By:  Ellis                                             S.R. No. 630
    1-1                           SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-2        WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
    1-3  recognize Dr. Lee P. Brown, Director of the Office of National
    1-4  Drug Control Policy; and
    1-5        WHEREAS, This distinguished gentleman was unanimously
    1-6  confirmed in his cabinet-level post by the United States Senate
    1-7  and sworn into his position on June 21, 1993; and
    1-8        WHEREAS, Dr. Brown began his outstanding career in law
    1-9  enforcement as a patrolman in San Jose, California; after eight
   1-10  years of experience in the field, he moved to Portland, Oregon,
   1-11  and established the Department of Administration of Justice at
   1-12  Portland State University; and
   1-13        WHEREAS, Dr. Brown received a bachelor's  degree in
   1-14  criminology from Fresno State University in 1961, a master's
   1-15  degree in sociology from San Jose State University in 1964, a
   1-16  second master's degree in criminology from the University of
   1-17  California at Berkeley in 1968, and a doctorate in criminology
   1-18  from the University of California at Berkeley in 1970; and
   1-19        WHEREAS, Dr. Brown served as the Public Safety Commissioner
   1-20  in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1978 through 1982, was Police Chief
   1-21  in Houston, Texas, from 1982 through 1990, and held the position
   1-22  of New York City Police Commissioner from 1990 through 1992;
   1-23  prior to his confirmation as Director of the Office of National
    2-1  Drug Control Policy, he was a Distinguished Professor at
    2-2  Texas Southern University and Director of the university's Black
    2-3  Male Initiative Program; and
    2-4        WHEREAS, Drug abuse costs Texas taxpayers billions of dollars
    2-5  each year in terms of reduced productivity and premature death,
    2-6  crime-related costs, health care costs, and costs incurred related
    2-7  to substance abuse; and
    2-8        WHEREAS, Drug use and related crime devastates our
    2-9  communities, particularly affecting our youth aged 18 and younger
   2-10  who are experiencing double the homicide rate since 1985 and who
   2-11  are arming themselves and killing one another over drug money and
   2-12  turf; and
   2-13        WHEREAS, Dr. Brown believes in increasing the efficiency and
   2-14  eliminating the duplication of federal, state, county, and local
   2-15  law enforcement agencies and increasing coordination of regional
   2-16  law enforcement, treatment, and prevention resources; and
   2-17        WHEREAS, Dr. Brown can offer valuable information on the drug
   2-18  problem as it relates to Texas, particularly because of our state's
   2-19  ever-growing population and proximity to the Mexican border and
   2-20  related drug smuggling; now, therefore, be it
   2-21        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
   2-22  74th Legislature, hereby welcome the Director of the Office of
   2-23  National Drug Control Policy, Dr. Lee Brown, to the State Capitol;
   2-24  and, be it further
   2-25        RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for him
    3-1  as an expression of the highest esteem of the Texas Senate.
    3-2                               ______________________________________
    3-3                                       President of the Senate
    3-4                                    I hereby certify that the above
    3-5                               Resolution was adopted by the Senate
    3-6                               on April 4, 1995.
    3-7                               ______________________________________
    3-8                                       Secretary of the Senate
    3-9                               ______________________________________
   3-10                                        Member, Texas Senate