By: Turner S.R. No. 383 1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-2 WHEREAS, The citizens of Georgetown will miss the dedicated 1-3 service of Chief Deputy Floyd Hacker who retired from the 1-4 Williamson County Sheriff's Department on February 17, 1995; and 1-5 WHEREAS, His illustrious career spanned 39 years in law 1-6 enforcement and covered a broad range of duties that included 1-7 investigating organized crime, narcotics rings, and subversive 1-8 communist groups for the Texas Department of Public Safety; and 1-9 WHEREAS, Although officially retired, Mr. Hacker joined the 1-10 Williamson County Sheriff's Department as chief deputy in 1993 1-11 to help his longtime friend, Ed Richards, reorganize the department 1-12 when Mr. Richards was appointed sheriff; the experienced peace 1-13 officer soon earned the trust and confidence of the citizens of 1-14 Williamson County; and 1-15 WHEREAS, Floyd Hacker spent 30 years as a Department of Public 1-16 Safety officer and was chief of criminal law enforcement in Austin 1-17 for a time; after retiring in 1987, he reentered law enforcement to 1-18 direct the 15-campus University of Texas police force for six years; 1-19 and 1-20 WHEREAS, His integrity and faithfulness to his duties are well 1-21 known throughout the state; the citizens of Texas are indeed 1-22 fortunate to have had such an able and hardworking public servant 1-23 in the Department of Public Safety; and 2-1 WHEREAS, His retirement will give Mr. Hacker the long-awaited 2-2 opportunity to spend time traveling with his wife, Linda, in their 2-3 travel trailer seeing the country and to do consultation work for 2-4 Williamson County; now, therefore, be it 2-5 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-6 74th Legislature, hereby commend Chief Deputy Floyd Hacker for 2-7 his notable contributions to the Williamson County Sheriff's 2-8 Department, the Department of Public Safety, and to the people 2-9 of Texas; and, be it further 2-10 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be presented to him as 2-11 an expression of the deep respect and gratitude of the Texas Senate. 2-12 ______________________________________ 2-13 President of the Senate 2-14 I hereby certify that the above 2-15 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-16 on March 9, 1995. 2-17 ______________________________________ 2-18 Secretary of the Senate 2-19 ______________________________________ 2-20 Member, Texas Senate