Title: Honoring the life and legacy of Corporal Christopher Jackson Dye for his service and devotion to his community.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
This resolution honors the life and legacy of Corporal Christopher Jackson Dye, a Road Patrol Corporal with the Walker County Sheriff's Office in Georgia who died following fentanyl exposure during an arrest.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1108 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1108

 Honoring the life and legacy of Corporal Christopher Jackson Dye for 
               his service and devotion to his community.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 2022

 Mrs. Greene of Georgia submitted the following resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Honoring the life and legacy of Corporal Christopher Jackson Dye for 
               his service and devotion to his community.

Whereas Corporal Christopher Jackson Dye was born on December 7, 1976, and 
        graduated from LaFayette High School in 1996;
Whereas Corporal Dye was employed at Hays State Prison from June 1999 to October 
        2001;
Whereas Corporal Dye was employed with the Walker County Sheriff's Office from 
        December 1997 to June 1999, when he left to serve in the United States 
        Army from 2001 to 2015;
Whereas Corporal Dye was in the United States Army for 12 years, assigned to the 
        118th Airborne Infantry;
Whereas Corporal Dye served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and earned the rank of 
        E-5 Sergeant;
Whereas, while serving in the Army, Corporal Dye was diagnosed with lymphoma but 
        never gave up his post;
Whereas Corporal Dye earned many medals and awards during his time in the Army, 
        including the Expert Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, and Expert 
        Marksmanship Badge;
Whereas Corporal Dye was an Informational Technician and a member of the 
        Airborne Infantry and Field Artillery;
Whereas, after serving his country, Corporal Dye returned home to the Walker 
        County Sheriff's Office where his father, Richard Jackson Dye, Sr., and 
        his brother, Richard Chandler Dye, were also employed;
Whereas Corporal Dye worked his way up, starting in the jail, completing POST 
        mandate school, and being promoted to the rank of Deputy Sheriff;
Whereas, in July 2020, Christopher Dye was promoted to Road Patrol Corporal;
Whereas, on November 4, 2020, Corporal Dye effected a drug arrest, encountered 
        fentanyl, and, after finishing his shift, returned home and passed away 
        from a massive heart attack, which was determined to be associated with 
        fentanyl exposure;
Whereas Corporal Dye's end of watch was November 4, 2020;
Whereas, in December 2020, Corporal Christopher Dye was posthumously awarded the 
        Walker County Sheriff's Office Employee of the Year Award;
Whereas Corporal Christopher J. Dye is survived by his wife, Kelly Jo Dye, and 5 
        children, Ashton, Sienna, Chase, Alexander, and Bryce Dye; and
Whereas it is fitting that the House of Representatives recognize Corporal Dye 
        for his career and contributions toward public service: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) honors the life and legacy of Corporal Christopher 
        Jackson Dye for his--
                    (A) lifelong commitment to his country and his 
                community;
                    (B) dedicated service in the Walker Country 
                Sheriff's Office; and
                    (C) impact on the lives of thousands of people;
            (2) extends its condolences to his wife, Mrs. Kelly Jo Dye, 
        and his family;
            (3) respectfully requests that the Clerk of the House of 
        Representatives transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to 
        the family of Corporal Christopher Jackson Dye and the Walker 
        County Sheriff's Office; and
            (4) commends Corporal Dye for his devotion to his family, 
        community, and the Nation and its ideals.
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