Bill Text: TX HR345 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Congratulating Trooper John Dallas Reed on his retirement from the Department of Public Safety.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-21 - Reported enrolled [HR345 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR345-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Congratulating Trooper John Dallas Reed on his retirement from the Department of Public Safety.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-21 - Reported enrolled [HR345 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR345-Introduced.html
86R9307 CJM-D | ||
By: Herrero | H.R. No. 345 |
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WHEREAS, Trooper John Dallas Reed is retiring from the Texas | ||
Department of Public Safety on March 29, 2019, after more than 45 | ||
years with the agency; and | ||
WHEREAS, A native of Corpus Christi, John Reed graduated from | ||
the Department of Public Safety Trooper Academy on October 26, | ||
1973, and joined DPS at the age of 20; he was initially stationed in | ||
Zapata County, where he conducted crime scene investigations and | ||
provided photographs and accident scale diagrams; he went on to | ||
become the first operator of a state vehicle used in the calibration | ||
and repair of scales for commercial vehicle enforcement; moreover, | ||
he has participated in deployments for Operation Secure Texas, | ||
Operation Border Star, and Hurricane Harvey; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the course of his tenure, Trooper Reed has | ||
continued his professional development, earning credentials as a | ||
firearms instructor, field training officer, and cargo tank and | ||
hazardous material inspector; he is also certified in the use of | ||
radar, tire spiking, Taser, and Intoxilyzer; and | ||
WHEREAS, John Reed's dedication, professionalism, and | ||
commitment to protecting the public have greatly benefited the | ||
citizens of the Lone Star State, and he may indeed reflect with | ||
pride on a career well spent as he embarks on the next exciting | ||
chapter of his life; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Trooper John Dallas Reed on his | ||
retirement from the Department of Public Safety and extend to him | ||
sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Trooper Reed as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |