Recommendation to approve the expenditure of $25,000 as a reward for information helping to solve the murder of Long Beach Police Officer Franke Lewis.
Thank you. Item 21 Communication from Mayor Garcia. Recommendation to approve the expenditure of $25,000 as a reward for information helping to solve the murder of Long Beach Police Officer Frankie Lewis. There's been a motion in a second, Councilman Austin. Thank you, Madam Vice Mayor. This communication came from the mayor, Robert Garcia, to approve this expenditure. I wanted to just. Just lend my. My unequivocal support for it. This is, I guess, a cold case that is has not been solved since 1975. I think we owe it to our police officers and this this the officers this officers family in particular, to do all we can to find his. His attacker, his murderer, and bring them to justice. So I'll be in support. Thank you, Councilman Austin. Councilmember Richardson. I concur. I think the Long Beach City Council joins the county of Los Angeles and others in in this action tonight. So thank you. Thank you. Councilwoman Price. Thank you. I echoed those sentiments. And coming from a district attorney's office that has been a statewide leader in cold cases and cold case investigations, I think the new technologies that are available in the forensic field today and available to law enforcement are really going to hopefully help move this case forward. It's really been far too long, and I am here to do whatever we can to support the efforts of our police department, department and allied agencies. Thank you. Thank you, Councilmember Your Honor. Thank you, Mayor. Just for a matter of history, has the city council in previous years ever made this kind of motion? This is the second time in about ten years. Well, I'm very proud to be a part of this. I think we do need to support our police officers. And whenever there's a there's a situation like this, I hope that we keep that in mind when we have other situations like this. I fully support this. Thank you. There's been a motion and a second. Is there any member of the public that wish to address council on item 21? Seeing none. Members. Cast your vote. Motion carries. Thank you. And that concludes our official business. We are on to new business. Council members, if you will indulge me briefly. I would like to thank all U.S. veterans for their service and sacrifice to our wonderful country and its principles of freedom and democracy.