Senator Gallivan Honors NYS Correctional Officers

Senator Patrick Gallivan sponsored a resolution designating May 5-11 Correctional Officers' Week in New York State. The Senate welcomed representatives of NYSCOPBA and Council 82, which represents more than 16,000 CO’s across our state.

 

"These dedicated officers and employees are responsible for the care, custody, and security of over 30,000 inmates," Senator Gallivan said. "Their work is demanding, difficult, and often dangerous. We thank them for their service."

 

The Resolution reads as follows:

 

BY: Senator GALLIVAN        

 

MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim May 5-11, 2024,  as  Correctional   Officers   and Employees Week in the State of New York

 

WHEREAS,  The  operation  of  correctional  facilities  represents a crucial component of the criminal justice system in the  United  States, and correctional personnel play a vital role in protecting the rights of the public to be safeguarded from criminal activity; and  

 

WHEREAS, There are over 16,178 corrections officers and employees in the  State  of  New York who oversee the State's correctional facilities and are responsible for the care, custody, and maintenance of more  than 31,329 inmates charged to their care; and  

 

WHEREAS,  To  carry out their responsibilities, corrections officers work under demanding circumstances and face danger in their  daily  work lives, which sometimes results in the loss of life; and  

 

WHEREAS, In 1984, former President Ronald Reagan signed Proclamation 5187,  which  designated  the  first  full  week  in  May  as  "National Correctional Officers Week" in honor of  corrections  officers  who  put their  lives  on the line every day to protect the public from dangerous criminals and to help prisoners work toward becoming productive  members of society; and  

 

WHEREAS,  In  1996,  Congress expanded and renamed this special week "National Correctional Officers and Employees Week"  in  recognition  of all   those   employed   with   city,  state  and  federal  correctional departments; and  

 

WHEREAS, In accordance with the federal government's recognition  of the indispensable contributions that corrections officers make every day to  protect  our  citizens from harm, it is proper and befitting for the State of New York to honor all corrections officers and employees;  now, therefore, be it  

RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to memorialize Governor  Kathy  Hochul  to  proclaim  May  5-11,  2024,  as Correctional Officers  and Employees Week in the State of New York; and be it further  

 

RESOLVED, That a copy of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be transmitted  to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New York.