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RESOLUTION NO. 72-35
A RESOLUTION DISAVOWING A CERTAIN ACTION BY THE
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF POLICE; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the American Federation of Police has established
a fund which will provide a cash award for the arrest, capture, apprehension
or shooting of any person guilty or convicted of the murder of a law enforce-
ment officer or fire fighter anywhere in the United States of America; and
WHEREAS, the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida, and the City of
Cape Canaveral Police Department feel that such award by the American
Federation of Police is both unlawful and immoral;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City of Cape Canaveral, Florida, the City
of Cape Canaveral Police Department hereby disavow themselves from the
action taken by the American Federation of Police in establishing a special
fund which will provide cash awards upon the arrest, capture, apprehension
or shooting of any person guilty or convicted of the murder of a law enforce-
ment officer or fire f ighter anywhere in the United States of America.
SECTION 2. Members of the Cape Canaveral Police Department
are hereby declared to be ineligible for any benefits or rewards or special
bounties offered by the American Federation of Police as described above and
said law enforcement officers are requested to disregard said reward and T.:=
instructions of the American Federation of Police.
SECTION 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately
upon its adoption .by the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
ADOPTED by the City Count ,1 of the City of Cape Canaveral,
Florida, this 5TH day of Septembe 972.
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