Bill Text: GA HR1877 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Howard, Tony; Senior Police Officer; commend
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-20 - House Read and Adopted [HR1877 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HR1877-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 1877
By:
Representatives Williams of the
113th,
McKillip of the
115th,
Heard of the
114th,
Talton of the
145th,
Kaiser of the
59th,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Senior Police Officer Tony Howard; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
Senior Police Officer (SPO) Tony Howard is highly regarded by the citizens of
his community and state and by local government officials as a person of
unquestioned integrity and dedication to the sound principles of law
enforcement; and
WHEREAS,
he began his law enforcement career in 1993 with the Clarke County Sheriff's
Office and was also employed with the Athens-Clarke County Marshal's Service;
and
WHEREAS,
SPO Howard joined the Athens-Clarke County Police Department in June of 2004 as
a police officer and was promoted to senior police officer in September of 2005;
and
WHEREAS,
he was wounded by gunfire while responding to a police call and after several
surgeries and months of rehabilitation he returned to duty in October of 2011;
and
WHEREAS,
SPO Howard has received numerous honors, including the Michael K. Connor Public
Service Award in 2009, the Sherm Applebaum Award from the Athens Rotary Club and
the Red Cross Heroes Award from the American Red Cross East Georgia Chapter in
May of 2011, the Military Order of the Purple Heart in July of 2011, and the
Sworn Employee of the First Quarter of 2011 and the 2011 Sworn Employee of the
Year from the Athens-Clarke County Police Department; and
WHEREAS,
a man of deep and abiding faith, SPO Howard is a faithful member of Timothy
Baptist Church; and
WHEREAS,
he is united in love and marriage to Shirlisa Howard and through this union they
are blessed with three remarkable sons, Terrence, Deionte, and Destin;
and
WHEREAS,
SPO Howard is a person of magnanimous strengths with an unimpeachable reputation
for integrity, intelligence, fairness, and kindness, and by the example he has
made of his life, he makes this world a better place in which to
live.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body commend Senior Police Officer Tony Howard for his effective,
unselfish, and dedicated public service to the State of Georgia.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Senior Police
Officer Tony Howard.
