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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Colonel Pete Flores retired as Law Enforcement |
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Division director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on May |
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31, 2012, concluding a distinguished career in public service that |
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spanned more than a quarter-century; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of Texas A&M University, Colonel Flores |
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completed game warden training in January 1985 and was subsequently |
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stationed in Chambers County; he went on to work in Brazos County |
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and then in Beaumont and San Antonio, where he served as a captain; |
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after working as a major in San Angelo, he was promoted to |
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lieutenant colonel, and in March 2005, he became the first Hispanic |
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colonel to lead the Law Enforcement Division; and |
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WHEREAS, In that challenging post, Colonel Flores oversaw |
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more than 500 game wardens in the enforcement of conservation and |
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environmental laws, as well as in the investigation of interstate |
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wildlife crimes; he was instrumental in expanding the division's |
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purview to include border security duties, and he made game warden |
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training a top priority, ensuring his staff was as prepared and |
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equipped as possible; among his administration's biggest |
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accomplishments was having the training campus moved from an |
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outdated facility in Austin to a state-of-the-art building on 220 |
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acres in Hamilton County; and |
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WHEREAS, The Lone Star State has greatly benefited from the |
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leadership and commitment of Pete Flores, whose high professional |
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standards set an outstanding example for his peers in Texas and |
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beyond, and it is a pleasure to honor him for his exceptional record |
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of achievement; 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 Colonel Pete Flores on his |
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retirement as Law Enforcement Division director of the Texas Parks |
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and Wildlife Department and extend to him sincere best wishes for |
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the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Colonel Flores as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |