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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever feel the loss of |
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Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper David Irvine Rucker, who |
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died in the line of duty on September 29, 1981, at the age of 37; and |
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WHEREAS, Trooper Rucker was shot and killed during the course |
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of a traffic stop; he left behind a wife and three children; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Brownsville on October 21, 1943, David |
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Rucker was the son of Bracht and Hazel Dawn Rucker; he grew up in |
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Homestead, Florida, where he graduated from South Dade High School |
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in 1963; he studied liberal arts at Texas Southmost College in |
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Brownsville and went on to graduate from the Dade County Police |
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Academy; from 1966 to 1968, he served as a patrol officer in the |
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Homestead Police Department; and |
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WHEREAS, On September 15, 1969, Mr. Rucker took the oath of |
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the Texas State Highway Patrol; he was appointed patrolman in 1973, |
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and that same year, he was promoted to patrolman II; at the time of |
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his death, he was assigned to Region 3 in Port Isabel; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1997, a memorial was placed at the site of Trooper |
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Rucker's death, and a street was renamed in his honor in Isla Blanca |
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Park on South Padre Island; the Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center |
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near Olmito bears his name, and in 2012, the Texas Department of |
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Public Safety named a river patrol boat in Trooper Rucker's memory; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Though David Rucker was taken far too soon, his |
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legacy of public service and devotion to his family will continue to |
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inspire all those who hold him close in their hearts; 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 pay tribute to the memory of David Irvine Rucker |
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and extend heartfelt sympathy to his family and many friends; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of David |
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Irvine Rucker. |
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Lucio III |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2511 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 28, 2017. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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