S. every 58 hours. Since the first known line-of-duty
death in 1791, more than 20,000 U.S. law enforcement officers have made
the ultimate sacrifice, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers
Memorial Fund website; and,
WHEREAS, The Collier County Sheriff's Office held a memorial service to honor Collier
County's fallen officers on May 11 with a candlelight vigil; and,
WHEREAS, The Board would like to honor the Collier County law enforcement officers who
have died in the line of duty. They are: Deputy William Ervin Hutto, deputy
Maurice Eugene Anglin, Investigator Arthur Allen Amos, Cpl. Amedicus Quincy
'Med"Howell III, Cpl. Mark Carlton Caperton, Sgt. Roy Arthur Williams, Sgt.
Joe Nathan Jones and Deputy Raul "Rudy"Dimas Sr., all with the Collier
County Sheriff's Office; Officer Louie Colin Collins and Officer Carl Strickland
of the Naples Po/ice Department; and Deputy W.B. Richardson and Deputy
William Irwin of the Southwest Mounted Police; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, be it proclaimed that the Board of County Commissioners of Collier
County, Florida, honors those fallen law enforcement officers who gave their
lives in the ultimate sacrifice to protect and serve Collier County residents.
They will never be forgotten.
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 26th DAY Of MAY, 2015.�� >•a BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISIONERS
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