Bill Text: TX SR801 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing search and rescue dog, Luca, for his life-saving actions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-17 - Reported enrolled [SR801 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR801-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
| recognize Luca, who has been nominated for a 2017 American Humane | ||
| Hero Dog Award in the Search and Rescue category for his heroic | ||
| actions on behalf of the Fort Worth Police Department on April | ||
| 15, 2016; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Luca began search-and-rescue training as a young | ||
| puppy under the guidance of Officer Cole Brock; the pair lived in | ||
| Salt Lake City, Utah, and Luca served in a division of Rocky | ||
| Mountain Rescue Dogs for about seven years before retiring; they | ||
| later moved to Fort Worth, where Officer Brock joined the police | ||
| force and Luca continued to enjoy his retirement years; and | ||
| WHEREAS, On April 15, 2016, a search-and-rescue operation | ||
| for a missing elderly man in Fort Worth began to stall, and Fort | ||
| Worth Police Department sergeant Luis Medrano asked Officer | ||
| Brock if they could bring Luca out of retirement to assist in the | ||
| search; despite his years in retirement and his own ailing | ||
| health, the canine first responder was eager to take a helicopter | ||
| ride and join in the search; he soon alerted the rescue team to an | ||
| opening in the brush near the West Fork of the Trinity River, | ||
| where the missing man, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, was | ||
| stuck waist-deep in mud and cold and fast-moving water; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Had Luca not tracked the victim's trail and | ||
| located him, the man could have very likely drowned; soon after | ||
| Luca alerted the team, officers were able to bring the endangered | ||
| man to safety and out of the rugged terrain; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Luca is an incredibly gifted and courageous dog, and | ||
| he helped save the lives of countless citizens over the course of | ||
| his search-and-rescue career; he is indeed deserving of recognition | ||
| for his most recent accomplishment; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
| Legislature, hereby commend Luca for his life-saving actions and | ||
| congratulate him on being nominated for an American Humane Hero | ||
| Dog Award; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in his | ||
| honor and as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Hancock | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on May 17, 2017. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
