Bill Text: TX HR45 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Chief Andy Kancel on his retirement from the Flower Mound Police Department.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-17 - Reported enrolled [HR45 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR45-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 45 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Andy Kancel is retiring as chief of the Flower Mound | ||
| Police Department on November 24, 2023, drawing to a close an | ||
| exemplary decade-long tenure at the department's helm; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Kancel is a veteran law enforcement | ||
| professional with more than 34 years of experience in the field; in | ||
| 1989, he joined the North Richland Hills Police Department, where | ||
| he served as a patrol officer and also variously worked in SWAT, | ||
| community services, training, media relations, and internal | ||
| affairs; he assumed the role of assistant police chief for North | ||
| Richland Hills in 2007 and held that position until taking over as | ||
| chief of the Flower Mound Police Department on November 4, 2013; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Chief Kancel ably guided the Flower Mound PD through | ||
| a period of significant growth for the city, whose population | ||
| increased by 20 percent, as well as through the unprecedented | ||
| challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic; the police force has | ||
| maintained low response times during his tenure, while Flower Mound | ||
| continues to be rated one of the safest places to live in the | ||
| country; along the way, he has overseen the creation of new | ||
| positions and assignments and the prioritization of community | ||
| engagement and physical and mental health programs; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Andy Kancel's dynamic leadership and commitment to | ||
| excellence have greatly benefited the citizens of Flower Mound and | ||
| earned him the respect and admiration of his fellow first | ||
| responders, 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 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby congratulate Chief Andy | ||
| Kancel on his retirement from the Flower Mound Police Department | ||
| 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 Chief Kancel as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Bumgarner | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 45 was adopted by the House on | ||
| November 17, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
