Bill Text: CA ACR127 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: CHP Officer Larry L. Wetterling and San Bernardino
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-08-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 110, Statutes of 2010. [ACR127 Detail]
Download: California-2009-ACR127-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: ACR 127 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
RESOLUTION CHAPTER 110
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 30, 2010
ADOPTED IN SENATE AUGUST 12, 2010
ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 16, 2010
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 28, 2010
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 12, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Adams
FEBRUARY 16, 2010
Relative to the CHP Officer Larry L. Wetterling and San Bernardino
County Sheriff's Lieutenant Alfred E. Stewart Memorial Highway.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 127, Adams. CHP Officer Larry L. Wetterling and San Bernardino
County Sheriff's Lieutenant Alfred E. Stewart Memorial Highway.
This measure would designate the segment of State Highway Route 15
between its junction with State Highway Route 138 and Oak Hill Road,
in the County of San Bernardino, as the CHP Officer Larry L.
Wetterling and San Bernardino County Sheriff's Lieutenant Alfred E.
Stewart Memorial Highway. The measure would request that the
Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signs
showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from
nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
WHEREAS, On March 9, 1973, California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer
Larry L. Wetterling and San Bernardino County Sheriff's Lieutenant
Alfred E. Stewart were killed in the line of duty; and
WHEREAS, On that date, CHP Officer Wetterling stopped to assist a
driver along the southbound side of State Highway Route 15. The
driver, who was a recently paroled convict, killed Officer Wetterling
and stole his patrol car; and
WHEREAS, Having been notified that there was a paroled convict out
on a killing rampage, Lieutenant Stewart answered the call and found
the criminal but, unfortunately, Lieutenant Stewart was also killed;
and
WHEREAS, CHP Officer Larry L. Wetterling, born in Monmouth,
Illinois on March 9, 1942, had a childhood dream to serve as a
California Highway Patrol Officer; and
WHEREAS, Officer Wetterling graduated from San Bernardino High
School in 1960 and attended San Bernardino Valley College; and
WHEREAS, Officer Wetterling worked as an assistant manager for
CarpetMasters prior to joining the California Highway Patrol on
November 6, 1967, and graduated from the California Highway Patrol
Academy in Sacramento on March 1, 1968; and
WHEREAS, Officer Wetterling's first assignment was in the
Riverside area until he transferred to the San Bernardino area on
March 12, 1970; and
WHEREAS, Officer Wetterling was survived by his wife Catherine,
daughter Shelly, and now deceased daughter Terri, his mother Carmen,
his now deceased father Carl, his sisters Shere and Carol Ann, and
many friends and coworkers; and
WHEREAS, Sheriff's Lieutenant Alfred E. Stewart was born in Jersey
City, New Jersey, on May 24, 1933. He was the oldest of eight
children; and
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Stewart attended Henry Snyder High School. He
left school at 16 years of age and joined the United States Marine
Corps and served in the Korean War; and
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Stewart met his wife, Marie Bordina, and they
married in June 1952; and
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Stewart was wounded in both legs in 1950 and
he received an honorable discharge from the Marine Corps on January
4, 1954; and
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Stewart worked for Columbia Southern Chemical
Corporation. While there, he held various union offices, including
that of Union Local President; and
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Stewart attended the Industrial Labor School
for Union Officials at Saint Peter's Prep, in Jersey City; and
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Stewart received an honorable discharge from
the Marine Reserve as Staff Sergeant in 1965 after 14 years of
service; and
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Stewart joined the North Bergen Police Force
in North Bergen, New Jersey, in 1960. He became a detective and was a
member of the Vice Squad. In the Police Detective Bureau, he worked
in criminal investigation and arrests; and
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Stewart and his family moved to California in
1964, and he was hired by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's
Department; and
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Stewart was one of the founding members of the
California Narcotic Officer's Association and served as the eighth
president in 1972; and
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Stewart was survived by his wife, Marie, two
sons, Michael and Matthew, and his daughter, Marie. His son, Michael,
passed away in 2007; and
WHEREAS, In 1973, the California Narcotic Officer's Association
created the Alfred E. Stewart Memorial Award to memorialize
Lieutenant Stewart by honoring individual achievement of working
narcotic officers; and
WHEREAS, After his death, Lieutenant Stewart's mother stated that
he always wanted to be a Marine and a lawman; and
WHEREAS, It is important to recognize the sacrifice made by these
peace officers for the people of California; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway Route 15 between its junction with State
Highway Route 138 and Oak Hill Road, in the County of San Bernardino,
as the CHP Officer Larry L. Wetterling and San Bernardino County
Sheriff's Lieutenant Alfred E. Stewart Memorial Highway; and be it
further
Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is hereby
requested to determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with
the signing requirements for the state highway system showing this
special designation and, upon receiving 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 Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.
