Bill Text: IN SCR0010 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging INDOT to name SR 11 the Trooper Earl L. Brown Memorial Mile.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-05 - Returned to the Senate [SCR0010 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-SCR0010-Introduced.html
RESOLUTION No. _____
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging INDOT to name State Road
11, from mile marker 44 to mile marker 45, the Trooper Earl L. Brown
Memorial Mile.
, read first time and referred to Committee on
RESOLUTION No. _____
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging INDOT to name State
Road 11, from mile marker 44 to mile marker 45, the Trooper Earl L.
Brown Memorial Mile.
Whereas, Trooper Brown was born on January 4, 1913
and began his appointment as a state trooper on October 16,
1940;
Whereas, Assigned to the Seymour post, he served
faithfully for nearly 15 years;
Whereas, While investigating a report of a suspicious male
,
Trooper Earl L. Brown was tragically killed on August 31,
1955. He was the ninth Indiana State Trooper to be killed in
the line of duty;
and
Whereas, In recognition of his bravery and service to all
Hoosiers, the Indiana General Assembly urges INDOT to
name State Road 11, from mile marker 44 to mile marker 45,
the Trooper Earl L. Brown Memorial Mile: Therefore,
SECTION 1. The Indiana General Assembly urges the Department of Transportation to name State Road 11, from mile marker 44 to mile marker 45, the Trooper Earl L. Brown Memorial Mile.
SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to the family of Trooper Earl L. Brown and the Department of Transportation.
