NY J01343

Requests Governor Kathy Hochul to designate May 10-16, 2026 as Police Week in New York State, coinciding with National Police Week established by Congress in 1962

Honors law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, noting over 20,000 officers have died since the first recorded death in 1791

Cites statistics on officer deaths: 556 officers killed in 2023, 226 in 2022, 479 in 2021, and 385 in 2020

Notes approximately 900,000 law enforcement officers serve across the United States, with nearly 60,000 assaults reported annually resulting in about 16,000 injuries

Directs copies of the resolution be sent to Governor Hochul, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Concerns of Police Survivors, and the Fraternal Order of Police