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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Ron Hickman, Harris County Precinct 4 constable, has |
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been named the National Constable of the Year by the National |
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Constables and Marshals Association, marking the second occasion |
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that he has received this prestigious accolade; and |
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WHEREAS, First elected to serve Precinct 4 in 2000, Constable |
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Hickman has helped to build what is now one of the largest |
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constable's departments in the United States; he has developed a |
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number of task forces and units, including those enforcing |
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emissions standards, battling human trafficking, and addressing |
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technological crime; he was named Texas Constable of the Year in |
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2006 and first chosen as National Constable of the Year in 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, Constable Hickman entered the Houston Police |
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Department as a cadet in 1971, was a search and rescue diver with |
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the department's dive team and served as a dive master and |
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coordinator for nearly 10 years, and was also part of the |
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department's bomb squad; and |
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WHEREAS, He became a patrol deputy in the constable's |
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department in 1983 and was soon promoted to sergeant with |
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responsibility over the communications office; in that capacity, he |
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contributed to the establishment of a consolidated, computer-aided |
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dispatching system, and he built a local area network for the |
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office; he has further benefited the constable's department by |
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advancing the electronic warrant and electronic citation programs |
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and other technological systems; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of the University of Alabama and the Law |
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Enforcement Management Institute of Texas at Sam Houston State |
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University, Constable Hickman has served as an information |
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technology instructor at the institute; he is the vice chair of the |
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local executive board for the Greater Houston Regional Computer |
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Forensic Lab and a member of the FBI's National Steering Committee |
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for its regional computer lab program; and |
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WHEREAS, Constable Hickman has shared his time and talents as |
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chair of a committee of the Texas Supreme Court Process Server |
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Review Board, as president of the Justices of the Peace and |
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Constables Association of Texas, as president of the Sam Houston |
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State University Leadership Command College Alumni Association, |
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and as a member of committees of the Tomball Hospital Board of |
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Directors; he has received awards from the Houston Northwest |
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Chamber of Commerce and the Polaris District of the Boy Scouts of |
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America; and |
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WHEREAS, An exemplary peace officer and elected official, Ron |
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Hickman has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the residents |
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of Harris County for more than four decades, and he is indeed |
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deserving of recognition; 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 Ron Hickman on his selection as the |
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National Constable of the Year by the National Constables and |
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Marshals Association and extend to him sincere best wishes for |
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continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Constable Hickman as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |