Bill Text: TX HR565 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Honoring Denison Police Chief Jay Burch on his retirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-15 - Reported enrolled [HR565 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR565-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Honoring Denison Police Chief Jay Burch on his retirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-15 - Reported enrolled [HR565 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR565-Introduced.html
86R12458 BK-F | ||
By: Smith | H.R. No. 565 |
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WHEREAS, After more than three decades of exemplary service | ||
in law enforcement, Jay Burch is retiring as chief of the Denison | ||
Police Department at the end of February 2019; and | ||
WHEREAS, Chief Burch holds a Bachelor's degree in Criminal | ||
Justice from Dallas Baptist University and a Master's degree in | ||
Criminal Justice Administration from Sam Houston State University, | ||
as well as certifications as a Master Peace Officer, a police | ||
instructor, and a Certified Public Manager; he began his career as a | ||
deputy with the Dallas County Sheriff's Department in 1987 before | ||
going on to spend 11 years on the force in DeSoto; and | ||
WHEREAS, This respected leader has held police chief | ||
positions for 18 years of his career, including tenures in | ||
Gatesville from 2000 to 2004 and in Mount Pleasant from 2005 to | ||
2011; under his direction, Mount Pleasant became one of the first | ||
departments in the state to be credentialed by the Texas Police | ||
Chiefs Association as part of its Best Practices Recognition | ||
Program; and | ||
WHEREAS, Chief Burch took the reins of the Denison Police | ||
Department in December 2011, and his major accomplishments have | ||
included overseeing the renovation of the police department and the | ||
consolidation of police and fire dispatch into the police | ||
headquarters; in 2018, he again had the honor of seeing his | ||
department cited by the Best Practices Recognition Program, giving | ||
him the distinction of being the only Texas police chief to guide | ||
two agencies to that status; and | ||
WHEREAS, In retirement, Chief Burch plans to continue | ||
teaching, training, and working on organizational assessments | ||
while also spending more time with his treasured family; and | ||
WHEREAS, Greatly admired by his colleagues for his skilled | ||
leadership, professionalism, and commitment to excellence, Jay | ||
Burch may indeed take great pride in all that he has done to protect | ||
and serve his fellow Texans 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 honor Denison Police Chief Jay Burch on his | ||
retirement and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued | ||
happiness and fulfillment; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Chief Burch as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |