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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 801
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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recognize Luca, who has been nominated for a 2017 American Humane |
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Hero Dog Award in the Search and Rescue category for his heroic |
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actions on behalf of the Fort Worth Police Department on April |
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15, 2016; and |
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WHEREAS, Luca began search-and-rescue training as a young |
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puppy under the guidance of Officer Cole Brock; the pair lived in |
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Salt Lake City, Utah, and Luca served in a division of Rocky |
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Mountain Rescue Dogs for about seven years before retiring; they |
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later moved to Fort Worth, where Officer Brock joined the police |
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force and Luca continued to enjoy his retirement years; and |
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WHEREAS, On April 15, 2016, a search-and-rescue operation |
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for a missing elderly man in Fort Worth began to stall, and Fort |
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Worth Police Department sergeant Luis Medrano asked Officer |
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Brock if they could bring Luca out of retirement to assist in the |
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search; despite his years in retirement and his own ailing |
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health, the canine first responder was eager to take a helicopter |
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ride and join in the search; he soon alerted the rescue team to an |
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opening in the brush near the West Fork of the Trinity River, |
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where the missing man, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, was |
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stuck waist-deep in mud and cold and fast-moving water; and |
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WHEREAS, Had Luca not tracked the victim's trail and |
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located him, the man could have very likely drowned; soon after |
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Luca alerted the team, officers were able to bring the endangered |
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man to safety and out of the rugged terrain; and |
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WHEREAS, Luca is an incredibly gifted and courageous dog, and |
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he helped save the lives of countless citizens over the course of |
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his search-and-rescue career; he is indeed deserving of recognition |
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for his most recent accomplishment; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th |
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Legislature, hereby commend Luca for his life-saving actions and |
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congratulate him on being nominated for an American Humane Hero |
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Dog Award; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in his |
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honor and as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 17, 2017. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |