Bill Text: TX HR482 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Commending Chief Olga Maldonado for her service to the Mercedes Police Department.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-17 - Reported enrolled [HR482 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR482-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Commending Chief Olga Maldonado for her service to the Mercedes Police Department.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-17 - Reported enrolled [HR482 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR482-Introduced.html
85S13070 KSM-D | ||
By: Martinez | H.R. No. 482 |
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WHEREAS, Police Chief Olga Maldonado has rendered | ||
exceptional service to the Mercedes Police Department over the | ||
course of her 30-year tenure with that agency; and | ||
WHEREAS, Olga Maldonado began her career with the Mercedes | ||
Police Department as a clerk in 1987, and within a year, she had | ||
risen through the ranks to become a police officer; promoted to | ||
sergeant and later to captain, she served along the way as a | ||
detective in the major crimes unit and assisted with juvenile | ||
cases; in 2004, she was named the city's first female chief of | ||
police, and during her exemplary tenure in that role, she has helped | ||
guide the Mercedes PD through a period of rapid growth; and | ||
WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan further serves her fellow | ||
citizens as mayor of the neighboring town of La Feria, where she | ||
grew up and graduated from high school, and she fosters community | ||
bonds and seeks to help those who are less fortunate by spearheading | ||
such annual events as back-to-school backpack giveaways, Easter egg | ||
hunts, Halloween costume contests, and Christmas toy drives; and | ||
WHEREAS, Olga Maldonado has demonstrated both skilled, | ||
visionary leadership and an inspiring commitment to strengthening | ||
the fabric of her community, and she may indeed take justifiable | ||
pride in all she has accomplished in behalf of her department and | ||
the people of Mercedes; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commend Chief Olga | ||
Maldonado for her service to the Mercedes Police Department and | ||
extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success in her | ||
important work; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Chief Maldonado as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |