Resolution No. 2192348
RESOLUTION NO 2192
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
SUPPORTING THE CALIFORNIA CRIME WATCH AND THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S PLAN TO RESTORE PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE 80'S.
WHEREAS, one United States household in five has been hit by crime
at least once in the last 12 months, with either property stolen or a
member of the household the victim of a physical assault, according to
the findings of a Gallup poll released in December 1979; and
WHEREAS, the Gallup survey findings parallel the upturn in crimes
reported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation which reported increases
in every kind of major crime for the first six months of 1979• and
WHEREAS, the Bureau of Criminal Statistics of the California Department
of Justice has documented similar results, and
WHEREAS, there has been insufficient public attention to the rights
and plight of crime victims in our society and to effective crime prevention
programs to reduce the numbers of crime victims; and
WHEREAS, it is essential to inform the public of and broaden the
availability and merit of effective methods of crime prevention to help
minimize further disruption in the lives of crime victims.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Cypress in recognition of the foregoing and the mandate contained in Article
V, Section 13 of the California Constitution, which proclaims the Attorney
General to be California's chief law officer, hereby takes this opportunity
to endorse and support California Crime Watch and the Attorney General's
Plan to Restore Public Safety in the 80's
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a
regular meeting held on the llth day of February 1980.
ATTEST.
7/(CITY CLE ��CITY 1OCYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
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MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the
said City Council held on the llth day of February 1980, by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: 4
NOES* 0
ABSENT: 1
COUNCIL MEMBERS* Evans, Hudson, MacLain and Rowan
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
COUNCIL MEMBERS. Lacayo
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
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