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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Andy Kancel is retiring as chief of the Flower Mound |
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Police Department on November 24, 2023, drawing to a close an |
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exemplary decade-long tenure at the department's helm; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Kancel is a veteran law enforcement |
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professional with more than 34 years of experience in the field; in |
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1989, he joined the North Richland Hills Police Department, where |
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he served as a patrol officer and also variously worked in SWAT, |
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community services, training, media relations, and internal |
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affairs; he assumed the role of assistant police chief for North |
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Richland Hills in 2007 and held that position until taking over as |
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chief of the Flower Mound Police Department on November 4, 2013; and |
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WHEREAS, Chief Kancel ably guided the Flower Mound PD through |
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a period of significant growth for the city, whose population |
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increased by 20 percent, as well as through the unprecedented |
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challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic; the police force has |
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maintained low response times during his tenure, while Flower Mound |
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continues to be rated one of the safest places to live in the |
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country; along the way, he has overseen the creation of new |
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positions and assignments and the prioritization of community |
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engagement and physical and mental health programs; and |
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WHEREAS, Andy Kancel's dynamic leadership and commitment to |
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excellence have greatly benefited the citizens of Flower Mound and |
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earned him the respect and admiration of his fellow first |
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responders, and he may indeed reflect with pride on a career well |
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spent as he embarks on the next exciting chapter of his life; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby congratulate Chief Andy |
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Kancel on his retirement from the Flower Mound Police Department |
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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 Chief Kancel as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |