TITLE: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Del Rio Police Department.

SUMMARY: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Del Rio Police Department.

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WHEREAS, The year 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the Del Rio Police Department; and WHEREAS, Del Rio's first law enforcement officer, a city marshal, was hired on December 20, 1911, and in 1913, Del Rio officially established a public safety department; over the next two decades, a combination of city marshals, police officers, and deputy marshals were hired to provide protection to area residents; and WHEREAS, Following a reorganization of the city administration in 1938, a new police department was established, and R. C. "Red" Hawkins subsequently served as its chief during the 1940s; through the years, the department has been housed in several locations, including the LULAC building and a station on Broadway Street downtown; in May 2010, DRPD celebrated the opening of its new headquarters on Lowe Drive near the city's civic center; and WHEREAS, Today, under the leadership of Chief of Police Arnaldo Ramos, the Del Rio Police Department continues to play a vital role in the life of the community as its officers and support staff carry a century-long tradition of public service into a new era of law enforcement; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Del Rio Police Department and extend to the department's personnel sincere best wishes for continued success in their important work; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the department as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Gallego Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr. Allen Gooden Murphy Alonzo Guillen Naishtat Alvarado Gutierrez Nash Anchia Hamilton Oliveira Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto Aycock Harless Parker Beck Harper-Brown Patrick Berman Hartnett Paxton Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena Bonnen Hilderbran Perry Branch Hochberg Phillips Brown Hopson Pickett Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts Burnam Howard of Travis Price Button Huberty Quintanilla Cain Hughes Raymond Callegari Hunter Reynolds Carter Isaac Riddle Castro Jackson Ritter Chisum Johnson Rodriguez Christian Keffer Schwertner Coleman King of Parker Scott Cook King of Taylor Sheets Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons Deshotel Lavender Strama Driver Legler Taylor of Collin Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston Dutton Lozano Thompson Eiland Lucio III Torres Eissler Lyne Truitt Elkins Madden Turner Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey Farrar Margo Villarreal Fletcher Marquez Vo Flynn Martinez Walle Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber Gallego McClendon White Garza Menendez Woolley Geren Miles Workman Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 2667 was adopted by the House on May 30, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House