Bill Text: TX HR1327 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Troy Finner on his appointment as chief of the Houston Police Department.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-31 - Reported enrolled [HR1327 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR1327-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1327 |
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WHEREAS, Troy Finner was sworn in as chief of the Houston | ||
Police Department on April 5, 2021, marking a significant milestone | ||
in the impressive career of this veteran law enforcement | ||
professional; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in the city's Fifth Ward and raised in the Hiram | ||
Clarke neighborhood, Troy Finner graduated from James Madison High | ||
School in 1985; he was at the top of his class at Sam Houston State, | ||
where he received his bachelor's degree in criminal justice, and he | ||
went on to earn a master's degree in criminology from the University | ||
of Houston-Clear Lake; he is also a graduate of the Senior | ||
Management Institute for Police, the Police Executive Leadership | ||
Institute, and the FBI's National Executive Institute; and | ||
WHEREAS, Chief Finner joined the Houston Police Department in | ||
1990, and over the course of his exemplary 31-year tenure with the | ||
department, he has served with the Office of Public Affairs, | ||
Southwest Division, South Gessner Division, and the Internal | ||
Investigation Command; since 2016, he has served as executive | ||
assistant chief, and in that position he oversaw the department's | ||
field and support operations, with responsibility for 15 patrol | ||
divisions, the Traffic Enforcement Division, the Emergency | ||
Communications Division, the Mental Health Division, and the Gang | ||
Division; as chief, he takes command of the police department of the | ||
fourth largest city in the United States, overseeing more than | ||
5,300 sworn officers and 1,200 civilian staffers; in all his | ||
endeavors, he enjoys the love and support of his wife, Sharon; and | ||
WHEREAS, Committed to community policing, Chief Finner has | ||
earned the respect and admiration of his fellow officers, and the | ||
citizens of Houston are fortunate to have the benefit of his | ||
seasoned leadership in this critical post; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Troy Finner on his appointment as | ||
chief of the Houston Police Department and extend to him sincere | ||
best wishes for success in his important work; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Chief Finner as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Reynolds | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1327 was adopted by the House on May | ||
26, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||