Title: Recognizing the life and memory of Officer Blaize Madrid-Evans.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
This resolution honors the life and memory of Officer Blaize Madrid-Evans, who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1354 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1354

    Recognizing the life and memory of Officer Blaize Madrid-Evans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2022

  Mr. Cleaver (for himself and Mr. Graves of Missouri) submitted the 
   following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Recognizing the life and memory of Officer Blaize Madrid-Evans.

Whereas Officer Blaize Alyxander Madrid-Evans of the Independence Police 
        Department was killed one year ago, on September 15, 2021, while 
        responding to a call;
Whereas Officer Madrid-Evans was born on June 2, 1999, in North Kansas City, 
        Missouri, and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, until his senior year of 
        high school, when his family moved to Smithville;
Whereas Officer Madrid-Evans graduated from Smithville High School in 2018 and 
        then began working for the American Medical Response as an emergency 
        responder, where he remained for nearly two years;
Whereas, in July 2021, Officer Madrid-Evans graduated from the police academy 
        and started his tour with the Independence Police Department, which, 
        sadly, would last only two months;
Whereas Officer Madrid-Evans was awarded the highest form of recognition from 
        the Independence Police Department, the Medal of Valor, on March 25, 
        2022, which is a profound honor given only to officers who display 
        extraordinary acts of heroism and courage that go above and beyond the 
        call of duty;
Whereas Officer Madrid-Evans was added to the Smithville Education Foundation's 
        Wall of Fame in February 2022; and
Whereas Officer Madrid-Evans was an organ donor, and after his passing, 
        completed a final act of service by saving the lives of others, as of 
        September 15, 2022, has saved 7 people's lives, and enhanced 37 people's 
        lives by donating all of his organs, including a kidney going to a 
        fellow police officer in Springfield, Missouri, who was critically 
        injured in the line of duty, and the Midwest Transplant Team estimates 
        he will affect up to 75 lives: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) honors the life and memory of Officer Blaize Madrid-
        Evans who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty;
            (2) expresses condolences to Officer Madrid-Evans' family, 
        who ardently keep the memory of his distinguished service and 
        boundless bravery alive; and
            (3) recognizes the far-reaching impact of Officer Madrid-
        Evans' organ donation and his everlasting legacy.
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