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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dennis M. Allen is retiring from the Hardin County |
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Sheriff's Office in October 2021, drawing to a close a rewarding |
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career in public service that has spanned five and a half decades; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Silsbee, Mr. Allen joined the U.S. Army |
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in 1966 and served with distinction during a combat tour in Vietnam; |
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after three years in the military, he was honorably discharged at |
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the rank of specialist; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Allen subsequently became a law enforcement |
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officer, joining the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police |
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Department in 1969; during his tenure there, he served as a patrol |
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officer, an undercover detective, and a member of the Civil |
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Disturbance Unit; in 1973, he accepted a position with the Silsbee |
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Police Department, and he eventually led the agency as the chief of |
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police; after a brief stint as a sheriff's deputy in Hardin County, |
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he became a member of the Polk County Sheriff's Office, where he |
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spent a decade as the captain of detectives; he returned to the |
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Hardin County Sheriff's Office in 2011, starting out as a deputy and |
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rising through the ranks to sergeant and later to major of criminal |
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investigations; known for his integrity and dedication to |
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protecting and serving the public, he has mentored numerous new |
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officers, many of whom have gone on to become supervisors and |
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administrators; and |
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WHEREAS, For more than a half century, Dennis Allen has |
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exemplified the highest ideals of the law enforcement profession, |
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and he may indeed reflect with pride on his notable record of |
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achievement; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Dennis |
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M. Allen on his retirement from the Hardin County Sheriff's Office |
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and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Allen as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |