Bill Text: GA SR1216 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Senior Police Officer Tony Howard; recognize
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-21 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR1216 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SR1216-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 1216
By:
Senators Cowsert of the 46th and Ginn of the 47th
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 SENATE 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 Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Senior Police Officer Tony
Howard.
