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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Captain Earl Ross Pence retired from the Giddings |
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Police Department on February 28, 2013, drawing to a close a notable |
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tenure in law enforcement that spanned nearly three decades; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of Bastrop High School, Earl Pence went |
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on to attend the Texas A&M University Engineering Extension Service |
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Fire School and completed his basic peace officer training at |
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Southwest Texas State University; he began his career in 1985 as a |
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deputy with the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office; he later |
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transferred to the Austin Regional Anti-Drug Abuse Task Force to |
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work as an undercover officer but returned to the Bastrop sheriff's |
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office in 1991; rising to the rank of patrol sergeant, he was named |
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Deputy of the Year on three separate occasions, and he received a |
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lifesaving award for his heroic actions in saving a boy from |
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drowning in Lake Bastrop; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2001, Mr. Pence joined the police force in |
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Giddings; promoted to corporal detective shortly thereafter, he |
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continued to earn advancement and in 2007 became captain; in |
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addition to his work as a criminal investigator, he undertook a |
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range of assignments that included maintaining liaisons with |
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governmental organizations and with neighborhood leaders to |
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strengthen community policing programs; his outstanding |
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performance was recognized with a Distinguished Service |
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Commendation in 2009; and |
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WHEREAS, A resident of Smithville, Captain Pence has been an |
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active member of numerous public service and fraternal |
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organizations; in all his endeavors, he has enjoyed the love and |
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support of his wife, Kimberly, his son, Kyle, his daughter, |
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Jennifer, and her husband, Jose Mauricio, and his grandson, Jose |
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Alejandro; during his retirement, he is looking forward to camping |
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trips with his family; and |
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WHEREAS, Earl Pence's commitment to the safety and well-being |
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of his fellow citizens has |
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greatly benefited the residents of |
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Bastrop and Lee Counties, and he may indeed reflect with pride on |
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his many achievements as he embarks on the next exciting chapter of |
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his life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Captain Earl Ross Pence on his |
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retirement from the Giddings Police Department and extend to him |
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sincere best wishes for future happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Captain Pence as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Kleinschmidt |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 790 was adopted by the House on March |
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20, 2013, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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