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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Colonel Craig Hunter is retiring as director of law |
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enforcement for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on August |
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31, 2017, concluding an exemplary career with the agency that has |
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spanned 33 years; and |
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WHEREAS, Joining the department as a game warden in |
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Montgomery County in 1984, Craig Hunter brought to his position |
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nine years of law enforcement experience at the city and county |
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levels; he was one of the first to use a decoy deer to catch illegal |
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night hunters, and his initial night of operations resulted in more |
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than 100 convictions; in 1998, he became the first Texas game warden |
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to graduate from the FBI National Academy; while rising steadily |
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through the TPWD ranks, he supervised the Internal Affairs Unit and |
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the Executive Protection Team, and from 2001 until 2013, he also |
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served on Governor Rick Perry's Special Operations Group and on the |
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Homeland Security Council; and |
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WHEREAS, Colonel Hunter supervised Field Operations and the |
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Special Operations Unit before being named director of law |
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enforcement in 2012; over the course of his tenure, he has |
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investigated or supervised hundreds of criminal investigations as |
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well as several officer-involved shootings, and he played a key |
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role in the management and supervision of the responses to many |
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emergencies, among them the Jarrell tornado, the Space Shuttle |
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Columbia disaster, and Hurricanes Rita and Ike; following Hurricane |
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Katrina in 2005, he led a team of more than 100 game wardens to New |
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Orleans, where they conducted over 5,000 rescues; he received the |
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Lifetime Achievement Award from the 100 Club of Texas in 2010; and |
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WHEREAS, Colonel Hunter holds a federal commission as an |
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agent for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; he completed his |
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master's degree in criminal justice at Texas A&M |
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University--Central Texas, and since 2000, he has served as an |
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adjunct professor for the U.S. Army at Fort Hood; and |
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WHEREAS, Through his outstanding leadership and steadfast |
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commitment to excellence, Colonel Hunter has greatly benefited his |
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fellow citizens in the Lone Star State and beyond, and he may indeed |
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take pride in his long and impressive record of achievement; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Colonel Craig Hunter on his |
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retirement as director of law enforcement for the Texas Parks and |
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Wildlife Department and extend to him sincere best wishes for the |
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future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Colonel Hunter as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Wilson |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2072 was adopted by the House on May |
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25, 2017, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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