Bill Text: IN SR0056 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Honoring Officer Al DeRoo, longest serving police officer in South Bend history.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-24 - First reading: adopted voice vote [SR0056 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-SR0056-Introduced.html
A SENATE RESOLUTION to honor Al DeRoo, the longest
serving police officer in South Bend history.
, read first time and referred to Committee on
MADAM PRESIDENT:
I offer the following resolution and move its adoption:
A SENATE RESOLUTION to honoring Al DeRoo, the
longest serving police officer in South Bend history.
Whereas, Al DeRoo joined the South Bend Police
Department on May 16, 1963;
Whereas, Al DeRoo will retire as a sergeant from the South
Bend Police Department on March 2, 2011, after forty seven
years, nine months, and thirteen days of service;
Whereas, Al DeRoo served as patrol officer, in the juvenile
bureau, as an accident investigator, with burglary, with
robbery, in homicide, water patrol, missing persons, and finally
as detective;
Whereas, prior to his service in the South Bend Police
Department, Al DeRoo served in the United States Navy;
Whereas, Al DeRoo possesses the natural inquisitiveness
and bearing to conduct police business in a professional and
courteous manner; and
Whereas, Al DeRoo is married to his wife, Betty Lou, and
graduated from Mishawaka High School and has three
daughters, four grandchildren, and three great grand children;
therefore,
SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly wishes to congratulate Al DeRoo on his service to the community of South Bend and his retirement from the South Bend Police Department.
SECTION 2. That copies of this resolution be transmitted by the Secretary of the Senate to Al DeRoo.