Bill Text: TX HR1183 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Honoring the Socorro Police Department and the military veterans in its ranks.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-20 - Referred to Resolutions Calendars [HR1183 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1183-Introduced.html
88R24209 BK-D | ||
By: González of El Paso | H.R. No. 1183 |
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WHEREAS, The City of Socorro is fortunate to have many | ||
veterans of the armed forces serving the community in the ranks of | ||
law enforcement; and | ||
WHEREAS, Among those in the Socorro Police Department who | ||
have answered their nation's call to duty are the following | ||
individuals: | ||
Chief of Police David Burton, a veteran of the U.S. Army | ||
and a member of the 26th Cavalry during the Cold War; | ||
Deputy Chief Jason Stanzione, who served in the U.S. | ||
Navy as a construction engineer during Operation Desert Shield and | ||
in the army as a member of the military police; | ||
Lieutenant Jasiel Munoz, a veteran of the U.S. Army who | ||
is currently assigned to the 133rd Field Artillery Regiment as a | ||
member of the Texas Army National Guard; | ||
Bailiff/Warrant Officer Samuel C. Anchondo, a veteran | ||
of the U.S. Army who served as a member of the 110th Military Police | ||
Company during Operation Iraqi Freedom; | ||
Detective Elias Valera, a veteran of the U.S. Army who | ||
served as a logistics sergeant and a member of the 3rd Infantry | ||
Division during Operation Desert Storm; | ||
Detective Sergeant Li Rosario, a veteran of the U.S. | ||
Army who served as a logistics specialist and a member of the 383rd | ||
Quartermaster Battalion; | ||
Patrol Sergeant Mario Benavidez, a veteran of the U.S. | ||
Army who served as a multichannel communications equipment operator | ||
and a member of the 11th Infantry Brigade; | ||
Corporal Will Roberson, a veteran of the U.S. Army who | ||
served as a heavy equipment operator and a member of the 47th | ||
Brigade Support Battalion; | ||
Corporal Ricky Acevedo, a veteran of the U.S. Army who | ||
served as an auto maintenance warrant officer, a rotary wing | ||
aviator, and a civil affairs specialist while assigned to the 76th | ||
Transportation Company and the 410th Civil Affairs Battalion; | ||
Senior Patrol Officer DeAndre Cameron, a veteran of the | ||
U.S. Army who served for 27 years in special forces and special | ||
operations; | ||
Senior Patrol Officer Jim Perdue, a veteran of the U.S. | ||
Air Force who served as a security forces airman and a member of the | ||
5th Security Forces Squadron; | ||
Grants Technician Alvina Espinoza, a veteran of the | ||
U.S. Army who served as a multichannel transmission systems | ||
operator-maintainer and a member of the 4th Battalion, 25th | ||
Infantry Division, Higher Headquarters Company during Operation | ||
Enduring Freedom; | ||
Public Works employee Maria G. Cobos, a veteran of the | ||
U.S. Navy who served as a storekeeper and with Commander Fleet | ||
Activities Yokosuka in Japan during Operation Iraqi Freedom, as | ||
well as with the Commander Support Fleet in Guam; | ||
Information Technology Technician Juan Espinoza, a | ||
veteran of the U.S. Army who served as a cannon crew member and | ||
heavy equipment operator and a member of the 115th Forward Support | ||
Company, the 25th Infantry Division Forward Support Company during | ||
Operation Enduring Freedom, and the 47th Brigade Support Battalion | ||
during Operation New Dawn; and | ||
Information Technology Director Estevan Gonzales, a | ||
veteran of the U.S. Army who served as a signal support systems | ||
specialist and as the Army Airborne Command & Control System master | ||
operator for the 25th Combat Aviation Regiment during Operation | ||
Iraqi Freedom; and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition to being a major employer of veterans, | ||
the Socorro Police Department has established itself as a proud | ||
partner of the military community through its support for service | ||
projects organized by the El Paso Veterans & Riders Association and | ||
the 3rd Battalion, 133rd Field Artillery Regiment of the Texas Army | ||
National Guard; these projects have included the 7th annual | ||
Veterans Food Drive, through which the department helped collect | ||
and distribute over 11,000 pounds of food to area veterans and their | ||
families, and Operation Appreciation, which involves delivering | ||
care packages to members of the Texas Army National Guard and public | ||
safety personnel who are patrolling the Texas border; moreover, the | ||
department became the first law enforcement agency to complete the | ||
Bataan Memorial Death March on March 19, 2023; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Socorro Police Department is strengthened by its | ||
steadfast commitment to hiring military veterans and to honoring | ||
and supporting those who have served; the department's veterans | ||
were recognized with a resolution passed by the Socorro City | ||
Council in April 2023, and it is indeed a privilege to join the | ||
community in paying tribute to their courage, dedication, and | ||
patriotism; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby join the City of Socorro in honoring the Socorro | ||
Police Department and the veterans in its ranks and extend to them | ||
sincere best wishes for continued success with their important | ||
work. |