Bill Text: CA ACR107 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Bakersfield Police Officer David J. Nelson Memorial

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2016-05-23 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 45, Statutes of 2016. [ACR107 Detail]

Download: California-2015-ACR107-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 107	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  45
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  MAY 23, 2016
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  MAY 19, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 27, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Grove
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Salas)
   (Coauthors: Senators Fuller and Vidak)

                        SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

   Relative to the Bakersfield Police Officer David J. Nelson
Memorial Bridge.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 107, Grove. Bakersfield Police Officer David J. Nelson
Memorial Bridge.
   This measure would designate the Hosking Road interchange over
State Route 99 in the City of Bakersfield as the Bakersfield Police
Officer David J. Nelson Memorial Bridge. The measure would request
that the Department of Transportation determine the cost of
appropriate signs showing this designation and, upon receipt of
donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those
signs.




   WHEREAS, On June 26, 2015, Officer David J. Nelson of the
Bakersfield Police Department gave his life while performing his
sworn duty to protect the citizens of the City of Bakersfield; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Nelson graduated from the Kern County Law
Enforcement Training Academy on June 21, 2013, and served with
distinction during his tenure as a City of Bakersfield police
officer; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Nelson was chosen as a defensive tactics
instructor for the Bakersfield Police Department in recognition of
his advanced skill in officer safety techniques and, because of his
commitment to excellence, was also selected to mentor and train
police officer trainees; and
   WHEREAS, On June 26, 2015, Officer Nelson attempted to detain a
dangerous and armed suspect who likely was planning to harm a citizen
of Bakersfield. When the suspect failed to stop his vehicle as
directed, Officer Nelson bravely gave chase and, during the pursuit
of the suspect, Officer Nelson was killed in a fatal vehicle
accident; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Nelson sacrificed his own life to save the lives
of others; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Nelson demonstrated commitment, sacrifice, and
courage that serves as a shining example of an exemplary law
enforcement professional; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
Hosking Road interchange over State Route 99 in the City of
Bakersfield as the Bakersfield Police Officer David J. Nelson
Memorial Bridge; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system showing this special
designation and, upon receipt of donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those signs; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.