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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 782
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WHEREAS, Vicente Ramirez of San Antonio embodied the |
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highest ideals of his profession over the course of an |
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outstanding 32-year career in law enforcement; and |
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WHEREAS, A 1959 graduate of Harlandale High School, Vince |
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Ramirez graduated from the Texas Department of Public Safety |
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Academy in January 1963, and on March 4, 1964, he became one of |
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the first two Hispanic highway patrolmen in the department's |
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history; he went on to work for several years with the DPS |
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Criminal Intelligence Division, and he later provided security |
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for Governor John Connally and Lieutenant Governor Preston Smith |
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at the 1968 World's Fair in San Antonio; he joined the United |
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States Customs Service in 1972; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Ramirez became a special agent in Laredo for |
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the newly organized Drug Enforcement Administration in July |
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1973, and for the next decade, he was on the front lines of the |
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war on drugs, interdicting illegal drugs and collecting |
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international intelligence on their cultivation and movement; in |
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this vital endeavor, he worked closely with the Mexican Federal |
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Police in the border states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, and |
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Coahuila; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1983, Agent Ramirez transferred to the San |
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Antonio DEA office, where he worked with the San Antonio |
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Narcotics Bureau and the narcotics unit of the San Antonio Police |
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Department; he rejoined the United States Customs Service in 1984 |
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as a member of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task |
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Force,whichtargetedthesmugglinganddistributionofdrugsand |
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the laundering of their proceeds; he retired in 1995, after more |
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than three decades of skilled and courageous service; and |
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WHEREAS, Vince Ramirez was a trailblazing member of the law |
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enforcement community who made vital contributions to the |
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citizens of Bexar County, the State of Texas, and the United |
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States of America, and he may reflect with great pride on a career |
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well spent; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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Legislature, hereby commend Vicente Ramirez for his exemplary |
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career in law enforcement and extend to him sincere best wishes |
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for 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 Mr. Ramirez as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas Senate. |
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Menéndez |
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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 21, 2019. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |