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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Juan F. Garcia retired as the chief of the San Diego |
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Police Department in August 2015, drawing to a close a notable |
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career in law enforcement that spanned nearly three decades; and |
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WHEREAS, Chief Garcia began his exemplary 29-year tenure as a |
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peace officer in 1986, when he joined the Duval County Sheriff's |
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Department as a reserve deputy; after a brief stint with the Freer |
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Police Department, he served with the Alice Police Department from |
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1991 to 2003, including five years as that department's Drug Abuse |
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Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) officer; and |
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WHEREAS, From 2003 to 2011, Chief Garcia was an investigator |
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for the Duval County Sheriff's Department, where he was in charge of |
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the tobacco sting program, among other initiatives; he was the |
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municipal judge for the City of San Diego from 2007 to 2013, and he |
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has also served as the school resource officer at San Diego Junior |
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High School; in April 2013, this outstanding law enforcement |
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professional became chief of the San Diego Police Department; and |
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WHEREAS, Chief Garcia's dedication, professionalism, and |
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commitment to protecting the public and preserving the peace have |
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greatly benefited the citizens of San Diego and Duval County, and he |
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may indeed reflect with pride on a career well spent; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Juan F. Garcia on his retirement as |
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chief of police in San Diego and extend to him sincere best wishes |
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for continued success and happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Chief Garcia as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |