Bill Text: CA ACR62 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 62 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: The Detectives Mike Lane and John Pierce Memorial

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 139, Statutes of 2013. [ACR62 Detail]

Download: California-2013-ACR62-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: ACR 62	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  139
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ian Calderon

                        MAY 31, 2013

   Relative to the Detectives Mike Lane and John Pierce Memorial
Highway.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 62, Ian Calderon. The Detectives Mike Lane and John Pierce
Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 72 as the Detectives Mike Lane and John Pierce 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, Detective Mike Lane graduated from Loara High School in
Anaheim and joined the Whittier Police Department on January 22,
1968, as a cadet, attaining the position of police officer on May 23,
1969; and
   WHEREAS, In 1973, Detective Lane was assigned to the Whittier
Police Department's Detective Division, Criminal Tactical Unit, and
Major Crime Investigations; and
   WHEREAS, Detective Lane was also a member of the Southeast
Burglary Investigation Team from its inception in April 1975, until
March 4, 1977, when he became a detective in the Whittier Police
Department's Investigative Division, Narcotics Detail; and
   WHEREAS, On December 13, 1979, Detective Lane was working
undercover on a motorcycle theft investigation when he was attempting
to buy back a stolen motorcycle from a local outlaw motorcycle gang
when he was confronted by the suspects while still in his vehicle.
Shots were exchanged and he sustained fatal injuries; and
   WHEREAS, Detective John Pierce attended and graduated from El
Rancho High School and Fullerton City College; and
   WHEREAS, After a stint in the California National Guard, Detective
Pierce joined the Whittier Police Department on October 2, 1967, as
a uniformed patrol officer, and in the early 1970s, he served as a
liaison officer in the Whittier Police Explorer Post; and
   WHEREAS, In 1973, Detective Pierce was promoted to the Whittier
Police Department's Investigative Division, assigned to narcotics and
vice, and later served on the Whittier Police Department's SWAT
Team; and
   WHEREAS, In 1976, Detective Pierce attained the rank of agent.
Detective Pierce also served as a training officer in the Whittier
Police Department's Investigative Division; and
   WHEREAS, In April 1977, Detective Pierce was named the "California
Outstanding Narcotics Officer" by the We Tip organization; and
   WHEREAS, On September 21, 1976, while working on an undercover
investigation regarding the sale of narcotics, Detective Pierce was
assaulted by two subjects and sustained serious injuries. These
injuries left him paralyzed from the neck down and ultimately
resulted in his death on May 18, 1977; and
   WHEREAS, These two heroic police officers, who were killed in the
line of duty while protecting the community against dangerous
criminals, will never be forgotten; and
   WHEREAS, Although the Whittier Police Department has lost only
these two officers in its 94-year history, and the wounds of these
losses have healed over time, the significance of their sacrifices
lives on; 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 72 from the western entrance to State
Highway Route 72 at the intersection of Penn Street and Whittier
Boulevard to the eastern entrance of State Highway Route 72 at the
intersection of Costa Glen Avenue and Whittier Boulevard as the
Detectives Mike Lane and John Pierce Memorial Highway to honor these
two brave police officers who were killed in the line of duty and
requests that a sign be placed at each of these entrances that
displays this designation; 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 receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover the 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.